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Four- and 16-month Chinese language courses to start Tuesday
KARACHI, July 30: Two Chinese language courses will start July 31 at the recently
established Chinese Language Tutorial Center (CLTC). A four-month crash course
and a 16-month regular course are being offered to citizens with the promise of
a better chance in education and occupation.
China, a close friend, has a
history of cooperation with Pakistan. Language barriers have proven to be the
biggest hurdle for this relationship, said a member of the visiting Chinese
trade mission to Pakistan. "The CLTC is a timely development and is likely to
have a significant impact on the language barriers," said officials from the
Chinese Counsel General Karachi.
The CLTC is the only Chinese language
tutorial organization in the city. It is sponsored and managed by the Chinese
Guangxi Corporation, which is a Chinese state-owned company. The month-old
center is located in KDA Scheme Block 5, Clifton and a short introductory course
has already been completed. A total of 25 Pakistani students from different
groups participated and have completed the course successfully.
"I am an
employee of a trading firm that is in frequent contact with our Chinese
counterparts. Language was a major barrier in communicating with them. This
center has given me a unique opportunity to learn the language in the shortest
period of time," said Khalid Hussain. There was no place to learn Chinese before
except for a few private tutors, who you never know if you can trust or not, he
added.
"This center has a well defined teaching system and syllabus which
uses multimedia for communication. I felt that the learning process was very
easy," Khalid Hussain said. Inspired by his success in the short course, Khalid
is looking forward for the long-term course starting July 31. "And I am also
expecting a promotion after completing this course," he added.
"Our
upcoming courses are designed to enable our students to speak and write in
Chinese," said Huang Junqiang, director general of the CLTC, Pakistan. According
to him, the teaching method has already proven itself in different countries.
"Our Chinese language center in Dhaka has been a very successful experiment. The
same set-up has been shifted to Pakistan and we are expecting similar success in
Karachi as well," Junqiang added.
On the two courses, Junqiang said that
the short-term course will take four months in total and is divided into two
sessions. "During the sessions, we will teach at least 400 Chinese vocabularies
and how to make easy sentences. One will easily be able to speak and understand
easy Chinese conversations used in daily life," he explained. The course will
cost Rs 4,800 per session.
The regular (long-term) course has been
designed for those who wish to go to China for study, permanent business or
career search. It will enable a person to speak, understand and write in
Chinese. "The course comprises eight levels [sessions] lasting for two months
each. So far, 22 students have registered for the course and our maximum
capacity is 100," said Junqiang. The fee structure is the same as for the short
course.
"If one wants to learn Chinese in China, it will cost at least Rs
50,000 for a regular course, excluding transportation and accommodation. We are
offering the same course at much lower costs," Junqiang explained.
Four
Chinese language experts will be teaching in state-of-the-art classrooms. "Each
class room is well equipped with modern multimedia teaching systems and
audio-visual communication systems. Each teacher is also an expert in English
and will deliver class lectures in English," officials of the center said.
Besides that, the text books are the culmination of long-term teaching research
written in both English and Chinese, they added.
The center is expected
to build a new bridge of communication and mutual understanding between the two
friendly states which are divided by language barriers. Daily times
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