Sat., November 21, 2009 10:53am (EST)
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Ga. Pre-K To Offer Chinese Classes
By Susanna Capelouto
Updated: 3 months ago

KENNESAW, Ga. — Georgia’s Pre-K program wants to teach all its students mandarin Chinese. It is piloting mandarin classes in three schools.

Ga. Pre-K rolls out pilot classes for Mandarin Chinese. (photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Funding for the Chinese lessons comes from the Kennesaw University’s Confucious Institute. Officials call it a ground breaking program that

exposes young children to Chinese culture and language. Right now Chinese teachers are in six classrooms in Cobb and Hall county.

The Georgia Department of Early Care says the program will help prepare children for the 21st century global economy. Officials say they plan to expand Chinese lessons to all Lottery funded Pre-K classes in Georgia, if they can get funding.

In recent years funding for foreign languages instruction for older Georgia students in public schools has been declining.


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