Chinese kalligrafie helpt bij het leren van talen

Two years ago, the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina initiated a trial calligraphy immersion course in a K-8 language school to accelerate their learning of the Chinese language.

"Our mission is to teach Chinese language and to promote the culture," said Yan Weihong, director of the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer. "Language and culture cannot be separated; so, we're trying to find out how we can use the culture aspect of calligraphy to support the language learning."

After the initial trial run in May 2011 at Charlotte-based Waddell Language Academy, the program was expanded in August 2011 to 10 Chinese calligraphy-immersion classes for second grade through fifth- grade class levels. This spring, the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer further expanded its calligraphy program to fifth grade through eighth grade at Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy.