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Curious Chinese

2020-01-25 16:00:00 2020-01-25 17:00:00 America/New_York Curious Chinese Want to get your child started learning a second language? Try Curious Chinese, a class designed for young children to begin learning the basics of the Chinese language. Tower Road Branch - Teen Space

Saturday, January 25
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2020-01-25 16:00:00 2020-01-25 17:00:00 America/New_York Curious Chinese Want to get your child started learning a second language? Try Curious Chinese, a class designed for young children to begin learning the basics of the Chinese language. Tower Road Branch - Teen Space

Tower Road Branch

Teen Space

Want to get your child started learning a second language? Try Curious Chinese, a class designed for young children to begin learning the basics of the Chinese language.

Have you heard of the many academic, cognitive, and cultural benefits kids receive when they learn a second language? The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages website lists many individual benefits for you to check out and each one links to a specific study that provided those results. Younger children are especially receptive to learning second languages.

Want to get your child started learning a second language? Try Curious Chinese, a class designed for young children to begin learning the basics of the Chinese language. Not only is a second language a valuable skill, Chinese is the most spoken language in the world according to Infoplease.

Curious Chinese class will be taught by Instructor Guilian, a native Chinese speaker, using a well reviewed curriculum. Guilian has two sons of her own and has experience teaching at the HuaGen Chinese school, in addition to her work as a scientist (Ph.D in Neuropathy and Physiology) at the University of Florida. She is looking forward to introducing children to a new language. Parents can attend this class with their children ages 3-10 on Sundays from 4-5 pm at the Tower Road library.

As always, this is a free program offered to the public.

Tower Road Branch

Phone: 352-333-2840
Branch manager
Carolyn Wallace

Hours
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Mon, Jun 08 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Tue, Jun 09 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Wed, Jun 10 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Thu, Jun 11 10:00AM to 7:00PM
Fri, Jun 12 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jun 13 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 14 12:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

The Tower Road Branch Library provides access to resources and services in Southwest Gainesville and surrounding areas.

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