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School launched its Confucius Classroom, which will be a central
location for all Aberdeen-based primary schools teaching the language to
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<div class="gmail-cms gmail-clearfix"><div class="gmail-p402_premium"><div class="gmail-lightbox-content"><p>An Aberdeen primary school has announced its new hub for promoting the teaching of Mandarin.</p>
<p>Danestone School launched its Confucius Classroom, which will be a
central location for all Aberdeen-based primary schools teaching the
language to pupils.</p>
<p>It aims to boost skills in children in line with Scotland’s 1+2
languages policy, which allows every child the opportunity to learn two
languages in addition to their mother tongue by 2020.</p>
<p>The hub concept promotes joint planning of cultural activities,
sharing ideas and resources to stimulate the learning and teaching of
Chinese language and culture. The launch event included children singing
in Mandarin, and a mixture of Scottish music and dance.</p>
<p>Elaine Page, acting head teacher at Danestone School, said: “This was a wonderful way to launch our Confucius Hub.</p>
<p>“This event showed that our children are not only enjoying learning
Mandarin but are also immersing themselves in the Chinese culture.”</p>
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<br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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