Chinese I To Be Taught Through Interactive Distance Learning Classrooms


Chinese I will be offered during the 2007-2008 school year at both Lawrence High and Lawrence Free State High Schools through the Interactive Distance Learning Network.  This is the first year that students will have access to the Chinese language in the school district.  The IDL classrooms installed in the district and supported through services with Greenbush Service Center let us connect with other districts across the state and to the teacher located on the KU Edwards Campus for Chinese Instruction.

Students will recieve approximately 50 minutes of instruction a day throughout the school year using the IDL classrooms. A partnership with KU, The Confucius Institute and the Chinese Education Ministry (Hanban) support this teacher instructing students in the Chinese language.

Secondary Foreign Language Program

The study of foreign language leads to the development of skills that can be helpful in securing employment, studying and researching in college, understanding other people and their cultures and traveling.  Learning such skills requires self-discipline and serious application on the part of the student, and can result in better study habits and methods that will prove useful in other subject areas as well.

It takes years of study to be able to use a foreign language as a native speaker.  Students in business and clerical programs who know a foreign language will find their career opportunities broadened.