OTTAWA CHINESE LANGUAGE
& CULTURE ACADEMY
A Division of the OCLCC
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Culturally, socially, and politically, Chinese is a language of global significance. Countless works of philosophy, literature, science, health, law, art, history, religion, and political science have been written in this language over four thousand years of history. Chinese and English share the distinction of being the world's most widely spoken languages.
In modern times, the economies of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore have been booming for decades, and the People's Republic of China has the highest rate of economic growth in the world. Considering its population of 1.2 billion and a culture as old as extinct civilizations like Babylon, one can imagine China as a huge and ancient dinosaur running with the speed of a rabbit.
Myths About Learning Chinese:
Some people believe that the Chinese language is difficult to learn, because of its unfamiliar writing system. Chinese, however, is not so much difficult as it is different from more familiar languages with its beautiful characters and poetic tones. Our students who have studied a couple of years of Chinese can converse fluently in daily Chinese. Our faculty make sure the teaching process is effective and enjoyable; laughter is commonly heard from Chinese classrooms as students converse, recite, and perform.