The VU Confucius Institute organizes Saturday Chinese language classes for children up to 12 years. Child development specialists are unanimous in agreeing that it is beneficial for a child to learn foreign languages in addition to their mother tongue as early as possible.
According to these specialists, early learning of a foreign language can help a child to master it almost perfectly later on in life. After all, pre-school and elementary school-age children learn and process information very well, so learning Chinese can be a great brain exercise for them. If possible, we organize additional Chinese painting and calligraphy lessons for children at our institute, and we invite children to communicate live with Chinese-speaking teachers in day camps.
The following Chinese language courses for children will take place in the winter/spring semester of 2024:
- Chinese for BEGINNERS, 2 classes per week, Mondays 5:45 p.m. and Wednesdays 6:45 p.m., mixed method, classroom 208, teacher Deimantė Jurkštaitė. The course starts when the group will be formed. Register here.
- Chinese for BEGINNERS, 1 class per week, Saturdays from 12:05 to 1:05 p.m. offline course, classroom 207, teacher Ugnė Zavistauskaitė. The course starts on 20th January. Register here.
- Chinese for the ADVANCED BEGINNER GROUP, 1 class per week, Saturdays from 11:05 to 12:05, offline course, classroom 207, teacher Maggie Wang (classes will be in Lithuanian). Course starts on 6th January. Register here.
- Chinese for the ADVANCED BEGINNER GROUP, 1 class per week, Saturdays from 10:00 to 11:00, offline course, classroom 208, teacher Ugnė Zavistauskaitė. The course starts on 6th January. Register here.
- Chinese for the ADVANCED BEGINNER GROUP, 2 classes a week, Mondays and Wednesdays from 15:45 to 16:30, offline course, classroom 207, teacher Deimantė Jurkštaitė. The course starts on 8th January. Register here.
- Chinese for the ADVANCED BEGINNER GROUP, 2 classes a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 18:00 to 19:00, offline course, classroom 208, teacher Deimantė Jurkštaitė. The course starts on 9th January. Register here.
PRICE
Chinese for children - one course consists of 10 lessons (1 lesson - €12, duration 0.60 min.), price - €120.00. Student discount is not applicable to children's courses.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Courses take place at the Confucius Institute of Vilnius University, M.K. Čiurlionio str. 21 (in the yard of the Institute of Geosciences of Vilnius University), on the 2nd floor, classrooms 204, 207 or 208.
Please note that the minimum size of the group is 4 children and if the group drops to less than 5 children during the course, the VU Confucius Institute is entitled to suspend course until the minimum group size is reached. The VU Confucius Institute does not guarantee the continuity of language teaching for the next trimester due to the drop in numbers.
If the child misses one lesson, the money for the missed lesson will not be refunded. If the child misses more than one lesson of the courses and there is an important reason for that, like a change of residence (city or country) or serious illness, the institute refunds the amount paid and unused for the course to the representative of the child( one of the parents) bank account.