JU Confucius Institute teaches Chinese at 5 Austrian middle schools

On 19 October, 2012, the Chinese teachers from Confucius Institute at Karl-Franzens-Universit Graz taught the students at Hartberg Middle School in the state of Steiermark, Austria Chinese language. The students showed great interest in learning Chinese. Following the serial activities of China Day in the Austrian middle schools in May and June, Jiangsu University Confucius Institute at Graz began to offer Chinese course in five middle schools in the state of Steiermark in October.

This indicates that the teaching of Chinese began to be promoted to other areas of the state. The 5 middle schools are located in Weiz, Feldbach, Hartberg and Fohnsdorf. 128 students enrolled for the Chinese course, and their ages range from 10 to 18. In the coming 9 months, the students will intensively study the Chinese textbook Great Wall Chinese once two weeks.