Following the global trend of foreign-language learning, Chinese has become a new rising star next to English, French, Spanish and German. The glamour of the culture and history behind Chinese is definitely attractive to non-Chinese speakers, just like French literature and Replica Watches German philosophy. However, the promising economic future and new job opportunities in China are in fact the biggest motivation for Fake Watches most of the non-Chinese speakers learning Mandarin in the current "global-except-China" economic downturn.

What is the similarity between the United States, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Germany, Sweden and Singapore? They all have Rolex Watches various branches of the Confucius Institute in their territories. And what do the Confucius Institute, Alliance Française, Goethe- Institut, British Council and Instituto Cervantes have in common? They are all governmental or non governmental institutions established to promote Versace Watches their own language and culture worldwide and to build mutually beneficial relationships with the rest of the world.

According to the Confucius Institute Online, as of April 2009, there were 328 Confucius Institutes in 82 countries and regions. There are roughly 40 Confucius Institutes in the United States, taking 12 percent of the total worldwide. The US is also the country with the largest number of Calvin Klein Watches Confucius Institutes. Besides the Confucius Institute, whose headquarters is in Beijing, there are many other Chinese learning programs organized by local non profit public institutes or native Chinese speakers in the US, such as the Asia Society and a privately owned school called Fast Learning Chinese in the New York metropolitan area.

"It’s damn difficult to learn Chinese after a full 8-hour working and a bit of supplemental study on the side," says Michael McClurg, a full-time employee in a media company in New York City. "I sometimes sit in my language class half asleep." Learning something new after a De Witt Watches busy working day is always demanding, while learning Chinese turns out to be extremely demanding.

As well as for adults with full-time jobs, Chinese learning is no piece of cake for school kids either. "I’m enrolled in a Mandarin program in my university this semester, partly due to my parents persuasion," said Sally Lou, an Louis Vuitton Watches Chinese girl in her sophomore year. "They tell me that I’ll have a better chance to find a good job after graduation with Hublot Watches my bilingual ability, but now I’m still struggling with the four tones and the picture related characters." When asked whether she is really interested in learning Chinese, she said yes and that being able to speak and write Chinese is cool.

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