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Our son tried to learn Chinese at one of language learning centers in SE Portland last year. We were not very impressed by his progress due to poorly designed curriculum and teaching instructions after ten month learning. We heard through the grapevine later that Operators of the learning center pay inexperienced teachers a cheap rate to boost their own profits.

Since there are no standards and special licenses for a qualified Chinese teacher in the states now, whoever speaks Chinese can claim to teach Americans Chinese. My question is how we or schools can find right Chinese teachers for our children?

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I don't think it's appropriate to promote your own language classes here. We are focuing on the subjects of learning language and culture, and what will change to us if public high school students are taking Chinese. Thanks!


Brian

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