They know it all "Fra-Mar-ti-no-cam-pa-na-ro ...». Sixty primary school children in the middle of the Institute including Lendinara Polesine, know well in China. And sing "Two-tigers-running-quickly," as if nothing had happened. "Very good, have an ability to learn that we adults can not even imagine," says Pierluca Benitez, a professor of Chinese modern in this school, the only one in Italy where, together with the first basic knowledge of English is taught to children as well the language of Beijing. "We've been given an opportunity. We took the fly. The Chinese are 1 billion 300 million. Their economy pulls in the world. In this globalized world it is better to learn to understand well by them, "said Lucio De Sanctis, director of the school in the town center, plans for three thousand students in the entire area between primary elementary and middle , where the entrance waving the tricolor and blue flag of Europe, but inside beats the heart of all Chinese.
A Lendinara There are 12 000 inhabitants between Italians and foreigners, two hundred are immigrants from China. Once worked in the sugar factory, factories where they still weave jute. Now they are used in small and medium businesses - especially shoes and clothing - made in Italy, where the fights on global market. Some companies are already working in Eastern Europe, others have come to China. And China now has arrived in the home with Confucius Institute in Padova, a kind of Dante Alighieri Institute in the world to promote the Chinese language and culture. And because they are Chinese, they do things quickly and very big.
Fusheng Wang is the director of the Confucius Institute in Padova. One of four hundred in the world, destined to become two thousand by the end of the decade.
The institute works under its strict control of the embassy in Rome under the direct control of the government in Beijing. He just needs to promote the culture and language , not political, it does not promote business alliances. Wang Fusheng dream big: "We'd like to get in touch with your Ministry of Education. For us it is very important. The courses are paid directly by our faculty. Confucius institutes around the world, why they a budget of 4.5 billion dollars. "
Tolte well as costs for premises and staff, are still three billion three hundred million euro more than the loose change that the Minister Mariastella Gelmini if he dreams at night.
Lendinara courses in school are free and open to all children of the third and fourth elementary school. Smaller would not have the ability to learn grammar another language. The idea is that the teaching of Chinese go on until the end of the averages with a path six years of teaching. hour a week for now. In the afternoon, in the teaching of school. On sixty-four children enrolled in sixty-four. Pure two children originating in Morocco. "In one year, learn the simple sentences. In six years are already capable of sustaining a conversation and write
properly, "assures the Chinese teacher said that while the difficulty of learning a language so different from ours, is just one more incentive for all children.
If small children are enthusiastic, parents are no different. Andrea Pair, professional accountant, has a daughter enrolled in this school, "I am glad that our children to learn another language like Chinese. It is not only to complete a process of cultural integration. But I know so our children in the future will be a plus. I'm the accountant. I happen to be working with the Chinese. When talking to each other obviously understand nothing ...».
power of this North East facing new challenges and never give up. Polesine power of this new experimental teaching laboratory.
Vincenzo Milanesi, Confucius Institute president and former professor at Padua University, believes a lot in this project: "The People's China is making big investments culture. And that's good for everyone because knowledge encourages cooperation among peoples. "
Mayor Ferlin Lendinara Alexander, who was elected with a list that holds together the center and civic center - even palliate challenge - is an enthusiastic:
"What our children learn English is assumed . Chinese is now an obligation. Ours is a pilot project that we hope to continue the institutions understand the importance of these things. " Fernanda Maria Barile, head of the provincial school of Rovigo the challenge: 'positive experiences. It would be nice to find more availability in the territory. " And maybe even beyond, that the Chinese put us a lot 'of dollars just to get a better understanding .
Adapted from THE PRESS 's Feb. 8, 2011
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