 ! Important !! RCLS has changed its
first day of school to Saturday August 23 as Forest Hill
Baptist Church will be closed to the public on August 30. For a
revised Fall 2008 calendar, please click here.
Heather Wilson, Ph.D., Research
Associate/Duke University, Durham, NC
This was a tremendous first course in Mandarin Chinese. It
boosted my confidence and gave me the necessary tools to begin learning
a difficult language. The system Mr. Kuo has created was
specifically developed for students who think and speak in
English. He has used his thorough understanding of both languages
to develop materials that can help a native English speaker quickly
learn to speak Chinese. As I continue my studies, the lessons
learned from this book have formed a firm foundation on which to build
my understanding of Mandarin. I am so glad I began my Chinese
studies with this method!
Dan Bantukul, Director of Product
Marketing, Tekelec Inc., RTP, NC
Since our company has been doing business in China, I have been trying
to learn Chinese conversation in order to communicate with my Chinese
counterparts. However, I found that the conventional methods that
are based on memorization do not work well since it does not provide
systematic insight into the sentence structures and language
fundamentals. I tend to quickly forget what I have learned.
Through comparison to English sentence structure, the JWK method
provides a quick and practical way to apply knowledge of English
language in formulating Chinese sentences. The JWK teaches you
“how to fish” rather than “fish it for you”. I found that after
one year of JWK method, I can use the knowledge to construct a new
Chinese sentence without having to memorize the sentence before
hand. I highly recommend the JWK method to anyone who wants to
quickly learn Chinese conversation but also wants to retain what they
have learned.
- Special Letter (CSL 5)- This is Rebekah Harter all the way in
Hawaii. I just wanted you all to know that I went to the university
last week to take a chinese placement exam. Anyways I ended up getting
into Chinese 201 at the University. (201 means I will be in the first
semester sophmore year class) I want to thank all of you again for your
support.
- 6/2/07:
RCLS had a very successful 30th anniversary celebration!! Special
thanks to Forest Hills Baptist Church, TACAS, Book Club, TECO in
Atlanta, Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, R.O.C. (Taiwan),
Hong’s Foundation for Education and Culture in Taiwan for their
generous sponsors.
- 6/2/07: Click here to view
RCLS founder Jane Shih's special anniversary speech.
- April 21: Click here
for RCLS founder Jane Shih's (簡宛) 4/21 speech outline and
her articles.
- RCLS T-shirts and coffee mugs
are available
for sales, click here for
pictures
and order forms
- 10/28/06
TACAS made a generous $1000 donation to RCLS. See photos.
- Remember to
re-link Harris Teeter VIC card for RCLS for school year 2006
- 2007. See PTA for more
information.
- Planning for celebration of RCLS
30th
anniversary is underway. Have ideas to share? Please contact directors@ncrcls.org
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