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By Terry James Chronicle staff writer Early in 1977, members of the Lanâ€"Tin Club, a nonâ€"poliâ€" tical, nonâ€"profit organizaâ€" tion composed of Chinese inâ€" tellects and professionals, had a dream. They enâ€" visioned the establishment of a formal Chinese school f high standing in the Kitâ€" nerâ€" Waterloo comâ€" ity. Enrolment was to be open to all interested Canadians (regardless of their cultural background), who were interested in learning the Chinese lanâ€" guage and promoting the Chinese culture. The lanâ€" guage taught was to be manâ€" darin, the most prevalent language in China, and the school was to be up to the standards of the best lanâ€" guage schools in the area. Today this dream is in its second year of reality and every Saturday morning C Where culture, language instruction go together ; The Kâ€"W Chinese School has classes for both adults and children of Canadian and Chinese origin P ol j/ many different dialects in their home; children of Chinese origin who cannot speak a word of Chinese; Canadian children interestâ€" ed in learning the language and adults of both Chinese and Canadian origin who. although not interested in the phonics, would like to be able to converse fluently in the mandarin dialect. The students are divided into five classes including the nursery, primary, junâ€" ior, senior and adult classes. In all classes, with the exâ€" ception of the adults‘, the basic phonics are stressed. children and adults alike meet atNorthdale Public School in Wateriloo and the Kâ€"W Chinese School gets unâ€" derway. » Judy Woo, principal of the school, said that approximaâ€" tely 50 people are enrolled. They include children of Chinese origin who speak forgotten and the younger one learns the better. Every four to five weeks the four teachers get toâ€" gether and select a unit or theme around which to cenâ€" tre the new vocabulary. Classes are one hour and a half in length . following which the children get toâ€" gether for a half hour of song and games. | Learning Chinese legends and myths and being made aware of Chinese holidays and customs go hand in hand with learning the language. Mrs. Woo said the school puts just as much emphasis on the culture as on learning the language. Mrs. Woo edompared learnâ€" ing the basic phonics=to learning how to ride a bicyâ€" cle. Once learned it is never As far as the principal is concerned, the school has been more than successful. Contrary to what she feared But according to Mrs. Woo and Dr. Ling Y. Wei, chairman of a board of directors elected by the parents, the school has lhad its share of growing pains. Like many dreams in the twentieth century, it takes money to bring them into reality. The cost of running such a program is high. Stuâ€" dents pay a tuition fee of $30 for 15 weeks and it is barely enough to pay the teachers‘ honorariums and the school board‘s rental fee for the use of Northdale School. Since before the school‘s inception, the Lanâ€"Tin Club and interested parents have been approaching the Waâ€" terloo County Board of Eduâ€" in the early stages, the chil dren enjoy coming out on a Saturday morning. It‘s a school that offers something they couldn‘t get anywhere alimâ€"*" Appointments at WLU â€" oo e e e on o se :: n yelal fare On May 7,°‘77, the school opened its doors to 54 chilâ€" gren including sevenrf from Guelph, two from Cambridâ€" ge and one from Milverton. The program was so sucâ€" cessful in its first two Under this program any group of parents is able to approach their local school board with the request that heritage language classes for elementary school chilâ€" dren be given under the conâ€" tinuing education program. The classes may be offered after school, on nonâ€"school days or where numbers jusâ€" tify an extension of the required fiveâ€"hour school day. In setting up a heritage language program, school boards are responsible for the staff, curriculum, and supervision of the classes. Classes may be held in a faâ€" cility other than a school provided the boards hire the instructors. The instructors hired by the boards need not have Ontario certification but should have qualificaâ€" tions acceptable to the boards, the principals and the parents‘ groups. Upon being approached for assistance, the local board suggested that the club run a pilot program to ensure that the community was in fact interested in supporting a Chinese School. A new dean of the faculty of graduate studies and a new director of continuing education were named this week in two major appointâ€" ments at Wilfrid Laurier University. Dr. Berczi joined the WLU faculty last fall as a tull professor of business adâ€" ministration after a distinâ€" guished career in university teaching. in business. and as a consultant to both the Canâ€" adian and U.S. governâ€" ments. He came to WLU from Concordia University. Monâ€" treal. where he had been dean of the faculty of comâ€" Dr. Andrew Berczi, 45, a professor of business adâ€" ministration in the univerâ€" sity‘s school of business and economics, was named dean of graduate studies and director of research for a fourâ€"year term. The university offers graâ€" duate degrees in geography. history, political science. psychology, religion and culâ€" ture, romance languages. business administration, soâ€" cial work and divinity. In the second appointâ€" ment. Dr. J. Frederick Litâ€" tle. 50, a member of the phiâ€" losophy department and its chairman for a 10â€"year period, was named to the continuing education post fcr a twoâ€"year term. cation for financial assistan~ ce through the Heritage Language Program. . As early as July 77 an amendâ€" ment at the ministry level allowed for the â€"provision of heritage language classes for elementary school chilâ€" dren. A heritage language has been défined as any lanâ€" guage other than the two ofâ€" ficial languages of Canada. He joined Wilfrid Laurier University as a teacher of philosophy in 1958 and was the department‘s chairman from 1965 to 1975. He also holds two theological deâ€" grees. He is chairman of the WLU.senate‘s committee for continuing education. Dr. Little has long been (Continued on page13) Dr. Little, a native of Waâ€" terloo, holds a doctorate in philosophy from Princeton University and has done postâ€"doctoral studies at Oxâ€" ford Universtiy in England. For eight years he held seâ€" veral administrative posts with Bell Canada with reâ€" sponsibility for large proâ€" jects in electronic data proâ€" cessing for Bell‘s engineerâ€" ing. accounting and bhsiness information systems. Dr. Berczi has taught at McGill University, Sir Georâ€" ge Williams University, the University of California, the University of Virginia and the University of Chicago. He holds four degrees, inâ€" cluding a doctorate in operaâ€" tions research and economeâ€" trics from McGill Univerâ€" sity, Montreal. Mrs. Woo said there is a great deal of interest in the school, particularly when Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo boasts a population of 1000 Chinese. This figure does not include university students who are classified as transients. There are 500 Chinese stuâ€" dents at UW and 80 at WLU. What these figures add up to is roomi for expansion and providing the school reâ€" ceives the much needed supâ€" port, this is what lies ahead for the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Chinese School. merce and administration for five years. Before that he was chairman of the deâ€" partment of quantitative methods at Sir George Wilâ€" liams University, Montreal. for six years. * mopths of operation that Gueiph decided to form their own school following the pattern established by the Kâ€"W school. The Gueiph school opened in October ‘77 with the full support of the Wellington County Board of Education. According to ministry of education figures the boards ses under the Heritage Lanâ€" guage program include the Toronto board, Hamiltonâ€" Wentworth separate school board, Metro _ Toronto Roman Catholic board, Linâ€" coln County board and Wellâ€" ington County, The Waterloo County Board sponsors a Greek and German school under this program. The Waterloo County separate board sponsors a Polish heritage language school. Both Mrs. Woo and Dr. Wei are hoping to add the Kâ€" W Chinese School to the Waâ€" terloo County board‘s list of heritage language proâ€" grams. They are in the process of preparing a brief for the board‘s consideraâ€" tion. While this has been done on numerous occasions in the past, they are hoping for more positive results.