[lbo-talk] Confucius Institute opens in Lisbon

[Sandy Harris]

Charles Brown <charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us> wrote:
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>>>> "Joseph Catron"
> Are these supposed to be more significant than new Goethe Institutes
> or Cervantes Institutes?
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> ^^^^
> CB: Are you confusing  Cervantes and Goethe with Confucius ?

No. Here's a section from Wikitravel's article on Teaching English.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Teaching_English

It shows why he mentions those names in the phrase "..... Institutes".

Teaching other languages

Of course English is not the only language for which there is demand.
There is some demand for teachers of any major world language.

Various governments sponsor organisations to promote their nations'
languages, and offer jobs for speakers of those languages.

    * French: Alliance Francais [34]

    * German: Goethe Institute [35]

    * Spanish: Cervantes Institute [36]

    * Chinese: Confucius Institute [37]

    * Japanese: Japan Foundation [38]

-- 
Sandy Harris,
Nanjing, China