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Connecticut Chinese Language Academy (CCLA) 
Institution name: Chinese Culture Center
Address: 1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT 06053
Telephone: (860) 673-2983
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Web address: http://ccla-ct.weebly.com/
 
Name: Shoufeng Hu
Title: Principal
Address: 1615 Stanley Street
New Britain,  CT  06053
Email: shoufenghu@sbcglobal.net
Telephone: (860) 673-2983
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Purposes and goals of the program:
The mission of the CCLA is to provide an interesting, lively, and fun learning environment for children from preschoolers to teenagers through Chinese folk & fairy tales, poems, classical stories, etc. while achieving designated levels of language proficiency based on different needs.
Program origin:
CCLA was established in 2005.
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Languages/dialects taught:
  • Mandarin
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    Program type:  Community-Based
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    Total contact hours per week: 3
    Times per week classes meet: 1
    When meetings take place:
    9:00AM – 12:00 PM (CHL) on Sundays or 1:30-4:30 PM on Sundays
    Where meetings take place:
    Sunday morning: Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), DiLoreto Hall; 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain Sunday afternoon: Timothy Edwards Middle School (TEMS), 100 Arnold Way, South Windsor
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    Times per week: 1
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    In addition to the language classes, CCLA also offers the cultural activity classes, such as Chinese Dance, Marital Art (Wu-Shu), Chinese Art (Painting and Craft), Wei-Qi (Go) and Chess (or Chinese Chess). The cultural classes take place after the language classes.
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    "Maliping Zhongwen" published by Stanford Chinese School
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