Columbus, Ohio

Objectives of Columbus Chinese School, Familiarize our children with Chinese language and culture, Promote Chinese language and culture in Columbus society, Chinese children will be able to speak, read, and write Chinese, Chinese parents will benefit from school associated activities, Support Columbus multi-cultural community activities, such as Golden Dragon project, Chinese Chess match, basketball game, fund raising, picnic and sports event. Attract/Retain chinese work force in town, Long term community service

OCCS is a non-profit educational institution. One of the goals of our school is to introduce the Chinese language and culture to the overseas Chinese, their children, and American people. We believe it is important that the insight of cultural diversity strengthens mutual understanding and appreciation of these cultures.

is one of the largest programs of its kind in the continental United States. It offers undergraduate degrees in Chinese and Japanese language and literature, as well as a growing number of courses in Korean language and culture. The graduate program offers the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in both Chinese and Japanese in the areas of literature, linguistics, and language pedagogy. DEALL's undergraduate language programs offer one of the most extensive and diverse curricula in the country. They include innovative programs such as the Individualized Track and the Intensive Track language programs, which are offered throughout the regular academic year, as well as the Intensive Track Summer Language Immersion Programs in Chinese and Japanese.

We regularly offer four levels of instruction in Modern Chinese (Mandarin), designed to enable students to become proficient in aural comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as an introductory course in Classical Chinese. Basic courses in Cantonese and Taiwanese as well as a course in Chinese linguistics are taught in alternate years.