The Enrichment Centers

The Enrichment Centers' Chinese language program focuses on both written and spoken Chinese. Qualified instructors emphasize immediate and total immersion in the language and culture. Using visual stimuli, gestures, and role-playing, instructors create a lively and encouraging classroom environment that enhances the learning process. In order to help facilitate the learning of Chinese characters, our teachers teach the origin of common pictographic components or radicals which a Chinese character may be broken into. Classes are located in Virginia (Arlington County) and Maryland (Prince George's and Montgomery counties).

Chinese Program Developer Lia Phipps has brought her understanding of language and culture to the language curriculum. Educated in China and in the U.S., Ms. Phipps studied Chinese Literature at Wellesley College and at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. She has worked as a translator at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, and has taught in Taipei and Tokyo.

Current Chinese Language Classes:

A short Chinese class on Saturday from 11-noon Arlington.
This will be at 6528 27th St. N, Arlington. We are doing interesting things with painting and fairy tales on Thursday.

Directions to 6528 27th ST. N, Arlington.:
Metro stop is East Falls Church. Look on a map and see that it is Orange
line, directions, Vienna. This orange line follows Rte. 66. At East Falls
Church metro, exit and turn left. Go up 2 lights and go up the hill to 26th
St. turn left, Turn right on Trinidad. Go up two streets and turn right and
then go up the street and go to 6528. It is a house on the right hand side.
If you are driving, take 66E from 495 and exit Westmoreland. Go to
the light at Williamsburg, turn right. Go 2 long blocks to Trinidad. Go up the
hill, around the circle, and go two more blocks to 27th St. Turn left. and
then go to 6528.

Summer Programs:

Download our brochure for more information on Chinese Programs.

Our summer programs run from June 6th to September 9th at several locations around MD, DC, and VA. Check our Summer Pages for more info!

Zhongwen.com -- A great language learning resource. It contains a dictionary and a chat room. There is also a lot of cultural information and information about the Chinese language.

Chinese Chat Room -- Direct link to the Zhongwen.com Chinese chat room. If you're studying Chinese this is a fun way to practice your Chinese. Chat uses pinyin (a Chinese phonetic script).

Chinese Language Information -- A navigational tool pointing to Chinese Language information and learning resources including news and radio broadcasts.

YesAsia -- Resource for purchasing Chinese movies, magazines, books, and CDs.