The Archive · 1939

Many Chinese Learning Japanese Tongue

Language School Plans

Extension Pressed for accommodation as 4 result of increases ju the number of local Chinese wishing to learn Japanese, the Japanese Language School on North Szechuen Road is building an additional row of school buildings, the "Shanghai Mainichi" reported yesterday.

During the six months of its existence, the language school has noted a steady increase in the number of applicants for Japanese language instruction. It is expected that the new buildings will be ready in April when many new instructors will be employed to accommodate the large enrollment estimated at 400, the daily said.

Present students of the language institution will graduate at the end ined of this term in March, according to the "Mainichi." Students range from seven-year old children to adults.

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