About us:

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Over view:

Pacific Bridge Education and Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization focused on promoting Chinese as a second language programs in North America. Our goals are to:

  • Infuse EZ2LearnChineseTM methodologies into the mainstream schools.
  • Enable people to embrace the beauty of Chinese language and to appreciate the profundity of Chinese culture.

Founded:

November 14, 2004 @ Fremont, California, U.S.A.

Founders：

  • Louise Gu, Founder/ Principal - Long River & Yellow River Chinese Schools
  • Daniel Lin, VP-Nat'l Council of Associations of Chinese Schools
  • Jiin-Hwa Shiau, Chinese Language Specialist
  • Jun-Yin Tsao, Chairman - High tech firm and professional educator
  • Lily Wei, President / Founder - Hann-Sing Chinese Association
  • Tsai-Wei Wu - Chinese Education Specialist
  • Betty Yuan, VP- Nat'l Council of Associations of Chinese Schools

Advisory Board：

  • Zhao-Ming Pan, Professor, Peking University, China; Director, Chinese Language Education & Research Center, USA; Sr. Consultant, Nan Hai Arts Center, USA
  • Chao Fen Sun, Professor, Stanford University; Chair, Chinese Language Teachers Association of California
  • Wei Qun E, Legal Counsel
  • Cecilia Pao-Yung Chu,Chinese Language Program Coordinator,U.C.Berkeley
  • Theresa Chao, Founder and ex-President of NCACLS
  • Ling-Chi Wang, Professor, UC Berkeley

Our program：

EZ2LearnChineseTM program - a program uniquely designed for learning Chinese as a second language. Via this innovated, patent-pending approach, not only instant and solid results can be accomplished, but learning Chinese also becomes easy.

The origin of Pacific Bridge Education and Culture Foundation – founders Ms. Lily Wei and Ms. Louise Gu

Ms. Lily Wei, founder of Hann-Sing Chinese Association in Fremont, and Ms. Louise Gu, founder of Yellow River Chinese School and Long River Education Center, have both worked in Chinese education for over ten years. They have been the evergreen and are among the few of the pioneers in overseas Chinese education, hands-on practicing and handling school and instructional administration, from the primitive start-up stage to where it is now relatively well established. They have both witnesses the evolution of overseas Chinese learning, from the earliest time when the simple goal was not to let go of our Chinese root and learned whatever we could handle; to nowadays Chinese has become as important as a foundation skill and must be mastered well to excel in today’s competitive world. Thorough relentless discussion and exchange of ideas, the two have decided to introduce after-school Chinese programs in public elementary schools in Fremont, leveraging the support of the School District. The program consists of two-day Chinese learning classes and a one-day Chinese culture and arts elective class, together forms a three-day Chinese learning core program. 

The path to Pacific Bridge Education and Culture Foundation's establishment 

After the above-mentioned proposal was announced in the newspaper and TV (Channel 26), it gained wide popularity and support from the public. Through numerous discussions, we think it would be best if we can further expand the existing resource of Chinese education in northern America. Hence, we decided to establish a foundation instead of a Chinese school to have more professionals and enthusiasts involved. On the fourteenth of November, Ms. Lily Wei and Ms. Louise Gu invited dedicated Chinese educators Jin-Yin Tsao, Betty Yuan, Tsai-Wei Wu, Jiin-Hwa Shiau and Daniel Lin to build up Pacific Bridge Education and Culture Foundation in Fremont. The objectives, organizational regulations, activities, and administration were all set up. The following are the main objectives of PBECF:

Main goal

By gathering together domestic and overseas resource in workforce and solutions, we strive to promote overseas Chinese teaching.  Thus, Chinese culture will be extensively acknowledged to local people and so will harmony among different races in the Pacific region be generated. 

Statement

Pacific Bridge Education and Culture Foundation (PBECF) believes that the goal of language teaching is to obtain communications and recognitions and eliminate rivalry and isolation among humans. 

Pacific Bridge Education and Culture Foundation (PBECF) is a non-profit organization. By teaching Chinese, editing textbooks, and publishing teaching materials, PBECF aims to enhance the effects of Chinese teaching and promote Chinese education.

Short-term objective

  • To promote EZ2Learn Chinese program with the focus of Chinese as a Second Language in public elementary schools.

  • To form a project team specifying course content, pedagogy, and teacher training

Mid-term objective

  • To promote AP Chinese classes and Chinese credit classes in high schools.

  • To develop a way to connect the learning of Chinese at K-12 with that of AP Chinese classes

  • To provide teacher training for Chinese AP classes

  • To collaborate with public school districts for a variety of activities

Long-term objective

After its success in Fremont, Bay Area of northern California, EZ2Learn Chinese will extend its program to other school districts and states. The ultimate goal is to establish EZ2Learn Chinese program teaching network and chain learning centers or Chinese schools.

  • To offer EZ2Learn Chinese program in adult schools or community centers for adults.

  • To offer fast-learning Chinese conversation classes such as Business Chinese, Travel Chinese, and Chinese for overseas study

  • To offer scholarship to graduate students or Ph. D. candidates whose thesis/ dissertation is related to subjects like “Teaching Chinese Overseas.”

  • To hold seminars on Chinese literature, culture and arts

  • To provide cultural travel activities such as “Path of the Silk,” “Dream of Tang Dynasty,” etc.

In brief, Pacific Bridge Education and Culture Foundation is a non-profit cultural and educational organization. It is committed to promoting Chinese teaching and intercultural activities. PBECF has not received any fund from the government or other non-profit organization. Fortunately, the commissioner and general supervisor at the Fremont School District gave us great support and recognized this “After School Enrichment Program.”

　

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