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How noodles led to girl's love of Mandarin

By Dong Leshuo in Washington | China Daily | Updated: 2017-11-21 11:37
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A little girl's interest in wanting to talk about Chinese food put her on a path to study the language.

Isabelle Szczerbinski first became interested in Chinese when she was 5.

"We were at a Chinese restaurant in Dallas. She was watching a man making noodles. She was so excited that she wanted to talk with him. Unfortunately, he didn't speak English. On the way home, she said she wanted to learn Chinese," said Eric Szczerbinski, Isabelle's father.

"I totally fell in love with the language. It's so beautiful and unlike anything I've ever heard before," said Isabelle, who was one of 10 exemplary students honored by the Confucius Institute US Center in Washington on Saturday.

The People-People Award recipients were selected from 110 Confucius Institutes across the country.

"It's not just your knowledge about language and culture, it's actually the special spirit that inspires you to do this," said C.D. Mote Jr., president of the National Academy of Engineering, who is also on the honorary host committee.

The honorees all have extraordinary stories about their journeys of learning Chinese with the CI.

Isabelle, whose Chinese name is Bao Ling, is now 12. She lives in Midlothian, Virginia, where she is home-schooled.

Szczerbinski watches movies and TV from China without subtitles.

Some of her favorite Chinese cartoons are Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf and Big Head Son and Small Head Dad, which are very popular in China.

"They are so different from what I've ever seen on American TV," said Szczerbinski.

Szczerbinski studies at the Confucius Institute near her home, the William & Mary Confucius Institute in Williamsburg, Virginia.

"It is just the beginning of a fantastic ongoing adventure, all thanks to the Confucius Institute," she said.

The WMCI offers courses on many aspects of Chinese culture, from travel tips to calligraphy, to tai chi, cooking and music.

The first course that Szczerbinski took was a cooking class.

"I love Chinese food. The chef was a famous chef, Peter Chang," she said.

Szczerbinski then tried tai chi and kung fu through the WMCI.

In 2017, through the WMCI, Szczerbinski joined the JNCLNCLIS (languagepolicy.org) to lobby Virginia senators and congressional representative for more funding for language instruction in public schools.

"I want to thank the Confucius Institute for sharing the wonderful language and culture of China to the world," she said.

"It has been a wonderful journey for all of us," said Szczerbinski's mother.

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