Confucius Institute offers lunch workshops today, Sept. 26

The UNL Confucius Institute is offering a free, two-day lunch hour workshop designed to help people interact with Chinese students and scholars. The workshop, noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 24 and 26 in room 202 in the Multicultural Center, will be led by Pingan Huang, associate professor and associate director of the UNL Confucius Institute.

Huang will discuss methods to overcome language and cultural barriers. He will also review 20 common Chinese phrases/sentences used for greetings, introductions, expressing thanks and apologies, and saying goodbye.

The workshop is free and open to all faculty, staff and students. Space is limited to 50.