By Huang Yanan

    DHAKA, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Sadaqat Omar, a six-year-old boy who lives in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, has a dream to visit China after learning Chinese for one and half years.

    "I love to learn Chinese which is not difficult," Sadaqat said in Chinese.

    Teaching Sadaqat Chinese is the initiative of his father Omar Sadat. While in an interview with Xinhua, Sadat, who is a lawyer and graduated from Cambridge University in London, said China has developed so fast in recent years and will become a superpower in the world in the near future. "Chinese will become a world language definitely," he said.

    "I want my children to learn Chinese as early as possible because when they grow up they will get benefit from knowing Chinese language well," he added.

    Sadaqat's 4-year-old brother Safwat Omar has also got some interest in Chinese. Whenever Sadaqat has Chinese class, Safwat likes to be present.

    Professor Abdul Haye has been teaching Sadaqat Chinese over the last one and half years. Haye studied Chinese in China for more than one year in 1960s and taught Chinese in Dhaka University for 37 years until he retired in 2007.

    "At the beginning, I thought Sadaqat would give up learning Chinese after some time. I am so surprised he has learned Chinese for one and half years and never proposed to give up," Haye said.

    "I have many students out of them 10 percent are good in learning Chinese. Sadaqat is one of them," he added.

    Haye comes to Sadaqat's house twice a week to teach him Chinese. Haye said teaching Sadaqat Chinese brings him great fun. "I look forward to seeing Sadaqat every week. For me, it is not only teaching, but also learning. I have learned many words when I teach him," he said.

    In order to create a favorable learning environment, Sadaqat's mother Sarwat Shiraj Shukla, who is also a lawyer, tries her best to be in the class and learn Chinese together with her son.

    "When Professor Haye is not available, my son and I can practice Chinese," she said.

    Sarwat and Sadaqat compete with each other in learning Chinese. They practice Chinese when they have time, either in the car or in a foreign trip.

    Sadaqat has learned more than 300 Chinese words and can make some simple conversations in Chinese.

    Sarwat bought many Chinese learning materials and cassettes in Singapore and Malaysia.

    "We invest a lot for Sadaqat to learn Chinese because we think it is so important to learn Chinese," Sarwat said.

    Sadaqat shows more and more interest to learn Chinese not only he was told the importance to learn Chinese but also he feels very much encouraged when relatives and friends appreciate him for learning Chinese.

    Sarwat said they promised to take Sadaqat to China next year. "We hope Sadaqat will love to learn Chinese more when he sees China," she said.