For nearly an hour, no one speaks a word of English in this first-grade math class. Not the teacher, Ying Ying Wu, who talks energetically in Mandarin’s songlike tones. Not the students — 6- and ...

MISSION VIEJO (CBS) — A school district in Orange County will soon offer classes for students as young as kindergarten to learn Mandarin Chinese. Trustees for the Capistrano Unified School District ...

SHAH ALAM: It’s a common wish list for non-Chinese parents who send their children to Chinese schools. “I want her to learn ...

A new opportunity for people to learn Mandarin Chinese in Wake County is all because of a partnership between the United States and Taiwan. The North Carolina Raleigh Taiwan Center for Mandarin ...

Students at Station Middle School eagerly showed their cultural understanding of China, greeting a Chinese diplomat who recently visited the Barrington school with Chinese welcome songs and the ...

The government says more Mandarin speakers will help boost the economy Mandarin in English schools will get a £10m boost, and 5,000 more pupils will learn it by 2020, George Osborne has said on a ...

Children at a Caversham primary school are learning Mandarin Chinese. Mrs Hurst, who is a parent of one of the pupils at Micklands School, visited during its ‘international week’ to talk about China.

In this short Mandarin lesson, I explain the real difference between 认识 rènshi and 知道 zhīdào, even though they both translate as know in English. I show how one is used when two people know each other ...

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I definitely think so. Mandarin is the official language of about 20 per cent of the entire human race. Therefore, I think it is important for Hong Kong students to be able speak Mandarin fluently. I ...