China, Ethnic Unity and Mandarin
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While romance languages like French and Spanish used to be the norm, Mandarin is exploding in popularity among students and families. As she counts the numbers in Mandarin, 8-year-old Anna McCuistion says she loves learning this new language. She says her ...
In Santa Barbara, children laugh, practice new words, and repeat phrases together while learning one of the world’s oldest
Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Ever imagined what it would be like to understand your favorite Chinese dramas without subtitles? Maybe you’ve gotten hooked on the latest Chinese makeup trends and would like to know a ...
Nadia Alexander considered studying Mandarin when she started high school in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Alameda. The first-year student could have taken the language at her public school for at least three years, but chose Spanish instead.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ivie Hunt was barely 6 last spring and had just finished kindergarten when she shocked the hostess at a Denver Asian restaurant by chatting comfortably in Mandarin Chinese. “Here was this little blond, white ...
It's been shown that the left side of the brain processes language and the right side processes music; but what about a language like Mandarin Chinese, which is musical in nature with wide tonal ranges? It’s been shown that the left side of the brain ...
With China’s growing power and influence on the global stage, efforts are burgeoning to promote teaching the official Chinese language in U.S. schools. And while those activities are getting help from a variety of sources—including the U.S. government ...
Mandarin Chinese is a famously difficult language for native English speakers to learn as adults. As with any language, experts say it's best if you start young. In small pockets across South Carolina, some public school students are getting just such an ...
Families in Lafayette Parish have a new option for language immersion in the fall. The World Languages Academy, a satellite pod of Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy, will welcome kindergarten and first grade students who are interested in Mandarin ...