I spent several years, and some of your tax dollars, trying to learn Chinese, so I need to say something about a new campaign to get that language into U.S. schools and colleges. The Asia Society just ...

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An introductory course in modern spoken and written Chinese, stressing oral-aural facility and the integration of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Five hours of ...

It’s Friday night in Ikebukuro, a Tokyo entertainment district full of cheap bars and pachinko parlors. As the office workers head to their favorite watering holes, three salarymen split from the ...

Curriculum and related frameworks (conceptual underpinnings or guiding principles for curriculum design), as well as materials, instruction, and assessment aligned with strong curricula—are critical ...

The 15th annual National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC) was a convening of nearly 1,000 Chinese language teachers and education leaders from 16 different countries across the globe. Over the ...

In the relaxed cadences of her native Taiwan, Kelly Chuang instructed her students to repeat after her. “Wo bu shi taiwan ren. Wo shi meiguo ren” — “I’m not Taiwanese. I’m American.” She projected the ...

As at March 2026, 270 pre-schools offer all three languages, up 70 per cent from 160 in 2021. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.