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January 28, 2010
The Web Way to Learn a Language

By ERIC A. TAUB

Foreign Languages Fade in Class — Except Chinese

By SAM DILLON

January 21, 2010 New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/education/21chinese.html?ref=global-ho...

Test available to ensure proper spoken Mandarin

14 Fe 2009

By YENG AI CHUN

PETALING JAYA: Mandarin speakers will now be able to assess the level of their speaking skills and obtain a certification from the Education Ministry of China when a verbal proficiency test on the language is made available to Malaysians from May.

The test will enable Mandarin speakers to be tested locally.

Mandarin classes set for 2010
Despite initial rejection of the idea, district now moving ahead, thanks to strong support in city

Christina Myers
Burnaby Now

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Some of Burnaby's youngest students will have the chance to learn the world's most widely spoken language come fall 2010.

District assistant superintendent Gina Niccoli-Moen presented board members with an update on a proposed Mandarin language program this week - which would run in kindergarten to Grade 3 classes - noting that it would be one of very few such programs anywhere in the country.

International Herald Tribune
Massachusetts company specializes in Mandarin textbooks
By Robert Weisman
The Boston Globe
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

BOSTON: China is solidifying its role as a leader in the 21st century global economy. Career-minded college students in the United States are taking note. And that has created another opportunity for the publisher, entrepreneur and deal maker Nader Darehshori.

As China rises, demand grows for Mandarin language skills
By Tini Tran
The Associated Press
Monday, March 24, 2008

TAIPEI: When Marvin Ho co-founded a Chinese language school in Taiwan in 1957, his only students were a handful of Western missionaries.

Five decades later, it's a different story. Ho's classrooms are packed with scores of people clamoring to learn what they believe is the next global language: Mandarin Chinese.

    The New York Times
    February 17, 2008
 
    Learning From a Native Speaker, Without Leaving Home
    By ANNE EISENBERG

    THE best way to learn a foreign language may be to surround yourself with native speakers. But if you can't manage a trip abroad the Internet and a broadband computer connection may do the job, too, bringing native speakers within electronic reach for hours of practice.

Chinese nannies are the latest New York trend  

www.chinaview.cn 2006-01-06 10:14:29

BEIJING, Jan. 6 -- Chinese au pairs are New York's latest fashion: Manhattan's elite wants to prepare its progeny for the economic world of tomorrow.

    Her parents are caucasian Americans, her home is a $1 million villa on the Hudson River and her favorite place to play is a swing in the yard.

Native language affects math ability: study

LOS ANGELES, June 26 (Xinhua) -- People who speak Chinese as a first language process math tasks differently from those who are native speakers of English, scientists reported on Monday.

Bull run in the West is over: Investment guru        
Wednesday, 20 February 2008

'America is out of control... The best advice I can give to anyone is to teach your children and grandchildren Chinese.' - MR ROGERS, underscoring his bullish forecast for Asia, especially China.

GRACE NG, THE STRAITS TIMES