Chinese Language

Students Don't Have Perfect English? Try Mandarin

The Boston Globe | Akilah Johnson | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Chinese Language, Language in Schools, Boston, Mandarin, Foreign Language Education, Foreign Language, Chinese, Foreign Language in Schools, Education News

Mandarin teacher Li Wang sat in a chair small enough for a 4-year-old, her enthusiastic students sitting on the classroom carpet in a separate square....

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More U.S. Students Learning Chinese As School Language Programs Expand

Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Chinese Language, Trilingual Education, Bilingual Education, Chinese Lessons, Chinese Education, Broadway Elementary, Education News

By Alex Dobuzinskis In Mandarin immersion teacher Kennis Wong's kindergarten class, her young pupils are making paper masks glued to sticks that the...

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Young People Are America's Best Ambassadors

Anthony Jackson | Posted 01.24.2011

Read More: Chinese Language, Mandarin, Michelle Obama, Asia Society Education, Confucius Classrooms, Walter Payton College Prep High School, Asia-Society-Education, 000 Strong Initiative, Chinese, 100, International Studies Schools Network, Hu Jintao, Barak Obama, Education, Asia Society, Education Reform, Boston Renaissance Charter, Hillary Clinton, Issn, Education News
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The 100,000 Strong Initiative bridges opportunity gap for all U.S. students to study in China, yielding the next generation of Americans to manage political, economic and cultural ties.

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Read Scare? American Schools Teaching Chinese With Funds From China

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Chinese Language, Foreign Language, Teaching, Chinese Culture, China, Video, Education News

More schools nationwide are offering Chinese language courses that are approved and funded by China's government. CNNreported that, over the past fou...

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Tibetan Students Protest Use Of Chinese In Classes

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Tibet, Tibet Students, Chinese Language, Tibet, Tibetan Culture, China, Western China, Tongren, World News

BEIJING — Tibetan students in western China marched to protest unconfirmed plans to use the Chinese language exclusively in classes, teachers sa...

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Panda Tutor Wanted: Chinese Tutor Sought for US-Born Panda Mei Lan

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese Language, Panda Tutor, Giant Panda, English, Mei Lan, Sichaun, Animals, China, Pandas, Green News

BEIJING — Ni hao – hello – Mei Lan! Chinese zookeepers are advertising for a tutor to teach Chinese to an American-born giant panda ...

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