Tag: Chinese
Bringing Chinese to Preschoolers
Lauren Cortinas presents a
solution for the youngest learners of Mandarin
In October 2014, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing entirely...
Russian, Ruslan Ustinov, Crosses Chinese Bridge First
Russian student Ruslan Ustinov won the 17th Chinese Bridge Chinese Language Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students last month in Changsha, in central China’s...
Chinese Celebrations and Inaugurations
The United Nations celebrated its ninth Chinese Language Day last month at its offices worldwide.
Celebrations in New York included lectures on Chinese culture, film...
Al Jazeera Launches Chinese Site
Al Jazeera has launched a Mandarin-language news website targeting a Chinese population of 1.4...
Opinion–Can We Make Chinese Less Graphic?
While many schools are dropping foreign language classes, the number of schools offering...
Grants to Fully Fund Chinese and Arabic Teachers @ K-12 Schools
U.S. K-12 schools can host a fully-funded teacher from Egypt, Morocco, or China with the help of Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) grants. TCLP...
Confucius Launches Chinese Online Test and Programs
The Confucius Institute and XuetangX have launched a platform for students around the world who want to learn Chinese and pass the HSK proficiency...
The Rise of Women through the Birth of Languages
Jenna Lau reveals the secrets of Nushu, a language emblematic of Chinese female empowerment and sisterhood.
History is rife with accounts of gender inequality and discrimination,...
World Languages from National Geographic Learning
¡Exploremos! (1-4, 1A and 1B) offers an innovative approach to language teaching that takes advantage of content the students already know about the world...
Chinese Dialects Honored in Film
Last month’s Zurong Dialect Film Festival, one of China’s campaigns to preserve language diversity, received 582 entries featuring various dialects in just its second...
