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 ...

Swinburne University of Technology provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. I am currently learning Mandarin Chinese. I am just a beginner, only in the middle of level two. It is the ...

Could it be that cellist Yo-Yo Ma owes his perfect musical pitch to his Chinese parents? While we may never know the definitive answer, new research from the University of California, San Diego has ...

This fall at East Light Academy, a Mandarin language immersion school, teachers in pre-kindergarten through first grade will speak only Mandarin to their students for most of the day. "It's like ...

John Hersey High School senior Olivia Marunde’s passion for Mandarin was sparked in fourth grade after a grant from the Chinese government brought a pilot language program to her elementary school in ...

Some may remember taking foreign language classes during school or in preparation for a new job or some travel. There are over 7,100 spoken languages in the world, according to Ethnologue. While it’s ...

China has one of the oldest civilisations in the world, with more than 1.4 billion people, whose territories cover a large and culturally diverse area. With such a huge population and a rich history, ...

People experience Chinese tea culture during International Chinese Language Day celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia. - Xinhua BEIJING: Every year, the Bali Mandarin Centre welcomes about 300 Indonesian ...