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 ...

Students study Chinese in a class at the Confucius Institute at the National University of Equatorial Guinea in Malabo.

The late, great sinologist Simon Leys once pointed out a peculiar paradox. China is the world’s oldest surviving civilization, and yet very little material of its past remains—far less than in Europe ...

Chinese languages form a diverse branch of the Sino-Tibetan family, encompassing a continuum of regional varieties often referred to as “dialects” yet exhibiting differences akin to distinct languages ...

There are a dozen terms native Chinese speakers use to describe what English speakers refer to as the “Chinese language.” Each of those terms has its own cultural and sometimes political affiliation.

The Chinese World Language Program was first implemented in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in 1999, starting with only 3 schools. The program has since grown to 45 schools (24 elementary and middle ...

The Georgia Department of Education oversees public education for more than 1.7 million students in 212 school districts. According to data from the 2018–19 school year, 45.8% were elementary school ...

An introduction to the fundamentals of modern standard Chinese (Mandarin), including pronunciation, Chinese characters, grammar, and conversation. Students develop all four skills (listening, speaking ...