Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Registration for Beginner I and Beginner II classes have closed. For questions, contact Kelly Kleinkort at [email protected]. This beginner course, offered in collaboration with Chinese Community ...

I've been studying Chinese — one of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn — for over a decade Though you can't learn Chinese with apps alone, technology can be a great tool for language ...

When President Obama welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House on Wednesday, he was joined by a group of students from Washington, D.C.'s Yu Ying Public Charter School. It's a ...

Editorial Note: Forbes Advisor may earn a commission on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn't affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Learning a new language requires ...

Speak excellent Chinese with accurate pronunciation and tones, OK if in slightly lower than natural speed. Understand basic grammar rules. Be able to engage in communications on topics taught in the ...

Chineasy uses pared-down graphics to ease the process of learning one of the world’s toughest languages. There are some 20,000 characters in contemporary written Chinese. Knowing about 4,000 is ...

Registration is open now for 30 spots in the 2025 STARTALK Chinese language learning program, presented by the UAB College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of World Languages and Literatures. The ...

To a non-Chinese speaker (like me), and especially to a Westerner (like me), Chinese is the most impenetrable family of languages on Earth. While there may be only an eighth as many syllables as in ...

Deborah Fallows and her husband, the Atlantic‘s James Fallows, are no strangers to life in a foreign country. Over the course of their careers they’ve upped sticks and moved to foreign lands, from ...

Recently, while revising for her end-of-year exams, my 15-year-old daughter came to me with a list of Chinese words, asking me to test her on them. It had been a while since she'd asked for help. Ever ...