Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Top image: Rice / Zachary Tang On 15 June, local musician Gentle Bones responded in English to a Mandarin host at the Singapore ...

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This post was updated May 1 at 10:52 p.m. While most students share gossip in their native languages and with their dearest friends, Leo Kitaen has a different approach. Instead, Kitaen, a first-year ...

When the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, launched its Cantonese language programme in 2015, it was geared towards heritage speakers – second- or third-generation ...

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.

A group of Jewish Mandarin speakers in New York has formed “Mazel Tofu,” a growing community that meets over kosher Chinese food to connect through language, culture, and shared experiences.

Very often, such stories suggest that increased attention to English is the major cause of the deterioration of Chinese language skills. Indeed, this anxious refrain recurs frequently enough that many ...

Mandarin classes are lauded but some question institute's motives. Oct. 15, 2012 — -- Elementary school students in the poor, struggling school district of Macon, Ga., where the graduation rate ...