Unlike the English language, which uses the Roman alphabet, Mandarin does not have an alphabet. Mandarin characters have developed over approximately 4,000 years. But Mandarin characters aren't ...

Our specialised Mandarin Reading and Writing course targets elements of Chinese language learning that are often perceived as higher difficulty and explores them in an immersive and effective manner ...

Last summer, Barbara Odom of Chanhassen looked at her daughter and considered two possibilities for the girl's first days in a Mandarin Chinese kindergarten class. One, Gabbi would love language ...

China, 8th Oct 2024 - GoEast Mandarin, a leading Mandarin language learning institution, proudly announces the launch of its latest course, "Mastering Chinese Writing Skills," designed to help ...

Today, handwritten notes still dominate many study sessions in China, even with widespread digital tools. Abbreviation ...

For teenager Cameron Persons, Chinese has character. "I love the characters," said Persons, 17, who enrolled in Mandarin 1 at Piedmont High School and is one of many Bay Area students now learning the ...

Few parents like to be corrected, or contradicted, by their children. But there are exceptions to that general rule: Expatriate parents living in China tend to swell with pride when their ...

I remember the moment vividly: My students and I huddled around the tables in the kids’ section at the library while I introduced myself as their Mandarin tutor. After telling my students what my ...

FEW people live to 111. Fewer still leave as big a mark on linguistic lives as Zhou Youguang, who died on January 14th. Mr Zhou was the chief architect of pinyin, the system that the Chinese use to ...