Learning online adds to appeal of Chinese
6 months, 1 week ago

Learning online adds to appeal of Chinese

China Daily  

Students study Chinese in a class at the Confucius Institute at the National University of Equatorial Guinea in Malabo. According to HolonIQ's 2023 report, the Chinese language learning market is valued at $7.4 billion and is projected to double in the next five years. Duolingo's latest language report for 2023 sheds light on data about Chinese learners for the first time. Among the fastest-growing countries for Chinese learners are Bangladesh, Mongolia and Myanmar, with growth rates exceeding 100 percent annually. They also launched courses for learning Chinese through Japanese and Vietnamese, according to Tan Xiuting, Duolingo's course designer.

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Bridging East and West through Mandarin learning
Top News
1 month ago

Bridging East and West through Mandarin learning

China Daily  

By ZHAO YIMENG and PAN YIQIAO | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-18 09:06 Visitors attend an exhibition during the World Chinese Language Conference at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Friday. International Chinese language education has become increasingly vital to bridge the information gap and enhance cultural understanding between young people in the East and the West, experts …

Bridging East and West through Mandarin learning
Top News
1 month ago

Bridging East and West through Mandarin learning

China Daily  

By ZHAO YIMENG and PAN YIQIAO | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-18 09:06 Visitors attend an exhibition during the World Chinese Language Conference at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Friday. International Chinese language education has become increasingly vital to bridge the information gap and enhance cultural understanding between young people in the East and the West, experts …

Gaining a competitive edge
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gaining a competitive edge

China Daily  

Two students try on a classical Chinese musical instrument. Many expat parents appreciate that Chinese language courses are mandatory in early years for everyone who attends, says Qiao. Parents see it as a significant, competitive advantage for their children to master the Chinese language, which is the most spoken worldwide and perhaps the most difficult to learn," she says. Students …

Chinese foreign language scholars gaining global recognition
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese foreign language scholars gaining global recognition

China Daily  

Participants browse posters about foreign language education during the assembly in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on July 26, 2024. China's academic research in foreign language education has greatly improved in recent years, with a significant number of Chinese scholars publishing academic papers in high-level international journals, experts said during the Global English Education China Assembly in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, which concluded …

Govt. planning to rope in Duolingo for teaching foreign languages at State-run schools
1 year ago

Govt. planning to rope in Duolingo for teaching foreign languages at State-run schools

The Hindu  

After securing government approval for introduction of a foreign language as an optional subject from Class IX in State-run schools from the next academic year, the School Education Department plans to rope in American educational technology company Duolingo that produces learning apps and provides language certification. “We have been told that knowledge of basic English will be sufficient for students …

School makes learning Mandarin easy and fun
2 years, 5 months ago

School makes learning Mandarin easy and fun

China Daily  

NihaoCafe features abundant self-study exercises. More than 25 million people in the world are currently learning Mandarin, and the cumulative number of people learning Mandarin in the world is close to 200 million, according to a 2021 report by China’s Ministry of Education. Inspired by the ongoing Mandarin learning craze fueled by China’s economic growth, That’s Mandarin, a Mandarin language …

Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn believes in the power of language
2 years, 6 months ago

Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn believes in the power of language

Live Mint  

There was a moment—rather, a week—sometime in 2016 when Luis von Ahn felt euphoric. Duolingo, the company Von Ahn co-founded in 2011, offers 103 courses for 40 distinct languages, with over 25 million people worldwide learning more than one language on the platform. “The other thing that is interesting about India,” says Von Ahn, who is also the company’s chief …

Cambodian students find Chinese helps career plan
2 years, 9 months ago

Cambodian students find Chinese helps career plan

China Daily  

Chinese illustrated books are shown to schoolchildren in Phnom Penh on Nov 1, as part of cultural exchanges between China and Cambodia. You Rong, a student majoring in Chinese literature at the Asia Euro University in Phnom Penh, says the huge influx of Chinese investors and tourists in recent years has motivated him to learn Chinese. "In Cambodia, the number …

Cambodian students find Chinese helps career plan
2 years, 9 months ago

Cambodian students find Chinese helps career plan

China Daily  

Chinese illustrated books are shown to schoolchildren in Phnom Penh on Nov 1, as part of cultural exchanges between China and Cambodia. You Rong, a student majoring in Chinese literature at the Asia Euro University in Phnom Penh, says the huge influx of Chinese investors and tourists in recent years has motivated him to learn Chinese. "In Cambodia, the number …

Standards on learning Chinese taking shape
2 years, 11 months ago

Standards on learning Chinese taking shape

China Daily  

Participants from different countries take a group photo during the seminar. Top-grade teachers of Chinese are in demand around the world amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, said Zhong Yinghua, president of the International Society for Chinese Language Teaching and president of Tianjin Normal University. "More custom-made, innovative courses using intelligent technologies that cater to the needs of broad communities of …

Chinese culture that goes beyond borders
3 years, 6 months ago

Chinese culture that goes beyond borders

China Daily  

Participants show off their skills in a Chinese culture course at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, last year. Advanced internet technology has brought many Chinese learners online, learning from social media platforms and smartphone apps. In a Chinese learning group on Facebook with more than 57,000 members, many talk about their learning progress, and some seek learning partners including …

Chinese culture that goes beyond borders
3 years, 6 months ago

Chinese culture that goes beyond borders

China Daily  

Participants show off their skills in a Chinese culture course at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, last year. Advanced internet technology has brought many Chinese learners online, learning from social media platforms and smartphone apps. In a Chinese learning group on Facebook with more than 57,000 members, many talk about their learning progress, and some seek learning partners including …

Chinese culture that goes beyond borders
3 years, 6 months ago

Chinese culture that goes beyond borders

China Daily  

A Yemeni instructor teaches students Chinese in the capital Sanaa last year. Globally, more than 20 million people in more than 180 countries and regions are learning Chinese, according to a report released in June by China's Ministry of Education. Liang Haoguang, executive director of the China Academy of the Belt and Road Initiative, says that with China's continuing economic …

From Hindi to Korean, a global language-learning trend that grew word by word
3 years, 10 months ago

From Hindi to Korean, a global language-learning trend that grew word by word

Live Mint  

Language learners had a busy time last year. According to the 2020 Duolingo Language Report released in December, 30 million people around the world took up a new language on the language education platform’s app and website in the weeks after covid-19 lockdowns. We saw housewives, other working professionals and even school students learning across languages,” says Anuradha Agarwal, founder …

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