are looking at China as our next economic competitor, and interest in Mandarin is growing,” said Marty... to offer a Mandarin (普通话) class, he quickly changed his mind.“I thought would be more beneficial than ……

was going to offer a Mandarin class, he quickly changed his mind.“I thought it would be more... speaks Mandarin to order food at Chinese restaurants and can read Facebook posts from his Chinese ……

the title of "national mandarin envoy" for Shandong Province at the Ministry of Education's annual mandarin competition. 21st Century talked to Zhou about her new mission as mandarin envoy.21st: What ……

to learn English.”Which is the language of the future – English or *Mandarin? With China’s rise and opening up it is inevitable that Mandarin will be even more widely used. But will it *supplant ……

or Mandarin (普通话)? Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world, according to Ethnologue, a database (数据库) of language resources. More than 1.3 billion people speak Mandarin, including second language ……

, Cantonese 20 percent and Mandarin 10 percent,” said Arthur Chang Hin-ting, 13, a native (本土的) Hong... topic. “We only use Mandarin in language courses (课程),” added Arthur, as many secondary ……

.A growing number of schools in the UK are teaching Mandarin as well as French, German and Spanish... BBC TV series called The Lingo Show will introduce British kids to Mandarin Chinese (普通话).According ……

or rural areas.986,120THE growing use of Chinglish (Chinese-English) and other linguistic hybrids has... Mandarin for resting.17 %INCREASING numbers of Chinese, especially in big cities, aren't getting a good ……

to study German, but China has since emerged (显露出) as the world’s fastest growing economy.To promote (促进) the learning of Chinese, the UK government set up the Mandarin Excellence Program in 2016, which ……

countries,” Li told Xinhua.In fact, Saudi Arabia isn’t the only country to show a growing interest in Chinese. This year, many Russian middle school students will take Mandarin as a subject ……

the growing impacts of climate change on whales and dolphins, which includes changes in sea temperature... ChineseCHINESE scientists have developed a computer program to test how well people speak Mandarin (普通 ……

) in interest in learning the Chinese language, as evidenced by the growing popularity of Mandarin classes worldwide. “The increasing popularity of Mandarin classes globally demonstrates the growing interest ……

CAN your grandparents speak Mandarin? If they can’t, don’t be surprised. They are just some of the 400 million people who don’t use Mandarin in China.About 30 percent of Chinese people still can ……

Mandarin, said Li Weihong, vice-minister of education, on Sept 21. The remaining 70 percent can speak Mandarin, known in Chinese as Putonghua, but may speak it poorly. The government has held ……

?A. The rising popularity of Mandarin among American students.B. The influence of China’s growing power... 2Studying Mandarin (P3)Choose the best answer:1. Thomas Cheatham decided to study Mandarin instead of Latin ……