Ivie Hunt was barely 6 last spring and had just finished kindergarten when she shocked the hostess at a Denver Asian restaurant by chatting comfortably in Mandarin Chinese. “Here was this little blond ...

With China’s growing power and influence on the global stage, efforts are burgeoning to promote teaching the official Chinese language in U.S. schools. And while those activities are getting help from ...

The teacher stands in front of the class and pronounces a word that sounds like “nee-how.” Some of the 10 students laugh, but they gamely mimic the pronunciation of the word “ni hao,” meaning “hello,” ...

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 ...

Mandarin Chinese is a famously difficult language for native English speakers to learn as adults. As with any language, experts say it's best if you start young. In small pockets across South Carolina ...

The introduction of the Mandarin Chinese language to East African school curricula signals China’s growing influence in Africa as a global superpower. China has sponsored CIs since 2004 and hundreds ...

Steven Frost, the new Mandarin Chinese teacher for Hoover City Schools in Hoover, Ala., gives a basic introduction to the Mandarin Chinese language on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (Jon ...

This fall at East Light Academy, a Mandarin language immersion school, teachers in pre-kindergarten through first grade will speak only Mandarin to their students for most of the day. "It's like ...

Principal Bryan Bordelon tries to reassure parents taking a chance on his new school: Don't panic when you can't understand your 4-year-old's assignments. Your child may even tell secrets in a ...