Category Archives: Hanyu Industry
Learning Mandarin Chinese in Chile
Learning Mandarin is becoming popular in South American countries like Chile.
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China’s role in BC Chinese classes: Mussolini or Sunzi?
When I first read Jonathan Zimmerman’s Christian Science Monitor op/ed Beware China’s role in US Chinese classes, I wondered if Canadians would react as he did. Jonathan, a Professor of Education and History at New York University attempted to draw parallels between the funding of Mandarin classes in the US by the Chinese Government and [...]
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Ideology and Mandarin Teaching: The end of history?
Maybe one day Global Hanyu will become a multi-billion dollar language industry on a par with Global English. And despite the belief among some that the number of people learning the language is exaggerated, perhaps there really will be a “Global Hanyu”.
But it may take a while. Becoming a global language is not easy. As [...]
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Teaching Mandarin around the world
Hanyu.com is planning a series of articles discussing the problems and challenges faced by schools teaching Mandarin in different countries. Now that much of the world is slowly waking up to the reality that Mandarin is fast becoming a major global language, a broader perspective that reaches beyond national borders is needed.
If your school is [...]
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Oh 加拿大! Bilingual today, trilingue demain?
Français, English, ä¸æ–‡? – the trilingual ATM of a major Canadian bank blinked at me. Back from Asia after a 12 year absence, I was impressed. No need to wait until 2020 after all. å…¨çƒæ±‰è¯ – Global Hànyǔ (Mandarin) had arrived in Canada’s largest city. 汉è¯çƒ, eh?
But is Global Hànyǔ [...]
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Learning Mandarin at Surrey’s new China Institute?