Far East meets West: Visiting instructor Ni Fen Fen offers Mandarin Chinese language classes at Mingus

Verde Independent - Tom Tracey "In an effort to equip [...]

October 15th, 2015|Categories: China, Chinese, Education, Global Economy, Language, Mandarin|Tags: Education, School|

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How to make more money? Grow up bilingual, researchers say

The Christian Science Monitor - Michelle Toh "Kids who are [...]

October 15th, 2015|Categories: Bilingual, Children, Executive Function, Language, Money, Second Language|Tags: Education, School|

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Hundreds Of Thousands More Students Will Be Learning Mandarin Soon. Here’s How.

The Huffington Post - Rebecca Klein "Can 1 million American [...]

October 15th, 2015|Categories: China, Culture, Economy, Education, K-12, Language, Mandarin, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, School|

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Biliteracy Becoming an Increasingly Desired Skill by Employers, Study Finds

Education World - Nicole Gorman "A new study from the [...]

October 13th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, biliteracy, Career, Career & Technical Training, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Jobs, Language, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘British students should jump at the chance to learn Mandarin’, says Chinese School teacher

TES - Jun Yang-Williams "This is proving an exciting year [...]

October 13th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain development and Language, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Learning Two Foreign Languages at A Time: Crazy or Brave?

The Stony Brook Press - Shan Lin "Have you ever [...]

October 12th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How dual-language learning is taking hold in West Chicago

The Daily Herald - Jessica Cilella "For the past three [...]

October 10th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Chicago, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Illinois, Language, language and academic achievement, Learning, News, Spanish, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘British students should jump at the chance to learn Mandarin’, says Chinese School teacher

TES - Jun Yang-Williams "Having obtained a BSc in biology [...]

October 8th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Britain, China, Chinese, Culture, Language, Mandarin|Tags: Education, School|

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‘More of us need to say ‘nǐ hǎo’ to Mandarin Chinese’

The Telegraph - Vicky Gough "...should we really be encouraging [...]

October 7th, 2015|Categories: China, Chinese, Cultural Intelligence, Culture, Foreign Language, Global, Global Competence, Global Workforce, Globalized World, Language, Mandarin|Tags: Education, School|

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The chunking express

The Economist - Staff Writer "WORDS and rules. That’s what [...]

October 5th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Bilingual, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Foreign Language, Grammar, Language, language and academic achievement, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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