Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...

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In November, Californians voted yes on Proposition 58 with almost 73 percent support, lifting restrictions on bilingual education for English language learners and authorizing school districts to ...

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 ...

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 ...

John Hersey High School senior Olivia Marunde’s passion for Mandarin was sparked in fourth grade after a grant from the Chinese government brought a pilot language program to her elementary school in ...

China is set to enact a landmark law requiring ethnic minorities to use Mandarin Chinese as their main language of instruction, overturning decades-old policies that date back to the era of Mao Zedong ...