The Chinese government is imposing Chinese-medium education and ideological indoctrination on kindergarten children in its ...

In this short lesson, I show you a playful way to remember how to say yes and no in Mandarin using 是 shì and 不是 bú shì. I ...

Selected by the Chinese Ministry of Education to teach Chinese as a volunteer on Indonesia's Sumatra Island in 2008, Xi Hecan underwent several months of training to familiarize herself with the ...

In support of this development, China has sent about 300 Mandarin teachers annually to Indonesia in recent years, including ...

About 25 Mandarin teachers and cultural educators gathered in Manila this week for a workshop on Taiwan’s glove puppetry, ...

Led Learner Fatima Ibrahim didn’t set out to become a linguistic pioneer; she just wanted to understand the dialogue in her ...

In this video, I engage in a quick Khasi language lesson during my final night in Meghalaya. The Khasi tribe is one of the three main tribes of the state. I learn essential words and phrases including ...

Preserving Cantonese has been challenging due to the dominance of Mandarin, limited learning resources and a lack of a standard written form. With a declining number of young learners, the language ...

Parents often hear the warning: “If your child doesn’t learn a second language early, they’ll never be fluent.” Adults, meanwhile, are told: “It’s just too late for you to learn now.” These claims are ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Older adults may find learning new languages challenging, but recent research shows the effort itself provides ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...