Chinese language study catching on in U.S. classrooms

From the Seattle Times:

In the U.S. Senate, the Foreign Relations Committee is considering a proposal to allocate $1.3 billion to boost Chinese language and culture classes in public school, and China, too, is doing its part

Ken Carroll 凯恩

4 Responses to “Chinese language study catching on in U.S. classrooms”


  1. 1 tom Jan 4th, 2006 at 9:44 am

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  2. 2 Ken Jan 5th, 2006 at 9:04 pm

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  3. 3 Mike Jan 7th, 2006 at 5:57 am

    Well some pleasant news there Ken. I’m pleased to see my fellow Oregonians taking the lead on that one too. It makes me happy reading the article that people back in the states are finally understanding the importance of China. The only sour note that I have about the whole language issue is that the US is behind the times compaired to European countries where such programs are compulsory. I’m glad you posted this clipping Ken or I’d never have seen it. Hvala (thanks).

  4. 4 Ken Jan 9th, 2006 at 11:41 am

    Mike,

    The Europeans should be better at languages - geographically speaking, they’ve got to be. Bbut he best of all re the Africans, who, on average, know more languages than anyone! The reason for that is not so much attitude or school policy as culture and geography, but hats off to them anyway. And it is great to see interest in Mandarin in the US.

    I believe the new tools we, and others, are assembling, willl help lead to a new wave of language learning with a new, more flexible approach than anything that has existed in the past.

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