African nations are adding Chinese to their national curricula, but the roll-out is hampered by a lack of qualified teachers.

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An introductory course in modern spoken and written Chinese, stressing oral-aural facility and the integration of the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Five hours of ...

Curriculum and related frameworks (conceptual underpinnings or guiding principles for curriculum design), as well as materials, instruction, and assessment aligned with strong curricula—are critical ...

The 17th annual National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC), held May 2-3, 2024, featured a cross-disciplinary approach to explore how AI transforms education and spotlight innovations and insights in ...

In a lecture room at the University of Dodoma's Confucius Institute in Tanzania, Tausi Iddi Nzimano, known by her Chinese name as Lin Shi, switches effortlessly between Mandarin and Swahili as she ...

From Arabic to Cantonese and Japanese, the hardest languages to learn for English speakers require roughly 88 weeks to ...

Chinese languages form a diverse branch of the Sino-Tibetan family, encompassing a continuum of regional varieties often referred to as “dialects” yet exhibiting differences akin to distinct languages ...