I read an article featured in the New York Times recently and I thought it is interesting to read.
According to the article, a lot of families in USA are hiring baby sitters with a foreign language background. Why?
Parents cite different reasons for hiring baby sitters and nannies to speak a second language with [...]
For many of the Chinese language learners, getting the learning materials is challenging; getting the right materials is even more challenging. This is the reason I create books and worksheets to cater to different needs. Frankly speaking, it is not easy. It requires a lot of thinking and it is time consuming. To credit own [...]
Two little one-eyed mascots - Olympic mascot Wenlock, Paralympic mascot Mandeville - were unveiled to the world recently. Here is the story video explaining where they came from. Of course, the video is in Chinese!
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According to today’s BBC News, “Nearly one in six children - and almost one quarter of boys - have difficulty learning to talk, research suggests.”
This result from the YouGov online survey of 1,015 parents seems to be quite surprising. The high proportion of boys having difficulty learning to talk especially caught my attention. [...]
This is a quiz about China, its history and culture from Timesonline. Try it and test your knowledge about China!
I read an article letter from the Times. It was written by Dr Richard Pike, Chief Executive of Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dr. Pike himself was one of the small group of students who started to learn Japanese when Japan started to become the “Asian giant” in 1970s. He later spent years working in Japan, [...]
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As usual, I got up first. Soon, I heard the steps from the stairs. It was my 5-year-old daughter. She came towards me with a big smile. “Happy Mother’s Day!” she kissed me. Then came my 7-year-old son. He also said “Happy Mother’s Day” and kissed me. They gave me some cards and two wrapped [...]
if the world were a village of 100, 22 would speak Mandarin…
