Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Ever imagined what it would be like to understand your favorite Chinese dramas without subtitles? Maybe you’ve gotten hooked on the ...

While romance languages like French and Spanish used to be the norm, Mandarin is exploding in popularity among students and families. As she counts the numbers in Mandarin, 8-year-old Anna McCuistion ...

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 ...

Glenwood Elementary is a school divided as it awaits its fate, where some students in the Mandarin dual-language program have been bullied, parents and teachers told the school board Thursday night.

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The introduction of the Mandarin Chinese language to East African school curricula signals China’s growing influence in Africa as a global superpower. China has sponsored CIs since 2004 and hundreds ...

The rapid growth (and partial retreat) of “they” and “them” has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, but English is ...

A vote to expand a Mandarin program will convert Chapel Hill’s oldest elementary school into a magnet school, will send local students who don’t want to learn the language to other schools and will ...

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’ oldest elementary school will offer expanded Mandarin language instruction, but as part of a new, broader focus meant to attract more diverse students. Last year ...