Category Archives: Chinese

Culture and TCFL

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Ken Carroll

  Here’s a revealing article about how Mandarin is being taught in New Zealand.  It opens with this line:   ‘Confucius say getting Kiwis to learn Chinese is like banging head against brick wall.’  It continues:  ‘Confucius Institute director Nora Yao … Continue reading →

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What’s happening at the Economist?

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Ken Carroll

I love the Economist, but it ran an incredibly weak article today – False Eastern promise whose sub-heading tells us that the ‘craze for teaching Chinese may be a misguided fad’. The craze for teaching Chinese may just be a fad? May be … Continue reading →

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