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 ...

Comprising five chapters and 32 articles, the revised law is set to take effect on Jan 1, 2026. It aims to strengthen ...

China's spoken and written language law was revised by the nation's top legislator on Saturday, reflecting the need for the ...

While English tends to view the ‘Chinese language’ as a monolith, the phrase actually represents a large diversity of both written and spoken languages, many of which are not mutually understandable.

Integrated writing (IW) requires learners to synthesize multiple sources of information for a written response. It has become a key component of language education and assessment globally. A new ...

With the continuing rise of China as a global economic and trading power, there is no barrier to prevent Chinese from becoming a global language like English, according to new research. With the ...

For those of us born and raised in places like the United States, the United Kingdom, or Australia, it can be easy to forget that there are over 7,000 different languages spoken on our planet. English ...

What makes this moment particularly striking is that Chinese did not originally have gendered pronouns at all. The character ...

Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.