jono1001 Posted November 5, 2011 at 07:13 PM Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 at 07:13 PM Australia seems to be behind the USA and England in the teaching of Chinese in schools. I keep reading negative articles (and comments) from Australian news web sites. Here is and example Record low as students reject HSC languages Chinese is not taught in many schools in my area. Can you tell me if it being taught in primary or secondary schools in your area / country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkhsu Posted November 5, 2011 at 10:16 PM Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 at 10:16 PM I'm in California, USA / San Francisco Bay Area and there are plenty of schools teaching Chinese. Here's a website to the Mandarin Parents Immersion Council - schools section: http://miparentscouncil.org/schools/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meng Lelan Posted November 5, 2011 at 11:29 PM Report Share Posted November 5, 2011 at 11:29 PM I'm in Texas, no resistance here. Chinese is being taught in a number of high schools and even a few middle schools across the state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailuo Posted November 7, 2011 at 09:29 PM Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 at 09:29 PM I am in Utica, NY. I work for a program where we provide Chinese instruction to local schools. There are 5 Chinese teachers and maybe 13 different school districts if I remember correctly. Right now we are teaching 6-10th grade, next year adding 11th, the year after 12th grade. That being said, the program is only open to a limited number of students in each school. For example, I am located in a middle school and there are only 6-10 Chinese students per grade. (The school only has 70 kids per graduating class though). The program is half distance learning and half in the classroom teaching. The only reason the program could start though is because we got a FLAP grant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil_H Posted November 30, 2011 at 02:37 PM Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 at 02:37 PM I am in England where it is being taught in some schools but not many. I think the closest one to me where it is being taught is a private school. I would say the percentage is small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members mireiko Posted February 6, 2012 at 04:08 AM New Members Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 at 04:08 AM I am in Thailand, there are many school teaching Chinese here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Princ3ssLittle Posted June 10, 2012 at 06:05 AM New Members Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 at 06:05 AM i am in the usa i cannot find a class to teach me more chinese (it is a long story why i have not learned before hand and would rather not go into it lol) but to say it should be taught in most schools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prateeksha Posted June 10, 2012 at 12:09 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 at 12:09 PM In Delhi, there are very few [compared to the total number of all kinds of schools - universities, colleges, schools, private institutes]. But the private tuition sector is booming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted June 10, 2012 at 08:07 PM Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 at 08:07 PM In Vancouver we have Mandarin at almost all of our 18 secondary schools, and two elementary schools offering early Mandarin bilingual programs. Other nearby districts Richmond, Burnaby, and Surrey have similar if not more systematic Mandarin programs (Richmond is the first school district where a Mandarin immersion program has been proposed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meng Lelan Posted June 11, 2012 at 01:34 AM Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 at 01:34 AM In Vancouver we have Mandarin at almost all of our 18 secondary schools, and two elementary schools offering early Mandarin bilingual programs. Public or private schools? In Texas we have two new Mandarin immersion elementary schools coming up this fall , both in public school districts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted June 11, 2012 at 05:31 AM Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 at 05:31 AM @Meng Lelan I was only talking about public schools, I unfortunately don't know anything about the private schools here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumChoi Posted June 17, 2012 at 05:04 PM Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 at 05:04 PM Toronto has a big Chinese and Hong Kong population, so there are lots of night classes and Saturday school offering Chinese classes. The problem I have with some of these schools is since many of the children are from Chinese families, the classes are taught as if the children already know Chinese themselves, which is often not the case if they use English primarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members sinobread Posted June 20, 2012 at 04:26 AM New Members Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 at 04:26 AM Czestochowa, Poland, They start teaching Chinese in local university Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumChoi Posted June 21, 2012 at 06:41 AM Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 at 06:41 AM Is Chinese popular in Poland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 21, 2012 at 02:11 PM Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 at 02:11 PM I guess perhaps it is. I took this picture in Poland -> http://www.signese.com/2008/10/21/%e5%a4%a7%e9%ba%bb/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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