This is an interesting article on growing up as a Chinese American and the advantages and challenges regarding teaching Mandarin to second and third generation.

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Some friends of the Language Chronicle have just released a variety of language specific websites. We’d like to pass them some traffic and hope you will take advantage of these new websites.

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The most crucial aspect in obtaining a distant language is the amount of time you commit to surrounding yourself with it. The more experience you have with the language, the quicker you’ll pick it up. This equates to hearing, seeing, using, and scrutinizing the lingo.

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In today’s world, knowing another language or two has become very, very important – even essential in some cases. Foreign communication surrounds most people daily, and people desire to obtain other languages to increase their brain power, grow as people, or for more whimsical reasons. While these apply to any language, the growing importance of the Chinese economy, Brazil, Latin America and the growing importance of African French speaking countries is especially noteworthy.

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