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Shu Ren, founded in the fall of 2008, is the latest in a growing number of Mandarin bilingual schools that have cropped up in the Bay Area. Most of the programs follow some variation of the "dual language" immersion model.... From East Bay Express.  

Children should learn languages of countries where Britain has important business contacts, says Ed BallsPrimary school pupils should learn Mandarin and Arabic to help UK businesses, the government said today.The schools secretary, Ed Balls, said UK plc increasingly needed children to learn the languages of countries where Britain had "very important business contacts".All secondary schools should offer lessons in Mandarin, he said, citing a...  

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Starting this January, Los Cerritos Elementary School, in conjunction with Savior Faire Language School, will begin offering Mandarin classes to all elementary age children. The course kicks off with a demonstration class on Friday, Jan. 9 at 2:45pm, and will be held regularly on Tuesdays from Jan. 19-Mar. 23 at the Los Cerritos School Library, [...]  

KUALA LUMPUR - MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak Najib has urged Malays to learn Mandarin, saying the language is one of the many assets of the country. 'When we learn the languages of other races, we learn more about each other. Only when we respect and honour one another can we become true Malaysians who support the 1Malaysia concept,' he said at the 90th anniversary celebration of the Chong Hwa independent high school here on Monday...