In response to an urgent need in the field of Chinese language education for research-based information, examples of best practices, and resources useful for administrators, teachers, and parents, the ...

At his home in Shanghai, third grader Vincent is having his weekly English class via a FaceTime call with an American woman named Annie. “Hi Annie, do you know the Harry Potter books?” the child asks.

WHEN CHINA made English a compulsory primary-school subject in 2001, the same year it joined the World Trade Organisation, it was taken as a sign that the once-insular country was opening up. The ...

In recent years machines have learned to generate passable snippets of English, thanks to advances in artificial intelligence. Now they are moving on to other languages. Aleph Alpha, a startup in ...

Log on to the website for the online tutoring company VIPKid, and a pop-up will appear asking visitors to select which part of the world they’re in. Users can scroll through more than 230 “regions” ...

Only 7% of the Chinese population speaks English, according to data. The inclusion of English in the school curriculum has been debated for years in the country. Having a translation app is essential ...