Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Ever imagined what it would be like to understand your favorite Chinese dramas without subtitles? Maybe you’ve gotten hooked on the ...

Editorial Note: Forbes Advisor may earn a commission on sales made from partner links on this page, but that doesn't affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Learning a new language requires ...

Some may remember taking foreign language classes during school or in preparation for a new job or some travel. There are over 7,100 spoken languages in the world, according to Ethnologue. While it’s ...

While romance languages like French and Spanish used to be the norm, Mandarin is exploding in popularity among students and families. As she counts the numbers in Mandarin, 8-year-old Anna McCuistion ...

In the relaxed cadences of her native Taiwan, Kelly Chuang instructed her students to repeat after her. “Wo bu shi taiwan ren. Wo shi meiguo ren” — “I’m not Taiwanese. I’m American.” She projected the ...

Americans are flocking to Chinese app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, as a potential US TikTok ban looms. Some of them are learning Mandarin in an attempt to bridge the language divide on the app.

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