Hotel management makes regular recruitment trips to China, and all staff are encouraged to learn Mandarin.

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These youngsters from Brazzaville or Capetown are awarded scholarships to learn Mandarin and attend Chinese schools.

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In Singapore, the Bairds visited Mr. Rogers, Ms. Parker and their daughters to discuss the best place to learn Mandarin.

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Educators say there's no one right way to learn Mandarin.

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Its goal is to help kids learn Mandarin.

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Ninth-grader Nicole Zido is already fluent in Cantonese, but her parents, both from Hong Kong, want her to learn Mandarin, China's official language, but Zido says she has her own motivation for wanting to learn the language.

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While we were cramming to learn English or Mandarin, we forgot to learn the vocabulary of the foreign language of our feelings.

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Mandarin is notoriously difficult to learn.

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The Museum of Chinese in America kicks off its Lunar New Year Family Festival on 2 February with performances by local dancers, kid-centric Mandarin workshops, hands-on arts and crafts projects and a chance to learn more about Chinese holiday customs and rituals.

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Mandarin enthusiasts say that once that fear factor is overcome, the language is actually not too hard to learn.

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