IIT Ropar to start certificate course
IIT Ropar to start certificate course ROPAR: In a bid to promote educational and cultural relations between India and Taiwan, IIT Ropar is starting a certificate course in Mandarin. It has also opened a Taiwan Education Centre on its campus to facilitate cooperation among the higher educational institutions of Taiwan and India.A Memorandum of Understanding […]
A new lingo: Students are taking to Chinese
A new lingo: Students are taking to Chinese By Esita Rani Mandal BCU To hire native teachers, as foreign languages open doors to better job prospects, scholarships, and cultural enrichment among students than before due to China’s economic prominence and global influence. Other than Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese are the most […]
Mandarin lessons for Army troops along China border
Mandarin lessons for Army troops along China border The Army utilizes officers trained in Chinese language as interpreters to break the language barrier. GUWAHATI: In a first such move, Army troops deployed along the entire length of the Line of Actual Control with China will be trained in listening, speaking, reading and writing Mandarin, including […]
Why being bilingual is good for your brain | BBC Ideas
Why being bilingual is good for your brain | BBC Ideas https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=nzHY-muy2Mw&feature=youtu.be&themeRefresh=1 What does bilingualism do to the brain? And are there benefits to being bilingual? Turns out there are lots of upsides Recent News Sushma Swaraj: Need for Indians and Chinese to learn each other’s language Teaching them young: Tots learn to say ‘ni […]
Teaching them young: Tots learn to say ‘ni hao’ to Mandarin
Teaching them young: Tots learn to say ‘ni hao’ to Mandarin. Hong se, huang se, lu se… (red, yellow, green),” two-and-a-half-year old Sriana rattles off the colours of the rainbow in Mandarin when her mother points to a picture at their Powai residence in Mumbai. Another Mumbai toddler, three- year-old Rishaan, can sing Zhuni shengri […]
Sushma Swaraj: Need for Indians and Chinese to learn each other’s language
Sushma Swaraj: Need for Indians and Chinese to learn each other’s language I want to say that the way India and China’s relation are strengthening, trade is increasing, we are working together on international forums, it has become increasingly important that you learn Hindi and we learn Chinese,” Sushma Swaraj said in Beijing.BEIJING: External affairs […]