Business Insider

These are the apps I used to become fluent in Chinese, one of the world's most difficult languages to learn

I've been studying Chinese — one of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn — for over a decade Though you can't learn Chinese with apps alone, technology can be a great tool for language ...
IGN

Learn to Speak and Read Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin and More

If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use. Learning a new language is tough but can be extremely ...
The Economist

Why fewer university students are studying Mandarin

Ten years ago Mandarin, the mother tongue of most Chinese, was being hyped as the language of the future. In 2015 the administration of Barack Obama called for 1m primary- and secondary-school ...
NPR

For NYC Firefighters Learning Mandarin, Service Starts With 'Ni Hao'

On Thursday nights near the Brooklyn, N.Y., waterfront, an old firehouse turns into a schoolhouse, where the drills are in Chinese. The students are some of New York's bravest. About a dozen ...