Only approximately 7 percent of all school children in England are educated in independent schools, according to the ...

In this short lesson, I walk you through five super simple Chinese characters and their meanings using my whiteboard. I say ...

A strategy for learning a language: 1. Start with small, daily actions — 25 characters, 10 new words, 15 minutes of speaking.

In this short Mandarin lesson, I explain the real difference between 认识 rènshi and 知道 zhīdào, even though they both translate ...

Ai, the \"genius\" chimpanzee whose incredible cognitive abilities revolutionised primate intelligence research, has died in ...

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For the first five days, our schedule was lectures in the morning, and then, after lunch, we would go on trips. Our first ...

British Chinese takeout bears so few similarities to its US counterpart that Americans have been sharing their surprise, and sometimes outright horror, on social media.

More young Chinese Singaporeans are struggling to learn their mother tongue, and some are even giving up on mastering it ...

Sure, the sequels to "Wicked," "Jurassic World," "Zootopia" and "Mission: Impossible" landed among the top 15 movies of 2025. But the top pick is a film many Americans haven’t heard about.

Being able to speak more than one language is a valuable skill that takes a lot of time and effort to master. Some people ...