In 2005,141,000 foreigners are studying in China, and 86,679 of them coming to China to learn Mandarin Chinese (statistics from the Ministry of Education, 5th June, 2006). There is a possibility that Mandarin will overtake English as the international language by 2020 but more likely for Mandarin to be the secondary language of business and/or, academia. Due to China’s rapid economic growth, it is attracting more people worldwide to come and learn Mandarin. Students find it much easier to get a job in a multi-national company after learning Chinese, since China is now the fastest economy growing in the world.
To learn Mandarin, the best way is to study in its native country. Beijing being the capital will indulge you to the China’s historic culture from the beginning to the present. Shanghai which is the most modern and westernised city in China will bring you closer to the more luxurious stay there. Last but not least, there’s Guangzhou, being one of the most successful industrial areas of China, where both Cantonese and Mandarin are spoken.If you want to learn it on your own, you can use a language learning software. Most of them usually just require a one time fee for you to download it to your computer after which you can use it whenever you want. So if you were looking to learning Chinese quickly with this, all you would need to do would be to complete all the lessons in this program as quickly as you can. To make learning easy and fun,most of the good language learning programs has audios and games.
It is vital that a student will know where to go to learn and master Mandarin Chinese effectively. Safest and most efficient way of learning Chinese is to learn at a university and also take some extra classes at an academy. Beijing’s top universities include Beijing Language and Culture University and Tsinghua University (TSU). Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University are both Shanghai’s top universities. In China you can choose many universities and academies to learn Mandarin.however,which one?