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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?

All of these are valid methods for Learning Chinese although I can’t speak personally for the osmosis system (I do think you learn well by playing a Chinese MP3 just before going to bed though). This is the key point to immerse you in the learning and the Chinese Language. To Learn Chinese intensively, even to listen to Chinese radio stations or watch Chinese films. I have found is very helpful to listen to Chinese news-you get a good mix of different stories and the subjects are constantly changing. If you have equipment to record them you can replay them with Chinese to your language dictionary at hand. Even if you do not have all the master,you’ll be surprised how much sinks in if you do it regularly.

So if we need to choose a way to learn Chinese, which should it, be? We are also limited to either trying to learn from a book, a tape or a class not too long ago. Now we have the additional resource of the pc and the internet and it’s a revolution in teaching.

At first we can buy a single program which will allow us to listen to MP3s in the car, on the train or just walking around. On the computer the games and puzzles with the same program can challenge us and give us written exercises as well. It lacks of a realistic teacher to complete education resources.

So if you were looking for a single method to learn to Speak Chinese fluently I would recommend one of the downloadable systems available online. You will may see price tags in the $300 range when you look into Chinese CDs but there are much more affordable and more extensive programs available for a third of the price or less.

There was a world conference on the subject last month in Beijing. Chinese Language instruction is, obviously, a good idea. China is our biggest trading partner, after Canada and Mexico. The country reminds me in some ways of America in the 1870s. It is recovering from horrid domestic events, getting stronger, with the potential to be the most important nation in the world. Chinese and Arabic, should be among our top foreign language priorities.

But let me — just this once because I don’t like recalling the pain — tell you that Learning Chinese is not going to be easy.

Chinese culture — its philosophy, its art, its code of conduct, its food, and its literature — is one of the wonders of human civilization. It is so humane and so productive that I have some worry about the rise of China’s economic and military power inspires in some Americans.