Learning Mandarin Becoming Popular in America

According to News Weekly, in the past year there were 146 children aged four to fourteen participating in Mandarin language classes in New York. The Education Secretary of America declared that they are going to have 5% of middle school and college students learn Mandarin before 2010.

Due to the quick emergence of China and the of development of Confucius Institutes all over the world, it is expected that there will be about 1 billion people taking Mandarin as a foreign language by 2010. All countries are encouraging expansion in Mandarin education. Two American senators suggested that 13 billion dollars be invested in Mandarin education over the next 5 years.

While learning Mandarin is becoming more popular, many students of the language complain of its difficulty. There are approximately 2500 words that are regularly used, and Mandarin pronunciation is quite complex. Others are concerned that with more students pursuing Mandarin as a foreign language, other languages such as Russian and Japanese will be overlooked. However, these concerns have not proven to slow the increasing popularity of Mandarin. For many students, learning Mandarin will equate to better business trade with China as a growing number of people speak it worldwide.

Starting in May of 2007, an American Association of Community Colleges commission listed Mandarin in their Higher Employment Examination Project. The commission started their research in 2004, and results showed that there are 2400 instructors interested in teaching Mandarin in 14,000 colleges and universities.

There are many colleges interested in offering Mandarin to their students. However, the American Asian Association states that there are not enough instructors who are proficient enough in Mandarin to teach it, nor are there enough teaching materials to provide to students. The growing popularity of Mandarin education in America has increased the demand of Mandarin instructors, and caused the demand of teaching materials to exceed supply. Instructors who are experts in Mandarin are hard to find.

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