One woman was left confused when she looked at her niece's ABC book where one letter was particularly unexpected.

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Researchers in Shanghai have reported in a study, recently published in Science Advances, that they've successfully decoded ...

Recently, while revising for her end-of-year exams, my 15-year-old daughter came to me with a list of Chinese words, asking me to test her on them. It had been a while since she'd asked for help. Ever ...

Chinese language teaching is increasingly about memorising and repeating sounds and signs, without the meditative beauty that underlies the language. Pronunciation is not a relevant variable in a ...

As part of Asia Society’s ongoing commitment to Asian language and culture education, we are pleased to present A New Framework for Mandarin Language Education in PreK-Grade 12 Schools in the United ...

Scientist from Shanghai, China developed and trained a brain-computer interface that can decode Mandarin Chinese syllables. Neurological conditions — such as strokes and degenerative diseases — ...

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Abstract: Contrastive focus highlights the important information in discourse, syllables carrying which typically demonstrate longer duration and larger pitch range. This study examined whether and ...