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Ever since China’s rapid economy development, Mandarin has become an important language for world business, trade, and economy. Because learning Mandarin is no easy feat, many foreigners find the option of learning Mandarin through language school in China appealing as a way to boost learning speed and capability.

 Mandarin’s Growing Popularity

With China being the second largest economy in the world and containing one-fifth of the world population, Mandarin is a language to be reckoned with. The recent stark China’s economy growth and advances put China and its language in the world spotlight. Learning and knowing Mandarin can assist one’s career, especially when it involves dealing with the Asian powerhouse, therefore Mandarin has slowly taken the center stage as a second language option. Particularly in the U.S., China’s number one trading partner at $521 billion, Mandarin is gaining popularity as a foreign language for high school students, only second to Spanish. In fact, approximately 40 million foreigners are studying Mandarin around the world. Furthermore, according to the Chinese Ministry of Education, the Chinese government, in an attempt to promote the Chinese language and culture, have set up 330 institutions to teach Chinese as a second language across the globe with more than 40,000 students.

Chinese Language School in China as an Alternative

With Mandarin rising in popularity, schools and businesses meet this demand by providing students and consumers with learning Chinese alternatives. P  eople have the options of learning Mandarin in their schools or universities, in language schools or through private tutors. However, many think Mandarin is an extremely difficult language to learn. Instead of consisting of arrangements of alphabets like English, German or Japanese, Chinese words are formed by a set of radicals. Each radical has its own meaning and pronunciation but when combined, formed a word that can be very different in both its meaning and pronunciation. As a matter of fact, statistics reveals that it can take a student up to 2,200 hours of learning to be proficient in Chinese while it only takes 600 hours for French or Spanish.

As demands for learning Mandarin soar, more and more options are available and what better way to learn the language than being in the country itself? Many foreigners decided to delve into the world of Chinese head first. There are many language schools in major cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong that teach Mandarin as a second language to foreigners. Foreigners have the options of choosing just language classes or an internship in China. Many language schools such as Hutong School, a Chinese Language School that also assist their students with visa application processes as well as housing to ensure a smooth transition in China. Hutong School is not only a Chinese Language School but is also helping people to boost their career by finding the right networking in China.

“With a comprehensive package of accommodation, language classes, ebooks about Chinese, cultural activities and round the clock support, students at Hutong School are well taken care of from the moment they start considering China as a destination and until they sit on the plane back home with a suitcase full of memories. ” Says Ida Speyer the Marketing Manager of Hutong School. See their website: www.hutong-school.com.

As a result, the Chinese language school in China industry generates 2 billion RMB income yearly. Last year alone, there were over 20 new language schools in Shanghai. In addition, there were 35,000 people who took the HSK (Chinese language placement) test last year, an 11% increase from the previous year. Many schools have opened their doors in recent years and some other has close theirs. This is partly due to the high competition in the market.

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See also:

• The Market of International School in China 
• The Art School in China