Pinyin was invented to help people learn the pronunciation of Mandarin characters. The following sounds do not follow this general rule - they should be read as a whole, rather than separated into ...

Complete with more than 400 audio demonstrations for all Mandarin syllables and over 90 video explanations for difficult-to-pronounce Mandarin sounds, the pinyin chart provides clear pronunciation ...

DENVER - Researchers have found a way to reverse what appears to be a universal decline in foreign language speech perception that begins toward the end of the first year of life. University of ...

Schools set the right tone to help young language learners, reports Mark Graham in Beijing. Few parents like to be corrected, or contradicted, by their children. But there are exceptions to that ...