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Updated on 22th February 2007

Lin has recently been interviewed on BBC Radio.

The discussion was regarding the Goverment investigation of the possibility of including Mandarin Chinese in the secondary school curriculum from 2008.

• Lin was interviewed on BBC 5 Live on 4th Februray 2007, click here to listen to the whole interview. Part of this interview was also later repeated on BBC Radio 2 News.
• Lin was also interviewed on the BBC Asian Network, click here to listen!

 

Below you'll find recent new reports regarding learning Mandarin:

• "We need to raise our game in languages in schools if we are to compete in an increasingly globalised economy," said Mr Johnson. (BBC, Feb. 2007)
  
• Secondary schools in England will be allowed to teach Mandarin or Arabic instead of EU languages as part of proposals to update the curriculum. (BBC, Feb. 2007)
  
• "It is estimated that in 20 years' time there will be three universal languages, English, Spanish and Chinese" said David Andrews (BBC, Jan. 2007 )