Learning in different tongues

Dual-language education is catching on in international schools as parents are keen to expose their young children to various cultures, Xing Wen reports.

Spring means school work again after the winter vacation. So, once again, Shi Yuechen takes her 4-year-old son to 3e International School, where he is enrolled in preschool. Since her first visit to the school in Beijing's Chaoyang district, Shi has been happy to find that her son loves the school, as next to the playground, which contains a sandpit, seesaw, swing and slide, there is a big garden plot with a small grove of trees and potted plants.

"The schoolyard looks like a small park. It is really close to nature," says Shi.