China to increase mandarin speaking rate to 80 pct
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Updated: 2017-04-03 12:51
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BEIJING -- China plans to increase the rate of nationals speaking standard mandarin Chinese to 80 percent by 2020, according to a plan issued by the Ministry of Education and State Language Commission.
The plan calls for improved mandarin speaking abilities among teachers, especially new teachers, who must meet national mandarin speaking standards before being enrolled by schools.
The plan also highlights training of teachers from ethnic minority regions. Methods including online remote teaching will be used to ensure all ethnic teachers speak standard mandarin.
Currently, the number of those speaking standard mandarin is above 70 percent, but there is still a huge gap between different regions and groups of people.
The rate for speaking mandarin exceeds 90 percent in large cities but is only 40 percent in many rural areas.
The plan calls for improved mandarin speaking abilities among teachers, especially new teachers, who must meet national mandarin speaking standards before being enrolled by schools.
The plan also highlights training of teachers from ethnic minority regions. Methods including online remote teaching will be used to ensure all ethnic teachers speak standard mandarin.
Currently, the number of those speaking standard mandarin is above 70 percent, but there is still a huge gap between different regions and groups of people.
The rate for speaking mandarin exceeds 90 percent in large cities but is only 40 percent in many rural areas.
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