Chinese language teaching is increasingly about memorising and repeating sounds and signs, without the meditative beauty that underlies the language. Pronunciation is not a relevant variable in a codi ...

Learning a language is not just a matter of memorizing vocabulary and verb tenses or, in the case of Chinese, using the correct tone. It is not merely a matter of time spent in the classroom.

"I decided to learn Chinese in high school after reading an Arabic translation of Yu Hua's novel To Live," she says.

At an Oct. 26 Chinese calligraphy workshop, CU Boulder students studying Chinese practiced an art whose history dates back millennia ...