BBC News - Is English or Mandarin the language of the future?

I found this article very interesting.

BBC News - Is English or Mandarin the language of the future?

VICTORIAN schools will form "clusters" to teach foreign languages

"VICTORIAN schools will form "clusters" to teach foreign languages under a state government plan to turn around the dramatic decline in the number of students learning a second language."
 
Schools join forces to rescue languages

Mandarin becoming the language to study

Meanwhile in New Zealand.

"The time is fast approaching when schools will chose to offer Mandarin instead of more traditional languages such as French, Latin or German."

There is an interest by some schools to teach students Mandarin.



When will Australian Schools start doing this?


Mandarin becoming the language to study - National - NZ Herald News