Unlocking Opportunities with Mandarin Chinese
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What is the Mandarin
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Y8 MEP
Intensive Learning China Trip
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Embrace the world's most spoken language, Mandarin Chinese, to gain a competitive edge in life and career. Discover the Mandarin Excellence Programme aiming to fluency by 2020. Explore intensive study courses in China for a deeper cultural immersion and learning experience.
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I am going to take a GCSE in Mandarin Chinese
Why Mandarin Chinese? Mandarin Chinese opens up a world of opportunity it is the most-spoken language in the world. Speaking Mandarin Chinese will give pupils a head start in life only 1% of the UK population can currently speak Mandarin Chinese. Speaking Mandarin Chinese boosts career opportunities 31% of 300 UK businesses surveyed by the CBI in 2014 said that they wanted staff who could speak Mandarin Chinese. Studying Mandarin Chinese presents a unique and valuable opportunity for students over 3,500 pupils in England took a GCSE in Mandarin Chinese in 2016.
What is the Mandarin Excellence Programme? Anew intensive language programme, funded by the Department for Education. The programme will see at least 5,000 school pupils in England on track to fluency in Mandarin Chinese by 2020. Students will take eight hours of Mandarin Chinese a week including four hours of classroom taught lessons with selected groups of pupils beginning from Year 7.
Y8 MEP Intensive Learning China Trip
Intensive study courses in China
