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Learning Chinese important for Montana’s students and the future success of Montana

China looms larger in the future of the United States and the rest of the world than any other country. If you don’t think so, ask a Chinese teenager. He will be happy to visit with you about it. In English.

English is a requirement in China’s schools, and students there now receive at least seven years of instruction in our language. It is estimated that in just a few years, China will be the world’s largest English-speaking country.

I had the exciting opportunity to teach at Nankai University in China during spring semester of 2006. When teaching a class in public administration made up primarily of career public employees, mostly in their 30s and 40s, I needed an interpreter. My lectures to the traditional college seniors in my class on American political culture required no translation. A teacher can tell by observing students whether they understand. The younger students got it. Their questions and comments in English, and their test scores, proved it.

Bob Brown

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