Mandarin Chinese In All Of LCPS
Mandela once said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head, if you talk to him in his own language that goes to his heart.”
If Mandarin Chinese was a language curriculum at all Loudoun County Public Schools it would serve useful to students in the financial and economic working future, engage them enough to generate better studies, and connect them with the community. Learning the language that is the most spoken first language in the world will help with communication in work and school collaboration, opening a better understanding of the involvement and stance the native country, China, has in the world. The Prime Minister David Cameron said, "I want Britain linked up to the world's fast-growing economies. And that includes our young people learning the languages to seal tomorrow's business deals- it's time to look beyond the traditional focus on French and German and get many more children learning Mandarin.” A U.S Education Report points out how 1.5 million English fluent Chinese students are graduating with STEM degrees, 3 times the amount of U.S STEM graduates; 500,000.
If you allow a Mandarin language option it would appeal to many students, engage them more into their studies, and would create better performances of their knowledge. There has been a recent rise of the learning of Mandarin, as it has been found easy, because Mandarin has a relatively uncomplicated grammar. Unlike French, German, or English, Mandarin has no need to memorize and conjugate verb tenses, and no noun variation for gender and numbers. In 2007, the U.S. College Board offered the first Advanced Placement exam for “Chinese Language and Culture” and the results since that year show a total of 81.1% of the students who took the exam achieved the top score of 5, “a much higher percentage than any other language test”, according to The Washington Post. It has been shown many times that the Mandarin’s simplicity and relativity to English has produced better test scores than any other language, demonstrating the most understanding, participation, and involvement of students.
I urge you to help petition a Mandarin Chinese language program for all high schools and middle schools of Loudoun County, and give all students the privilege of learning this information to gain them the skills for success in their future.
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