Asia Internship - Culture Immersion Programs in Asia

1. Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world

Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world with approximately 1,197,000,000 people speaking Chinese, of which 873,000 million speak Mandarin, therefore 14% of the global population speaking Chinese.

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2. Chinese Is Important For Your Career!

Chinese language skills are a resume-builder—knowing Chinese may give you an edge when competing for employment. International businesses prefer to hire people who speak more than one language

 

3. Travel to countries that speak Mandarin

As well as China, Mandarin is spoken in countries such as Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, Phillipines and Mongolia so if you do business in these countries then it would be beneficial to converse in their language. If you can speak Mandarin “the world is your oyster” as you travel across these countries.

 

4. Learn about history and culture of China

Chinese history and culture is one the richest and certainly the oldest in the world. China is renowned for producing beautiful novels, short stories, poetry and more recently excellence in film. Reading great Chinese biographies and watching short films about the history of China provides a greater understanding of the language.

 

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5. Make friends with different cultures

China has the biggest population in the world with approximately 1.28 billion people so learning the language gives you access to communicate with many people and connect on a deeper level. Get a Chinese pen pal to improve your writing and understand family life in China.

 

 

6. It is good for business

Mark Zuckerberg is wowing audiences across the world with his new Chinese Skills, especially those important business executives in China. In fact, there are many top CEO’s that speak Chinese as a second language.

 

7. Improve your artistic skills

Chinese symbols and characters require a steady hand. The written words are actually iconographic characters rather than letters. These symbols and characters are created using ‘strokes’ rather like painting.

 

8. A really exciting challenge! 

We know we need to keep are brains well oiled and studies have shown that Mandarin speakers use both sides of their brains! This will certainly keep brains motoring.