China Daily – Cheng Yingqi in Beijing and Zhang Chunyan
“A new TV cartoon show in Britain is teaching toddlers how to speak Mandarin – a sign, experts say, of the language’s growing popularity around the world. The Lingo Show is broadcast weekdays on the BBC’s CBeebies channel, whose target audience is children under 6 years old, and aims to introduce Chinese, French and Spanish words to young viewers through a range of colorful characters. “(more)