CET 6 Translation -Learning Mandarin Mandarin, the official language of China, is suddenly hot among American schools. Due to the leading position of the Chinese economy in the present century, both public schools and private schools add Mandarin to their roster of foreign languages one after another, or develop Mandarin language programs. According to statistics, there are 50000 children taking Mandarin lessons in American schools. To propel developing Mandarin language project has met with some difficulties. Some schools are at the adverse situation of teaching Mandarin because they are lacking of trained, certificated teachers. When schools hire teachers, they generally employ teachers directly from China, which makes there's a hidden trouble for the future cultural clash.