How many English language learners are in China?

400 million English
There are an estimated 400 million English language learners in China.

Is typing in Chinese slower?

English words have fewer strokes per word, but Chinese characters pack more information per character, making them shorter.

What is the fastest language to read?

Spanish speakers read the fastest syllables at 526 syllables per minute. This is because Spanish has many short syllables. Compare that number to Slovenian speakers who read only 232 syllables per minute. When it comes down to words per minute, English was the fastest at 228, followed by Spanish, and then Dutch.

How many people learn English online in China?

EF estimates the number of English online learners in China to grow from 67.2 million in 2013 to 120 million by 2017. Private English training companies are also expanding their reach into second-tier cities and remote provinces.

How many people in the world speak Chinese?

About one in five of the world’s population speaks a form of Chinese. Mandarin is the official language of the People’s Republic of China and by far the most widely used version, with over 800 million speakers.

Do all Chinese languages have the same writing system?

Although there are many spoken Chinese languages, they use the same writing system. Differences in speaking are reflected in differences in writing. Official China adopts a similar policy to the one in the Soviet Union, using one standard language. In English we call the standard Chinese language Mandarin.

How many Chinese characters do you need to read a newspaper?

About 3,000 Chinese characters are needed to read a Mainland newspaper. However, people who have learned only the 400 most frequently used characters can read a newspaper—but they will have to guess some less-used words. Here are some samples of some words and sentences in Mandarin Chinese.