Playtimes HK Magazine Winter Issue 2018/2019 | Page 58

US-China Strong Foundation announces
Hong Kong’s Mandarin Matrix as a
Technology Implementation Partner
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The 1 Million Strong Initiative is a China- and US-government commitment
to strengthening US-China relations, by teaching 1 million US K-12 students
Mandarin Chinese by 2020
The initiative calls for a five-fold increase from the
current 200,000 students learning today and the
program will be led by the US-China Strong Foundation,
along with key implementation partners. Mandarin
Matrix has been chosen as a Technology Platform
Implementation Partner, and will develop and leverage
their current technology to improve and increase
access to Mandarin language classes, particularly in
underserved communities.
“We’re proud to collaborate with these distinguished
institutions and organizations, as they help us expand 1
Million Strong across the country,” said Carola McGiffert,
CEO of US-China Strong. “With their expertise, we’ll be
even better equipped to foster a greater understanding
of Chinese culture, language and history – and of the
US-China relationship – among American students”.
Mandarin Matrix’s CEO David Tait also welcomed the
initiative “we are delighted to have been chosen to
be a part of this important project and look forward
to working with our partners to provide so many
young people a potentially life changing opportunity
to learn Mandarin”.
Hong Kong-based Mandarin Matrix specialises in
publishing teaching materials for students learning
Chinese as a foreign language, but already, the
US is their largest market. Key to their success has
been their award winning Mandarin Matrix Online
Classroom, which in addition to providing an
engaging and fun way to learn, also provides a
platform to teach Mandarin to both English and
Spanish speaking communities.