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"I have been football jerseyexposed to football jerseysChinese culture for a long time. I like Chinese culture and this is the main reason I am learning Chinese, " Cina told Xinhua in her haltingnhl jersey yet understandable Mandarin.

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"More and more mlb jerseysChinese parents come to me asking how to help their kids keep their home language baseball jerseywhile at the same time (not falling behind) in their English studies," said Terry Kelly, who is an early literacy specialist.

Kelly has led workshopsbaseball jerseys on how to retain home languages over the last eight years. She says she has known some parents who feared thatmlb baseball jersey introducing a second language to their children would hurt the children's ability to speak fluent English. But now things are changing, Kelly says, adding parents have realized importance of children retaining their mother tongue.

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Her words are echoed by Paul Yeung, a communications specialist at Royal Bank of Canada. As a Chinese descendant himself, although he can't speak Mandarin, he sent his two-year old daughter to learn Chinese.
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"China's economy is booming now and the economic growth is faster than any country in the world. To master the Chinese language, it means opening more job opportunities. I want my daughter to be able to read and write Chinese."

Nonetheless, not only Chinese descendants but also Canadians from other ethnic backgrounds realized the enormous benefits that will flow from learning Chinese, as China's importance in the world grows due to its rising political and economic power.