A recent educational report published by The New York Times found that Mandarin Chinese is
set to become the third largest foreign language spoken in America putting German in fourth place.

In an article entitled Mandarin 3rd largest foreign language in U.S. posted by china.org.cn explains,“The mushrooming of interest we’re seeing now is not the heritage communities, but in places that dont have significant Chinese populations”. The location of American schools teaching Mandarin Chinese has expanded from coastal areas to all over the U.S.A. from Ohio to Texas and Georgia to Utah.

Over 2 million Americans speak some variety of Chinese. Additionally,the Mandarin Chinese program is a top seller here at Pimsleur, and the first lesson is given free for each of the comprehensive Mandarin Chinese levels.