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1. More Chinese families are considering perchasing real estates in the US for their children's acdemic stay in the country.
Destinations such as Australia, Canada, the US and the UK can be perceived as a safe haven for investment, with some areas having also seen dramatic price reductions since the financial crisis first took hold.
Australia and Canada as two areas in which there is major interest in terms of investment in real estate, alongside inflows of international students. The trend for wealthy families to buy property for use during study periods and beyond is nothing new, but it is becoming more noticeable.
For more I've talked with Michael Zhang, Current Affair commentator and Lawyer in the US.
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Back anchor: That's Michael Zhang, Current Affair commentator and Lawyer in the US.
Notes:
Laws around visas and immigration factor in the decision as to study location. Property purchase percentage increases closer to the end of the study period, especially those students who know or feel they will be eligible to immigrate as a skilled migrant.
2. Language learning should achieve more than just phrase book competence
Language teachers should aim beyond "functional phrasebook competence" and encourage self-expression in pupils, a leading headmistress is to say.
Bernice McCabe, headmistress of North London Collegiate School, will say teachers should be "a thorn in the side of British insularity and reticence".
Her comments will be made at the start of a course for language teachers run by the Princes Teaching Institute.
The aim is to bring "new life" into language lessons, Mrs McCabe says.
In her remarks to be made on Saturday, Mrs McCabe, who is also co-director of the Princes Teaching Institute, acknowledges that the obstacles "are many".
She says a lot of schools are put off from offering language qualifications by "the perception that top grades in languages are harder to obtain than in many other subjects". She will welcome exam regulator Ofqual's plan to change the way language papers are set and marked, which it is believed may encourage a greater uptake of languages at GCSE and A-Level.
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