Disney to expand language schools in China

Matthew Garrahan and Annie Saperstein:

Mickey Mouse might not be the most obvious choice as a language teacher but he and Donald Duck are being put to work in China by Walt Disney as part of a rapid expansion of a schools programme that aims to teach English to 150,000 children a year by 2015.

Disney, which has identified Shanghai as the location of its next theme park, is the first western media company to operate schools in China. It owns a handful in Shanghai and recently opened its first in Beijing.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 8, 2010 3:42 AM
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