China, Shanghai
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Mandarin is taught through three pathways: Mandarin A (CNL), Mandarin B (MSL), and Mandarin C (MFL). Wohui Mandarin supports Year 1–2 Mandarin as a foreign language. Dual Language Learning in DUCKS integrates English and Mandarin in daily classroom activities with two teachers (one for English and one for Mandarin).
Dual Language Learning in DUCKS is a fundamental part of student development. In DUCKS, learning occurs with one teacher focusing on English and another on Mandarin in the same classroom.
Mandarin learning pathways provide immersive, technology-enhanced environments. There are three pathways: Mandarin A (CNL), Mandarin B (MSL), and Mandarin C (MFL). Wohui Mandarin supports early Mandarin learning for MFL students, and Dual Language Learning in DUCKS exposes young learners to both English and Mandarin throughout the day.
Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong is an international day school for children aged 2–18 that opened in 2003 and now educates over 1,600 students. The College groups younger children in DUCKS (Toddler to Year 2), a Dual Language early years programme based on the U.K. Early Years Foundation Stage, then follows the English National Curriculum in the Junior School and IGCSE leading into the IB Diploma in the Senior School. The school publishes a detailed annual fee schedule and a separate fee PDF shows the 2025–26 tuition bands by year group. Mandarin is offered through multiple pathways (native, second-language and foreign-language routes) from early years through to IGCSE/IB, and the school runs a large co-curricular programme including STEAM, sports, music, drama and community/service activities. The College also operates an optional school bus service and offers a termly residential Ignite and a Switzerland programme for older students.