One child who came top in such a contest said that studying Mandarin not only improved his ability to write in Chinese, but also helped his English--because the pinyin romanization used to indicate the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese characters was similar to English spelling.
一位奪得演講比賽冠軍的小朋友表示，學普通話不僅中文書寫能力進步，由於中文拼音與英文拼音類似，「連帶英語也會進步。」