Mandarin Immersion Parents Council

Prince George’s adds Chinese immersion at elementary school

View Photo Gallery —  Paint Branch Elementary School in Prince George’s County is the latest school in the Washington region to join the trend of a Chinese immersion program to its curriculum.

By Ovetta Wiggins, Thursday, February 9, 6:48 AM

The Prince George’s County teacher lifted a foam object from an orange bucket in her lap and waited for someone in the kindergarten class to identify its shape. Not in English. Not even in Spanish. Instead, the answer came in another language gaining popularity in American classrooms.

“Yuan xing!” shouted a little girl in a blue-and-white uniform who wears tiny cornrows in her hair. “Yuan xing!” the others, sitting on the floor in front of the teacher, echoed in unison.

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