Two big immersion conferences coming, one in May and one in October

There are two national conferences of interest to Mandarin immersion teachers and administrators and both are taking place this year.

One is the Asia Society’s National Chinese Language Conference, which this year is happening on May 2, 2024, in Mountain View, California. It’s the 17th annual conference this year and registration is open.

The other is the International Conference on Dual Language and Immersion Education, which is hosted by the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and takes place every other year.

Utah is the hotbed of K-12 immersion education, with more programs than any state and one of the best built-out systems anywhere (with the possible exception of the city of Edmonton in Canada.)

Registration just opened for the Utah conference, which is their ninth. So tell your teachers and administrators.

Note that while I have on occasion attended these as a total immersion nerd, they’re probably not of that much interest to parents unless you’re really interested in the minutia of immersion and what the latest research and techniques are.