Author: Elizabeth Weise

I know it can sometimes seem the only place I post about is Utah. But dear heavens, they are really the place in the country that’s doing immersion the most intensively. This is just one town, with a population of 87,461, and it’s got eight immersion elementary schools. That’s more than some states! Canyons district taking dual…

I don’t know how I missed these, but someone has finally created some interesting, age-appropriate stories for our Chinese immersion students. They’re great! Here’s their website http://mandarincompanion.com/ Check out the titles: The Secret Garden Sherlock Holmes The Monkey’s Paw The Country of the Blind The Sixty-year dream (Rip Van Winkle) As anyone who read this blog…

foreign language immersion school set to open next year in cleveland ERIN O’BRIEN | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2014 SHARE  Educational opportunities for Cleveland grade-schoolers could soon expand with the addition of a new foreign language immersion school in the 2015-16 school year. Last February, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) gave theGlobal Ambassadors Language Academy (GALA) the thumbs…

 A Parent’s Guide to Mandarin Immersion is now available. You can order it a print book on the CreateSpace website at https://www.createspace.com/5001864 It’s also available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/1oBgloQ However, please note that Amazon takes twice the cut that CreateSpace does (though they’re the same company). So if you can, I’d ask that you buy…

Meetings set for Wedneday and Oct. 9 on proposed Mandarin immersion charter school By Rhea Mahbubani Daily News Staff Writer  The Menlo Park City School District is to hold an informational meeting this morning and on Oct. 9 regarding a proposed Mandarin immersion charter school. District Superintendent Maurice Ghysels as well as school board President…

MindShift | September 29, 2014 | 3 Comments By Samara Freemark and Stephen Smith, American RadioWorks For decades, psychologists cautioned against raising children bilingual. They warned parents and teachers that learning a second language as a child was bad for brain development. But recent studies have found exactly the opposite. Researchers now believe that when people learn another language,…

Keystone Academy is an innovative and unique school in China and the world. It draws from Chinese, American and International learning traditions and weaves them into a powerful bilingual education model. It is truly one-of-its kind in China. The curriculum is bilingual in the primary years with more intensive instruction in English through middle and…