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  • Dutchtown, Ga.’s Mandarin immersion program finishes its first year

    Dual language immersion program completes first year By Johnny Jackson jjackson@henryherald.com Friday, May 9, 2014  © Copyright 2014 Henry Herald Students are learning science in Mandarin Chinese in Dutchtown Elementary’s dual immersion program. Kindergartner Karissa Abney was a helper in this classroom exercise. (Staff Photo: Johnny Jackson) Kindergartners in Dutchtown Elementary dual language immersion program are…

  • St. Cloud, Minn. gets new Confucius Institute

    SCSU’s new Confucius Institute brings the East to West David Unze, dunze@stcloudtimes.com9:11 p.m. CDT May 6, 2014 The Confucius Institute will work with statewide Chinese immersion programs, Chinese second-language programs, businesses and cross-cultural partnerships for all of China and Minnesota. (Photo: Dave Schwarz, dschwarz@stcloudtimes.com) STORY HIGHLIGHTS Confucius Institute at St. Cloud State University is housed…

  • What Mandarin immersion looks like in Hong Kong

    It looks like they send their students to live for a year in Hangzhou. Now, that’s immersion!     http://www.cis.edu.hk/community/phoenix-soaring鳳凰展翅/index.aspx

  • 放开手 – “Let it go” in Chinese!

    Check out this great site where your kids can learn 放开手, Let It Go in Chinese. For those of us who are being subjected to endless renditions of it at home, make them sing it in Mandarin! The version sung in 25 different language is also very cool and worth watching. Here’s the video  …

  • Next week: Big Chinese conference in Los Angeles

    This is one of the biggest Chinese language education conferences in the nation. Pricey but parents in the LA area with a great interest in immersion might consider attending. Or you might notice there are hordes of busses descending on your child’s school. No worries, it’s just NCLC attendees visiting local immersion programs. If anyone does…

  • Destination: Immersion (sturti/istockphoto) By Heather Clydesdale As recognition of language immersion’s wide-ranging benefits increase, and schools across the United States establish new programs, many are finding that the journey is rewarding, but also has hurdles. At the 2013 National Chinese Language Conference, Shuhan Wang, Ph.D, president of ELE Consulting International, assembled a team of administrators…

  • Getting there! What do you think of the cover?

    Just got this from the designer. Comments welcome. Beth