A letter to the Editor published in the Gazebo News in Lake Forest, Ill. Editor’s note: This Reader Forum article was submitted by Al Boese of Lake Bluff. Reader Forum articles represent the writers’ opinions and not necessarily those of GazeboNews. We encourage you to comment on this article, but please include your full name…

Coronado Elementary to launch Chinese immersion program next year Eric Mungenast/Tribune Chinese immersion   Coronado Elementary School first-grade teacher Alice Fan teaches students how to make a jian zi during a culture club meeting on Nov. 19, 2013. [Eric Mungenast/Tribune]   Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2013 1:30 pm| Updated: 6:10 pm, Wed Dec 4, 2013. By Eric Mungenast,…

“Chinese Immersion Education at ISTP and Beyond: Exploring National Trends and Future Directions”  Presentation By Chris Livaccari   The Mandarin immersion program at International School of the Peninsula (ISTP) is the nation’s third oldest.  Since it started in 1996, there has been an explosion of interest in both Chinese language learning and language immersion education, and…

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Lake Forest parents ask District 67 to end Mandarin Chinese program This photo shows a reading program at Cherokee Elementary School in Lake Forest, where some parents are saying they want a Mandarin Chinese language program to end. ( Michael Walker, Chicago Tribune / September 23, 2002) MAPS Lake Forest, IL, USA By Kate Jacobson, Chicago Tribune reporter1:02 p.m. CST, November…

By Elizabeth Weise Excerpted from the forthcoming A Parent’s Guide to Mandarin Immersion As foreign language teachers from around the nation gather in Orlando for the annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages convention, I wanted to post an analysis of the statistics I have gathered for Mandarin immersion programs in the United…

Summer Institutes for Immersion Teachers CARLA also offers these popular institutes that are designed specifically for immersion educators: Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching for Chinese and Japanese July 21–25, 2014 Presenters: Tara Fortune and a team of veteran immersion teachers This institute provides novice immersion teachers of character-based languages with the tools and…