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Chinese and English: Dual language program grows in Casper, Wyo.     Dan Cepeda/Casper Star-Tribune Kindergarten teacher Anastasia Lite Li works with student Sterling Mann in a dual-language immersion classroom last month at Paradise Valley School in Casper, Wyo. November 09, 2013 6:00 pm  •  By LEAH TODD Casper Star Tribune CASPER, Wyo. – Anastasia Lite Li…

HOWARD STEPHENSON: Dual language immersion is best of both worlds Utah’s dual language immersion program gives elementary students the chance to become fluent in traditional languages as well as critical languages such as Mandarin Chinese. The first schools to begin dual immersion now have fifth-graders in the program.By: Howard Stephenson, Grand Forks Herald Howard Stephenson More……

GREGG ROBERTS and OFELIA WADE: In Utah, foreign language immersion becomes the norm It is Utah’s quest to give all students the chance to become linguistically proficient and culturally competent by mainstreaming Dual Language Immersion programs for students of diverse abilities, across all socioeconomic categories and in large and small communities throughout the state.By: Gregg Roberts…

Speaking more than one language may help delay dementia Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY4:02 p.m. EST November 6, 2013 Speaking more than one language “stimulates your brain all the time,” researcher says. (Photo: Photo Disc) STORY HIGHLIGHTS Dementia developed an average of five years later in people who spoke more than one language The…

Meet the Australian children fluent in Mandarin By Jon DonnisonBBC News, Melbourne Five-year-old Jackie Baldwin can give her name in Mandarin Continue reading the main story Related Stories Young Asians making their mark on Australia Australia unveils Asia manifesto Australia’s politicians often talk about the importance of building ties with Asia. Successive governments have promised…

Casper school seeks to make students bilingual   By WILLOW BELDEN Enlarge image Credit Willow Belden Kindergarteners in the dual language immersion program at Paradise Valley Elementary School spend half their day learning in Chinese. A school in Casper has started teaching some of its classes in Chinese. The idea is that the students in those classes…

Global Village Academy’s tear-down frenzy: Global Village Academy’s tear-down frenzyWritten by Madeline Novey Rose Kensora, 6, left, dances with Taylor Griffith, 5, in their Chinese class at the Global Village Academy Wednesday. Global Village is a K-4 language-immersion charter school that opened this fall. The school, now housed at Dayspring Christian Church in southeast Fort…