I just started a tab on this blog for parent groups around the country, as we now have so many. If your group isn’t hear, please drop me a line and I’ll add it. https://miparentscouncil.org/mandarin-immersion-resource-pages/

Which really captures the feeling young expats have there these days. This video makes me nostalgic for Beijing and I haven’t even lived there. It’s so much the place that people in their 20s are going today to make their fortune. It feels a little like Prague did for those of us who were in…

Many programs, as well as Mandarin immersion as a whole, have benefited from FLAP grants. However the  Foreign Language Assistance Program was not reinstated in the Fiscal year 14 budget, and the $75m request for the Well Rounded Curriculum grants to State Education Agencies falls more than $400m short of the six grant programs it would…

A great program for summer reading for kids in immersion! Thanks to the Utah Dual Language Immersion Program and STARTALK for creating it. Click here to access. STARTALK 2013 WELCOME! TO THE UTAH CHINESE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION STARTALK 2013 SUMMER WEBSITE American students regularly participate in English summer reading programs because the benefits are well documented; summer…

This is an excellent introduction to the idea of ‘comprehensible input,’ the basis for language immersion teaching in the United States. Watch the video here.

Bilingual education gives Alhambra Catholic school new life Mandarin teacher Mandy Chou shows students how to add. | Photos by Alfred Dicioco Share on Tumblr July 11, 2013Alfred Dicioco Reporter The kindergarten and first grade combination class at All Souls Elementary School may seem like a typical Alhambra classroom. At 8 a.m. the diverse group of kids —…

By Elizabeth Weise Why you need to turn your house into a Chinese home Imagine you go to visit the home of a new friend of your child’s. The mom gives you a quick tour of the house while the kids go off to play. It’s a lovely home, warm and inviting. You really like…