Author: Elizabeth Weise

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…

Chris Livaccari has been a huge proponent of Mandarin and Mandarin immersion at the Asia Society in New York and now he’ll be leading a school in a very immersion-rich area (the San Francisco Bay area.) I don’t know the school at all but will expect to see a lot of innovation coming out of…

4 new R.I. charter schools proposed for fall 2014 July 01, 2013 01:00 AM BY LINDA BORG Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE — Four new charter schools are in the pipeline, including two schools proposed by Providence school leaders, a Chinese immersion program, and a science and engineering-themed school in Newport. Each school has received preliminary…

Greenville Chinese immersion program surpasses expectations By Kelli Ameling • Last Updated 10:50 am on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Mrs. Li, who came to Greenville from China as part of the Chinese immersion program, posed with her first class that will be advancing in the program at Walnut Hills Elementary School. — Courtesy photo GREENVILLE —  The outcome of…