Here’s a wonderful video from the 2013 Asia Society Chinese Language conference in Boston April 7 – 9. This is one of Chinese teachers being introduced by their students and it will make you see exactly how far students can go with Chinese at very young ages. It’s really inspiring. Students Speak from Asia Society…

Deal matches schools in Bellaire, China By Flori Meeks | May 14, 2013 Pupils at the Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School already are called upon to practice their developing language skills through the day with teachers and peers. This fall, they’ll be using their Mandarin Chinese to communicate with elementary pupils in Beijing, too. Principal Bryan Bordelon expects to see…

If you combine this article with another in the Wall Street Journal today here, you come up with what could be a a great business model for someone: Find a city with a lot of beautiful, vacant older buildings like St. Louis, buy up a gorgeous old Catholic school with grounds and dormitory rooms and…

Developing Literacy in Chinese, Part 1: Selecting Reading Materials in Chinese for the Home Library By Lelan Miller 孟乐岚, founder of Mandarin Matters in Our Schools in Texas (MMOST) and master’s candidate in Chinese Language Pedagogy This article is the first in a three part series about developing literacy in the Chinese language. While written primarily…

Language immersion school opens enrollment to Windsor kids May 6, 2013   | Written by Erin Udell When Julie Albers moved from her native Germany to Fort Collins with her family last year, she searched high and low for a quality — and more importantly, close — language immersion school for her 8-year-old son Louis. With no…

Immersion Schools Get Strategic About Foreign Language Education By Soni Sangha Published April 29, 2013 Fox News Latino A Spanish immersion program for pre-schoolers in Brooklyn, NY. (SONI SANGHA) Cuban-American Elisa Batista knew she wanted to send her children to a school in which classes were taught in a language besides English, but when she first explored…

Though the article doesn’t mention it much, Avenues is an immersion school. It has two strands, one Spanish and one Mandarin. It got a lot of press last year before it opened. Here’s the New York Times’ latest on it. Beth —- Is This the Best Education Money Can Buy? Gillian Laub for The New…