Proposition 227 all but eliminated bilingual education in California schools in 1998. The law mandated that English be used as the primary language to teach non-English-speaking kids in schools. In recent years, a different form of secondary language acquisition has been gaining traction in Los Angeles public school system. They are called “dual language immersion”…

LAFAYETTE — It will take some “seed money” to get a proposed immersion high school off the ground in Lafayette, but just how much is still unknown, said members of a committee studying what it would take to open the Lafayette school. The committee’s work is outlined in Act 851, authorized by the Legislature in…

Chinese language ‘camp’ for Casper kids could be beginning of long-term program By JACIE BORCHARDT  Casper Star-Tribune March 21, 2013 – 12:48 pm EDT CASPER, Wyoming — The second-graders circled around squares of paper with different colors a few inches apart on the floor. Each clutched a smaller, paper square and leaned forward, waiting for…

National Chinese Language Conference From left: Lucy Lee, Robert Murowchick, Deborah Delisle, Marcos Aguilar April 7 – 9 | Boston Chinese language and culture experts take the main stage to discuss China Across Subject Areas: The Career Connection Equity and Access to a Chinese Language Education The Future of Education in China and the United…

Does it Matter if Jon Huntsman is ‘Fluent’ in Mandarin Chinese? November 2nd, 2011 by Chris Livaccari 3 inShare enlarge image Jon Huntsman (Gage Skidmore/Flickr) Jon Huntsman, former Utah Governor and U.S. Ambassador to China — and current Republican candidate for president — is at the center of a discussion that reveals our assumptions about language…

Coming full circle on bilingualism After rejecting her parents’ native Mandarin as a youngster, she’s come to value the connection to her roots. And she’s finding plenty of company among other young Asian Americans. Children and adults listen to the reading of “The Giant Glowing Dragon” during the Mandarin story hour at the Crowell Public…

Educators discuss the Chinese immersion program. Kindergarteners go global Chinese immersion program at McIlvaine Early Childhood Center 10:19 a.m., March 15, 2013–The world is getting smaller for five year olds in Delaware’s Caesar Rodney School District. Students in other countries often learn world languages beginning in the early years. In order to prepare the state’s…