Author: Elizabeth Weise

Immersion 2012: Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World Download Conference Brochure (PDF) October 18-20, 2012 Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel St. Paul, Minnesota Conference Description Language immersion education continues to evolve as a highly effective program model for launching students on the road to bi- and multilingualism and intercultural competence. School-based immersion programs commit to a…

Mandarin immersion school gears up for first year Photo by Alan Warren Mandarin immersion school gears up for first year Bryan Bordelon is the principal of the Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School that will open this fall in Bellaire. Posted: Friday, August 3, 2012 4:00 pm | Updated: 5:02 pm, Fri Aug 3, 2012. By CAROLINE EVANS…

New Chinese edition is first of several planned overseas By  Tim FeranThe Columbus Dispatch Tuesday March 6, 2012 5:33 AM Enlarge Image The Chinese-language edition is known as Highlights Talent Youth. Goofus and Gallant have gone to China. The cartoon characters, longtime features of Columbus-basedHighlights for Children, are part of the publication’s first foreign-language edition of its…

By Elizabeth Weise A program launched this year in Utah could make creating new Mandarin immersion schools a little easier, and more sustainable, for everyone. It’s called the Flagship – Chinese Acquisition Pipeline, or F-CAP for short. Mandarin immersion programs in elementary school are growing at a tremendous rate. In  2012-2013 or, in the 2012-2013…

Finally, 芝麻街 (Sesame Street) in Mandarin! Two Chinese-produced series — Big Bird Looks at the World and Fun Fun Elmo made their debut in the United States on July 30th. The shows are running on SinoVision, the largest U.S. Chinese language television program broadcaster, serving the Chinese community in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Long Island,…

When the new school year starts, the United States will have at least 119 schools offering Mandarin immersion programs, a Mandarin Immersion Parents Council analysis finds. The list is based on information gathered by the MIPC, schools that have sent information to the MIPC, and lists compiled by the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington…

From today’s San Francisco Chronicle, an interview with the husband of the US ambassador to Hungary. In it, Markos Kounalakis, says this about their two boys’ schooling: Q: What school do the boys go to? A: During the week, they are at the American International School of Budapest, and on the weekends, full time, they go…