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Speaking a foreign language is an impediment to being president, a recent podcast on NPR found. Please click here to read and hear the discussion.   John McWhorter, a contributing editor for The New Republic, wrote recently about past presidents, the current presidential candidates and the languages they speak. He explains why being bilingual may…

This is from the Asia Society’s newsletter, on the topic of Education › Policy Initiatives › State Initiatives. While all this education jargon can get pretty difficult to understand at time, the general theme seems to be how standards are being set for what all students nationwide should be learning, and how those are going to be taught in Mandarin.…

Montclair Charter Founders Move On; Maplewood Charter Founders Give Up Quest founder says she needs feedback from the community By Shelley Emling Email the author 9:03 am      PHOTOS (1) VIDEOS (1)  Upload Photos and Videos Although the media has reported that the founders of the Hua Mei Charter School in Maplewood have decided not to…

BY REBECCA RANDALL The Lake Oswego Review, Feb 2, 2012 Lake Oswego School Superintendent Bill Korach suggested planning for a K-5 Spanish immersion program to begin in the fall while keeping an expansion of the school district’s Mandarin immersion program on deck for now. “We are not positioned right now to do two languages,” Korach told…

Mandarin for Future Mandarin Teachers (MFMT) July 2nd – August 10th, 2012 Mandarin for Future Mandarin Teachers (MFMT) was established in 2006 through CI@CI, a partnership between China Institute and East China Normal University (ECNU). This summer program provides scholarships for a select group of pre-service and in-service Chinese language teachers to take professional development…

Chinese Language Education and Research Center                                              加州中文教学研究中心 2012 CLERC   Seminar & Workshop Series I  When  ­    时间 Saturday February 25 ,  2012 2:00pm – 4:00pm Where­­­­­­     地点 CLERC Lecture Hall 3000 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 Contact   联系人 Jessy Li       Tel: (408)380-8088        Fax:  (408)380-8089 jessy.li@nanhai.com http://www.nanhai.com 主题：利用五件必要科技工具教中文  Topic:    Five Essential Tools in Teaching Chinese    嘉宾学校：Moreau Catholic High School Guest school:      Moreau Catholic High School  …

Subscribe to CARLA Newsletters                  Can’t see the graphics? View this on the web                Conference AnnouncementPlease Post/Distribute Call for Proposals Fourth International Immersion Conference Immersion 2012: Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World October 18-20, 2012 Crowne Plaza St. Paul-Riverfront St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Featured Plenary Speakers Donna Christian, Senior Fellow, Center for Applied Linguistics, USA  Esther de Jong, Associate Professor,…