Author: Elizabeth Weise

Mandarin Immersion Parents Council Nov. 15, 2011 Meeting – Jose Ortega Elementary School Taking your family to China. Many families with students in Mandarin immersion hope to take their children to China at some point. Each family’s journey is different, for some it’s a return visit by a family who adopted in China, some go…

Fundraising, Hiring Underway for New Chinese Language Program Open enrollment could begin in December for the Mandarin immersion program—the first public school program of its kind in Orange County. By Penny Arévalo Email the author November 7, 2011       Add your photos When a Mandarin Chinese immersion program at Capistrano Unified was approved in September, the…

Siblings Cassidy and Cormac Calcaterra wear their uniforms at Yinghua Academy in northeast Minneapolis. Yinghua opened in 2006 as the first Chinese immersion charter public school in the Midwest. It is one of five in Minnesota. / Special to the Times by Bryna Godar Written by Bryna Godar Purchase ImageZOOM Second-grade Chinese immersion class teacher Melody…

This is to introduce Mandarin Chinese dubbed movies to the Mandarin Chinese learning community. Chinese have been importing American movies into China and dubbed them in Mandarin Chinese for the China market.  These are the exact movies our kids have been watching since their early age. For examples, Disney movies Beauty and the Beast, Toy…

Debating the Efficacy of Bilingual Education Programs West Chester : PA : USA | Oct 31, 2011 at 11:24 AM PDT BY MatthewLynch  The debate on how best to educate ELL students continues, with little promise of a clear-cut way to proceed emerging anytime soon. At the same time, the diversity of languages of spoken in U.S. schools continues to expand.…

IDES language program goes social with Rosetta’s TOTALe COMOX VALLEY ECHO NOVEMBER 1, 2011 Anyone can tell you that the easiest way to learn a new language is through immersion, but not everyone can afford a plane ticket halfway around the world every time they want to practice their Mandarin vocabulary. Luckily, that’s not your only…

Liberty teacher one of few in district trained to teach Mandarin Chinese SPECIAL TO VIEW Liberty High School English and Chinese teacher Denise Tatum visited Beijing in 2010. She has spent four summers studying Chinese in China. Enlarge SPECIAL TO VIEW Liberty High School English and Chinese teacher Denise Tatum visited Beijing in 2010. She…