Author: Elizabeth Weise

Gov. Herbert visits dual language immersion program in Syracuse By Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau Wed, 10/19/2011 – 10:15pm Images SYRACUSE — Gov. Gary Herbert learned firsthand Wednesday morning how dual language immersion programs are working in Davis School District. Herbert and his staff visited three classes at Syracuse Elementary School, where Mandarin Chinese is taught to…

Posted: Friday, November 25, 2011 7:30 pm By HILARY MATHESON/Daily Inter Lake Besides seeing such popular sites as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, three administrators on a visit from the Flathead Valley saw another part of China less well known — its schools. West Valley Superintendent Todd Fiske, Helena Flats Superintendent Ann…

Language immersion: How far do we go? Pair of school board members wowed by Minnetonka program BY REBECCA RANDALL The Lake Oswego Review, Nov 24, 2011 (2 Reader comments) In a school 1,700 miles away in Minnetonka, Minn., two weeks ago, teachers taught a math lesson for fifth-graders in three different languages – English, Spanish and Mandarin…

In second year of Chinese immersion, Orem students excel Spenser HeapsWei Xin Le teaches a first grade Chinese immersion class at Cascade Elementary in Orem on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. SPENSER HEAPS/Daily Herald Related Links Alpine School District OREM — It must be one of the most singularly astonishing sights in any classroom in Utah Valley…

The folks at the new Mandarin immersion school in Berlin have translated our FAQ into German. Kind of fun….

From Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition. If you care about immersion, you should join them. They have a great newsletter. -Beth ======== Summer Institutes for Immersion Teachers CARLA also offers three popular institutes that are designed specifically for immersion educators: Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching for Character-Based Languages June 25-29, 2012 Presenters:…

A great Mandarin show for your kids to watch Many thanks to Liyao, who told me about this show. It’s called 家有儿女, Jia you nu er (Home with Kids in English.) and it’s kind of The Brady Bunch in Chinese. It’s about a Chinese father who lives in America and has two children, a son…