Author: Elizabeth Weise

If you’ve got children in Mandarin immersion, you know finding things for them to read can be difficult. So far parents have located two good resources, Taiwan’s 5Q Channel and the U.S.-based ChildRoad.com. If you know more, please send them along. We’re constantly getting pitches for sites meant for English-speaking kids which teach them colors…

From CNA News Taipei, May 9 (CNA) India has asked Taiwan for 10,000 Mandarin teachers who could travel to the South Asian country to teach the language, Education Minister Wu Ching-ji said Monday. India has recently decided to allow its high schools to offer classes in second languages, including Chinese, and has expressed the hope…

From Patch.com “Schools such as the proposed Mandarin immersion charters will give our children a foundation for an understanding and appreciation of cultures outside our own. My generation grew up in a relatively insular society. Little emphasis was placed on knowing another culture. Learning a language was offered as an elective for those who cared…

Politics – Published Wednesday, 06 July 2011 14:33 | Author: AFP / The Swedish Wire Chinese to be taught in all Swedish schools • Swedes place 4th in English skills rankingWithin a decade, all Swedish primary schools should offer Chinese lessons, Sweden’s education minister was quoted as saying Wednesday, insisting the move was needed to improve competitiveness. “I want to…

From the Asia Society newsletter The Arts as Inquiry Animate Language Learning  (Asia Society Museum) By Heather Clydesdale When students of Chinese explore art in conjunction with language, they not only have fun, they unravel abstract concepts, deepen cultural understanding, and build language proficiency. There are many ways to enliven lessons, whether by encouraging students…

This is about a summer school program, but near the end they say a school in 2012-2013 is possible. Camp immerses young students in Chinese language By JACKIE BORCHARDT Star-Tribune staff writer | Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:45 am DAN CEPEDANing Zhao gives a high five to a student during an exercise at a full-immersion Chinese language…

  From Newsweek.com ====== How to Raise a Global Kid Taking Tiger Mom tactics to radical new heights, these parents are packing up the family for a total Far East Immersion.   Happy Rogers was the only American in her graduating class at Nanyang Primary School in Singapore. Happy Rogers, age 8, stands among her…