Author: Elizabeth Weise

Fremont starts first Mandarin immersion kindergarten program Kindergarten class to get instruction mostly in Chinese By Matthew Artz Oakland Tribune Lawerence Tran, 5, whispers something to his dad Thang Tran as he gets dropped off on the first day… FREMONT — Children in teacher Orchid Wang’s kindergarten class didn’t say “bye-bye” to their parents, who…

British Columbia has one of the largest Chinese-speaking populations in Canada. But Mandarin immersion programs are thin on the ground there, with one up and running and two starting next year. They’re all oversubscribed.  This is from the national paper, The Globe and Mail === Provision of Mandarin classes is up to local boards, B.C.…

Two excellent online dictionaries that save the day in many a Mandarin immersion home during homework hour. MDBG YellowBridge

by Nishi Gupta KTVB.COM Posted on August 27, 2010 at 6:04 PM Updated yesterday at 6:28 PM MERIDIAN — A school in Meridian may be the first of its kind in the state. The Gateway School of Language and Culture will offer an intense Mandarin Chinese program to some of its students this year. It’s…

Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system. Yet aged just 21 and now a university student in Hong Kong, Li already finds that when she picks up a pen to write, the characters for words as simple as “embarrassed” have…

// San Mateo school’s Mandarin program gets $1.4 million boost By Neil Gonzales San Mateo County Times Posted: 08/26/2010 10:11:18 PM PDT Updated: 08/26/2010 10:49:38 PM PDT // // 0){ document.getElementById(‘articleViewerGroup’).style.width = requestedWidth + “px”; document.getElementById(‘articleViewerGroup’).style.margin = “0px 0px 10px 10px”; } // ]]>SAN MATEO — A federal grant of $1.4 million will transform the San Mateo-Foster…

KQED TOWN HALL MEETING, SAN FRANCISCO Free film screening of SPEAKING IN TONGUES with panel discussion Thursday, September 2, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. KQED, 2601 Mariposa Street, San Francisco Panelists include: Kevin Chávez Dual Immersion / Special Education Supervisor Hydra Mendoza School Board Member and Mayor Newsom’s Education Advisor Lissa Kim Korean Dual Immersion Teacher…