Author: Elizabeth Weise
-
San Francisco public schools “New Rule” #3… “Our children need to speak the language or languages of the 21st Century” So says Margaret Peterson as she and Beth Weise talk about multilingual education in this KALW public service announcement… Learn more about how you can support San Francisco’s future at yoursfpublicschools.org.
-
From a great article on the ‘tip-of-the-tongue’ phenomenon by Dan Vergano at www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2009-10-18-tip-tongue_N.htm It’s mostly about bilingual sign language speakers, but he’s got a bit of interesting data on bilingual people: Pyers and other have shown that people who speak more than one language possess advantages that make a difference, beyond just fluency in another…
-
http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/17-10/st_best In this month’s issue of Wired magazine, number six on the list of “The 10 Best Things We’ll Say to Our Grandkids” is * (“English used to be the dominant language. Crazy, huh?”) And a couple of years ago in a Wired feature article on the costs of raising a world-dominating child, the only…
-
Dyslexia varies across language barriers Chinese-speaking children with dyslexia have a disorder that is distinctly different, and perhaps more complicated and severe, than that of English speakers. Those differences can be seen in the brain and in the performance of Chinese children on visual and oral language tasks, reveals a report published online on October…
-
The Miami Herald just published an article about Mandarin immersion… School teaches in English, Mandarin A new bilingual English/Mandarin school has opened in South Miami, following a national trend of Mandarin immersion programs across the country By Jared Goyette Beth was quoted and the MIPC got a mention. Here is an excerpt… Elizabeth Weiss, president…
-
By Katie Olson Thanks to everyone who attended the Mandarin immersion middle school committee meeting #4 on Sept. 23. Present: Katie Olson, Kellyn Dong, Ken (a new parent from the Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila), Eos de Feminis (SI parent from Marshall leading the SI MS group), Amy Risch (also SI parent from Marshall very…
-
Mandarin Immersion Parent Council Meeting Notes for Meeting held 9/14/09 at Jose Ortega Elementary School. Mandarin Immersion Parents Council president Beth Weise welcomed the 40 or so parents who attended, including five new Kindergarten families from both schools. Also attending were Principals Chris Rosenberg (Starr King) and JoLynn Washington (Jose Ortega) Weise told them that…
Mandarin Immersion Parents Council 