The Asia Society’s annual conference on Chinese language teaching is April 15-17. It’s virtual this year and thus cheaper and easier to access for teachers. This tends to be where a lot of advances in immersion teaching are introduced and shared, so it’s worth making sure your school’s teachers know about it and can attend.…

新年快乐! 春节快乐! Happy year of the Ox. It’s not quite the usual New Year, which includes visiting family, making dumplings, handing out red envelopes or going see a special program at your Mandarin immersion school. But it’s still a happy occasion. And the glory of Chinese New Year (also known as the Spring Festival) is…

Hello all, I’ve been writing this blog since 2007 and though COVID shutdowns have slowed it some point, I have no intention of stopping any time soon. I do, however, have a rare request. My oldest daughter, a proud Mandarin immersion graduate, is now in her second year of college at Wellesley and is looking…

From: WRAL Digital Solutions  Participate Learning. While learning a new language can be challenging at any age, studies have shown the earlier a person learns a new language, the easier it will be. Additionally, research shows bilingual people have an easier time with several key brain functions such as reading comprehension, understanding math concepts and…

It’s a heck of a website for Phoenix’ Mandarin Parent Organization, which supports the programs at Whispering Wind Academy from Kindergarten to 5th grade. This year they held their ninth New Year Gala for the Year of the Rat. I especially like the bumper stickers they sell: Check out their website here.

A growing town in North Carolina’s famed Research Triangle of universities and research institutions could become home to not one but two Mandarin immersion schools, one public and one charter. It’s an example of the interest in language immersion and also school districts’ realizing that immersion programs keep families in district. On February 18, 2020,…

Sorell Grow Indianapolis Star March 10, 2020 When the morning school bell rang, students in the halls of the International School of Indiana’s lower school building hurried into their respective classrooms. The elementary classrooms bustled with the sound of students chatting with one another as they get settled in for the day. Unlike other classrooms across the state, these kids aren’t speaking English. In one kindergarten class of about 12 students, Claudia Rodriguez leads the kids in counting.…