I know, I know, I sound like a broken record. But really, reading (in any language) is truly the way to cement language. If you read a lot in English, your fundamental grasp of English grammar and style are cemented without memorizing rules that half the time don’t work. You don’t know why, but you…

New York ‘tiger mom’ creates advantage for nine daughters with Chinese immersion from infancy Xinhua  2019/8/11 15:48:39 Lynn Berat (second row, center) poses for a picture with her children in front of their Chinese tutor’s house in New Jersey on July 27. Photo: Xinhua It is not uncommon for non-Chinese to learn Chinese nowadays, as…

The article is about French immersion in Louisiana but it contains this interesting tidbit, that there are: now at least 3,000 such programs in the United States, up from an estimated 2,000 cited in a 2017 study published by the RAND Corporation, and a significant upsurge from about 260 cited by the Department of Education…

Top L.A. Public and Middle Schools Where Hollywood Sends Kids The Hollywood Reporter 8:00 AM PDT 8/20/2019 by Degen Pener Throughout Los Angeles County, high-performing LAUSD, charter and magnet schools supported by Kristen Bell and producer Mark Gordon are outfitted with on-campus farms, iPads and Mandarin programs. Many of Los Angeles’ entertainment-industry parents choose the public school…

I have no opinions on Falun Gong myself (so please don’t email about it!). I’m reposting this because every year many Mandarin immersion programs get sent fancy, full-color brochures about the Shen Yun Performing Arts troupe if it’s presenting anywhere near them. The group performs Chinese classical dance, though the final piece is often somewhat…

From: The Newark Post When the first group of students began the Chinese immersion program at Downes Elementary School in 2013, it was a leap of faith for the students, their parents and the teachers. With the first graduating class moving on to Shue-Medill Middle School in the fall as sixth-graders, that leap of faith…

The Mandarin Dual Language program in the Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools in North Carolina has gotten a great deal of push-back from other parents and some in the school district. Opponents have argued that it’s elitist and only for some students. The parents put together what I think is an excellent website outlining the…