Not to cast a pall over parents with young children in immersion programs, but it’s interesting to see what’s happening ten years down the academic line.    That said, the world our children will find themselves is likely to be very different. If you have a first grader in Mandarin immersion today, they will…

Mr. Peterson reached out to me about how to find families and get them involved in the new school they’re creating in Contra Costa County (just north of Berkeley for you non-San Francisco Bay area folks.) I was quite impressed with his enthusiasm and awareness of the issues. It sounds like it’s going to be…

There are several in Minnesota through CARLA, the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition. Make sure your administrators know about these. Link is here. Here’s CARLA’s general website for immersion programs.  Summer Institutes for Language Teachers The CARLA summer institutes listed below are primarily targeted at K–12 and post-secondary foreign language and ESL teachers. They are not designed…

By Elizabeth Weise Mandarin immersion programs in the United States continue to expand, with nine new programs scheduled to launch in the fall of 2017 for the 2017-2018 school year. For the coming school year, there will be at least 235 Mandarin immersion programs in 30 states and the District of Columbia. Here’s an update for…

This highlights how immersion students end up with college language credit in high school – not bad for 15-year-olds!

Forest Hills Schools, WMU, agreement allows students to earn Chinese minor Forest Hills Public Schools and Western Michigan University Extended University Programs have entered into an agreement that allows students to earn a full Chinese language minor along with their diploma. The “Collegiate Pathways” program launched in 2017-18 at Forest Hills Northern High School. WMU…

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