Monrovia is just east of Pasadena in southern California. It’s an excellent example of a District facing declining enrollment used immersion to fill up its schools with eager families. — By Courtney Tompkins, The Pasadena Star-News POSTED: 05/12/16, 5:36 PM PDT | UPDATED: 2 DAYS AGO Kindergarten teacher Steve Cook works with students on identifying Mandarin characters in the Dual Language…

I don’t have any first-hand experience with this particular program, but some families have asked me about programs for high school students, so I thought I’d post this as they seem to be good.  As always, having language classes at the appropriate proficiency level for students coming out of immersion programs is sometimes a problem. It sounds…

If your parent group just happens to have some extra money laying around at the end of the year and is looking for something to fund for your teachers… You can check out the website for the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition here. Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers July 18-22, 2016 Target Audience:…

Check out this great infographic on the topic.

Yinghua Academy expansion underway By Gail Olson, Northeaster September 18, 2013 Susan Berg (Photo by Gain Olson) Northeast resident and parent Jennifer Shadowens said that her two children giggle when she tries to speak Chinese to them. Both youngsters are students at Yinghua Academy, a K-8 Chinese immersion public charter school at 1616 Buchanan St. NE. Shadowens,…

Beyond Pedagogy: Content Matters in Chinese  By Yun Qin The linguistic philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once said, “The limits of my language are the limits of my world.” If we begin with the understanding that students learn a new language in order to experience a bigger world, then it follows that language teachers should not teach…

A nice roundup of the programs in Seattle and elsewhere, from our friends at The Chinese Early Language and Immersion Network at the Asia Society. Their site is always worth visiting. More here.   CELIN Connection We hope that the school year is going well and that you and your students are enjoying many rich and…