Post navigation Commentary: LAUSD should reverse cuts to immersion program at Broadway Elementary Posted on February 22, 2016 12:55 pm by Guest Contributors                   From LA School Report By Jennifer Pullen Tens of thousands of people, including Los Angeles Unified School District Board President Steve Zimmer, participated in a “walk-in” last week to…

Note that this isn’t immersion, it’s more the typical hour-a-day language class many of us had in high school.  But it’s interesting that there’s pressure on the district to make Mandarin classes available in middle school for students who weren’t able to get into immersion programs. Though of course my response would be to increase…

I would note that whether or not being bilingual actually makes you smarter or better at executive function, it’s still a heck of a useful thing to be able to speak two more more languages. The Bitter Fight Over the Benefits of Bilingualism For decades, some psychologists have claimed that bilinguals have better mental control.…

Monday, Feb. 8 is the Lunar New Year, an event celebrated by over one billion people worldwide. Students in Chinese immersion programs across North America will have spent the weeks leading up to it learning about the holiday the Chinese call Spring Festival by doing things like making red lanterns, singing songs and maybe learning…

February and March are the months many Mandarin immersion programs send out letters of placement or acceptance to new families. As they rev up for new incoming Kinder classes, several schools have asked if they can buy my book, A Parent’s Guide to Mandarin Immersion, in bulk for those new parents. The answer is yes, and…

These are from CARLA, the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota. If your program is new, it’s a great place for staff and teachers to get the basics. And if your program’s been around for awhile, the new workshop on character literacy (i.e. how to get kids reading in Chinese)…

Dual Immersion Program at Alhambra Unified School District January 26th, 2016 by Monrovia Weekly By May S. Ruiz There has been a sea change in the employment landscape in the past decade as evidenced by shifts in what is available to people looking for work. Some positions that today’s youth would one day fill might…