Florence boy finds practical use for his classroom lessons at Chinese Immersion Charter School JERREY ROBERTS By GENA MANGIARATTI Staff Writer Wednesday, May 20, 2015 (Published in print: Thursday, May 21, 2015) Email Print 5 Comments Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on gmailMore Sharing Services 20 NORTHAMPTON — When 12-year-old Hunter Palm visited China for…

CLEF 2016: April 15-16 Literacy: The Core of Global Competency More Information available here. CLEF 2016 will take place at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel on April 15-16. The conference theme is “Literacy: The Core of Global Competency”. Please save the dates and join us! The Chinese Language Education Forum (CLEF) is an annual conference dedicated…

As far as I know, the U.K. doesn’t yet have any Mandarin immersion K – 8 schools. The one that had been proposed, Marco Polo Academy, didn’t get off the ground. And I love it that this preschool is being launched by a man with such a lovely Welsh name as Cennydd — Beth UK’s first Mandarin-English…

This is a fascinating trend. I presume the high school is not overcrowded, and presumably this brings in money, as well as adding an interesting cultural experience for the high school students.  I keep saying there’s an opportunity for someone to create an immersion boarding school for English and Chinese-speaking students in the U.S., though I’m not…

Uploaded: Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 7:44 am Survey: Differing visions for world-language programs Palo Alto students, parents and teachers weigh in on immersion versus traditional language instruction by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly • Read Entrepreneurial mom pairs Mandarin tutors with immersion students • Read Palo Alto students, teachers give mixed opinions on foreign-language education As the Palo Alto…

Uploaded: Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 7:44 am Entrepreneurial mom pairs Mandarin tutors with immersion students Palo Altan finds business opportunity in daughters’ educational needs by Elena Kadvany / Palo Alto Weekly Layla Al-Khafaji, 6, listens to PandaTree Mandarin tutor Hannuo Wu lead a game during a lesson via Skype at her Palo Alto home on July…

Chinese American International School To Debut New Middle School At Turk & Gough Did you know that the nation’s first Mandarin immersion school is located in Hayes Valley? Meet the Chinese American International School (CAIS), a private school for pre-K through 8th grades where classes are taught in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. CAIS opened on…