The Chinese Lunar New Year celebration is not over in San Diego. There is a special celebration at a special school. Barnard Asian Pacific Language Academy, a Chinese language immersion school in Pacific Beach, has thrown a Lunar New Year party for the past seven years. This year, the Lunar New Year began on Feb.…

US students being immersed in Chinese language CCTV.com 02-25-2015 01:44 BJT Learning Mandarin is becoming increasingly popular around the world, with many people learning the language in the hope it will give them a competitive edge. Close your eyes and you might think you’re in a Chinese classroom. But this is Aurora, Colorado and these…

Or those that have new teachers. This is the sort of thing parents might have to fundraise for, but it makes a huge difference in how well your program will work. http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/2015/imm_chnjpn.html Immersion 101 for Chinese and Japanese An Introduction to Immersion Teaching June 22–26, 2015 (Teacher Session) June 22–23, 2015 (2-day Admin Session) Target Audience: Pre-service and novice…

Mandarin Chinese immersion classes to debut in Cabarrus district Language program will start next year at Cox Mill Elementary By Lisa Thornton Correspondent Posted: Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 Rising kindergartners in Cabarrus County Schools will have the option next year to learn the majority of their lessons in Mandarin Chinese instead of English. The new…

Friday, January 9, 2015 – 6:39am World Language Immersion Expands for 2015-16 School Year By Kelli Steele Next fall, more than 2,300 kindergarten through third grade students will be enrolled in Governor Jack Markell’s World Language Expansion Initiative, as six more schools across the state begin offering students the opportunity to participate in an elementary immersion…

At Stough Elementary in Raleigh, students learn in Mandarin BY SARAH BARR sbarr@newsobserver.comJanuary 30, 2015 Facebook Twitter http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.62da0a34306f5c17db7d290755ed1d7d.en.html#_=1424405915168&count=vertical&dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsobserver.com%2F2015%2F01%2F30%2F4517869_at-stough-elementary-in-raleigh.html%3Frh%3D1&size=m&text=RALEIGH%3A%20At%20Stough%20Elementary%20in%20Raleigh%2C%20students%20learn%20in%20Mandarin%20%7C%20Education%20%7C%20NewsObserver.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsobserver.com%2F2015%2F01%2F30%2F4517869%2Fat-stough-elementary-in-raleigh.html http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.a5bbbb7216610af1306d56b0f28a67d7.en.html#_=1424405915173&dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-2&lang=en&screen_name=newsobserver&show_count=false&show_screen_name=true&size=m Google Plus More LINKEDIN REDDIT YOUTUBE E-MAIL PRINT ORDER A REPRINT OF THIS STORY Chinese language immersion kindergarteners Matthew Sullivan, left, and Robert Sawyer, right, each turned to look for approval from their two teachers after…

Currently students just go through 5th grade and then have to wait until high school to take Mandarin again, when they enter into the same non-immerson system used for students not coming from immersion. Not ideal. Palo Alto school board backs Mandarin immersion program expansion Jordan Middle School could host new pilot program by Elena Kadvany /…