The Verona Press, Oct. 19, 2023 Verona Area High School (VAHS) 2023 graduate Alex Prout has been studying Chinese for 12 years, and he doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. In kindergarten, Prout began learning at the Verona Area International School (VAIS) in the very first Two-Way Immersion Mandarin class. Through fifth grade, he spent…

Oil City News, Oct. 4, 2023 CASPER, Wyo. — Families from Casper’s Mandarin Dual Language Immersion program came together at Paradise Valley Park last Friday to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival, a widely celebrated occasion in many Asian countries. The Chinese government listed the festival as an intangible cultural heritage in 2006. It was made a…

The School District’s Mandarin immersion program is proving a help as the new students are integrated into the school system and life in America. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility is expected to bring more than 1,600 new, high-tech jobs to the state. Some of the staff are coming from Taiwan though most will be…

KSHB Kansas City Aug. 16, 2023 Parents worry about future of Blue Valley Schools Chinese Immersion Program KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wednesday marked the first day of school for kids in Blue Valley Schools. It also marked the first time not everyone could enroll in one of the district’s unique programs. The district said it…

I haven’t seen it yet, but it’s the kind of movie that both appeals to teens and also shows that Chinese is a real language, spoken by real people. A plus is that immersion students probably speak Mandarin better than some of the characters, so they can feel like “Well, I could do that.” ‘Love…

Arizona has 110 dual-language immersion programs. Dual language programs for English learners are being challenged. What parents should know Daniel Gonzalez Arizona Republic, July 20, 2023 In June, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne tried to bar students classified as English learners from enrolling in dual language programs. He sent a letter to schools threatening…

By H.M. Cauley, June 3, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Je Yeong Yu, 52, still has vivid memories of moving to the U.S. with her Korean parents and being tossed into a first-grade classroom of where everyone, except she, spoke English. “There were no ESL programs then,” said Yu, referring to English as a Second Language classes.…