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  • Houston Mandarin immersion school to be rebuilt

    I’d love to know if the placement of the MI program at Gordon Elementary kept the school open. –Beth Posted: Friday, December 7, 2012 4:00 am | Updated: 8:46 am, Fri Dec 7, 2012. By Examiner staff Condit Elementary, Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion School at Gordon and Grady Middle School are among the first 17 of 40 schools scheduled…

  • Other immersion language surging as well

    Demand for French education surges in Louisiana By Stacey Plaisance Associated Press / November 16, 2011  NEW ORLEANS—The wave of Hispanics who flooded the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina doesn’t appear to have dampened Louisiana families’ demand for their children to get a French education. There’s a waiting list at all 29 of the state’s public French…

  • New Chinese-learning app for your phone

    Lingo’s Market is a one-of-a-kind app that transforms mundane shopping excursions into multi-lingual, educational experiences. Lingo the Dragon goes shopping along with your child teaching vocabulary and word recognition for over 100 words as he eats his way through the market. Parents can control the language that their children view and hear as the app…

  • Where World Languages and the Common Core Intersect

    How teaching world languages can help meet the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). by Heather Singmaster “I have two long antennae,” the student at the front of the class said, in Chinese. “Are you a snail?” asked another student, also in Chinese. “No! I have three body parts and six thin legs.” “An ant?” quipped…

  • Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition Summer institute

    Carla Summer Institutes 2013 The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota has sponsored a summer institute program for second language teachers since 1996. This internationally known program reflects CARLA’s commitment to link research and theory with practical applications for the classroom. Each institute is highly interactive and includes…

  • Chinese tongue twister contest for foreigners

    Global Times Tongue Twister Contest for ForeignersThe Contest is an event for non-Chinese speaking contestants who enjoy the use of Chinese language and the fun of tongue twisters, held by Global Times, co-organised by Commercial Press and Chinese Universe. Read more here. 1. What is Tongue Twister Contest? Chinese Tongue Twister Contest for Foreigners is…

  • Staffing Your Chinese Immersion Program

    By Jeff Bissell and Kevin Chang Whether it be an immersion or other setting, it is imperative to select teachers with the basic qualifications to be effective in the classroom. For more commonly taught languages in the United States (for example, French and Spanish), the teacher pool is a combination of native or heritage speakers…