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From the Asia Society Chinese Language Initiatives newsletter.   China and Globalization BETA In the 21st-century classroom, Chinese language learning meets the world. This month, we are proud to announce the beta launch of a new Chinese language and content learning website. The concept is simple: Make modern Chinese accessible and relevant to a diverse population…

We’re up to 127 in the United States. Click here to open a page containing a spread sheet with the full list. If your school isn’t on the list, send me a note and I’ll add it.

In Capo’s Chinese Classes, Everything Is Going 很好 Orange County’s first public-school Mandarin immersion program is attracting kids from all over the district – and beyond. By Penny Arévalo      PHOTOS (7)   “Nín hǎo!” That’s the greeting students in two kindergartens, a first-grade class and a preschool class hear each morning at Bergeson Elementary in Laguna…

Getting kids reading in Mandarin means finding books they want to — and can — read. That’s not always easy. Researchers at San Francisco State University ran an innovative program using graphic novels (or comic books or manga depending on how you want to describe them) which found that kids ate them up like candy.…

The lovely folks in Vancouver Washington’s Mandarin immersion program have posted teachers reading books for kids online. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? and other Kindergarten hits are up now. You can see their full page here.

Starr King elementary wunder-parent Judy Shei is back with her smash-hit homework help videos on YouTube. While her videos are specific to the second-grade homework done at San Francisco’s Mandarin immersion program, the model works for any Mandarin immersion school. If you’re a parent who happens to speak both languages, or even just Mandarin, this…

Some Ga. Schools Make Mandarin Mandatory by ADAM RAGUSEA Weekend Edition Saturday EnlargeAdam Ragusea for NPRInstructor Huiling Li encourages second-grader Trinity Faulkner on the first day of Mandarin Chinese classes at Brookdale Elementary School in Macon, Ga. September 8, 2012 Public schools in Macon, Ga., and surrounding Bibb County have a lot of problems. Most of…