By Elizabeth Weise We know two things about reading in all languages: the more you do, the easier it gets and the more your read, the better your vocabulary, grammar, writing and understanding become. Dr. Stephen Krashen has done years of research on this, which has been backed up by multiple other researchers (If you…

Asia Society’s Confucius Classrooms is a national network of 100 exemplary Chinese language programs. The Network serves as model sites for developing the field of Chinese language teaching in American schools. About the Network Asia Society named, through a competitive process, 100 schools and districts with exemplary Chinese language programs. These schools not only have…

To Improve Kids’ Chinese, Parents Head to Asia by SARAH TILTON AND JOANNE LEE-YOUNG Some American families are packing up and moving to China or other parts of Asia to give their kids an immersive experience and a leg up in Mandarin. WSJ’s Andy Jordan reports on two families who thought Mandarin lessons in America just…

A “Languages for Jobs” Initiative Policy Innovation Memorandum No. 24 Authors: Terrence G. Wiley, President, Center for Applied Linguistics, Sarah Catherine Moore, Language Policy Research Network, Center for Applied Linguistics, and Margaret S. Fee, Language Policy Research Network, Center for Applied Linguistics Download Now Publisher Council on Foreign Relations Press Release Date June 2012 Share…

Note that this program is contingent on parent interest and that families may come from outside the district’s boundaries:   PRESS RELEASE – ORANGE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT For immediate release Information: Superintendent’s Office (714) 628-4487 Mandarin Dual Language Immersion Program Proposed at Fletcher Elementary June 21, 2012 (Orange, CA) – Orange Unified School District (OUSD)…

I’m lucky that my mixed-race daughters are growing up in San Francisco in an immersion school where their Chinese-English-Irish-German background is so common they look like a lot of the other kids in their classes. But it’s not like that everywhere. Here’s a nice book about mixed race kids, I’m Flippish! self-published by a mom…

CLEF will refund the registration fee to the presenters who complete the presentations in CLEF. 为了感谢Presenters对大会的贡献，中文教学论坛将在会后八周之内全额返还完成了presentations人员的报名费。