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  • WSJ: Families moving to China for Mandarin’s sake

    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…

  • The Council on Foreign Relations: Teach your kids Manadarin

    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…

  • Orange, Calif. to start Mandarin immersion

    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)…

  • Books for mixed race kids

    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…

  • Chinese Language Education Forum in California Nov. 10-12

    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。  

  • Immersion Conference 2012: Early Registration Deadline is June 29

    Immersion Conference 2012: Early Registration Deadline is June 29   Subscribe to CARLA Newsletters                  Can’t see the graphics? View this on the web                         Conference Announcement Please Post/Distribute     Register Now! The early bird registration deadline is June 29, 2012. Immersion 2012: Bridging Contexts for a Multilingual World  …

  • Officially bilingual, many in Canada want Spanish or Chinese, not French

      +   Is bilingualism still relevant in Canada? TAMARA BALUJA AND JAMES BRADSHAW The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jun. 22 2012, 9:06 PM EDT Last updated Saturday, Jun. 23 2012, 3:25 AM EDT For three days in April, Chantelle Prentice camped outside in Salmon Arm, B.C., guarding her place in line – not for concert…