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  • 2012 Heritage Language Teacher Workshop @ UCLA

    2012 Heritage Language Teacher Workshop Workshop Dates: July 16-20, 2012   The StarTalk sponsored languages are:
Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu. Instructors from K-16 programs and community schools are invited to apply. Additional spaces are available for other less commonly taught languages. The workshop is sponsored by Startalk and the National…

  • Nashville considering Mandarin immersion

    Posted: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 2:31 pm By KEVIN HEIMBIGNER kheimbigner@chinookobserver.com | 0 comments NASELLE — Instead of “Dick and Jane” and “See Spot Run,” the morning curriculum at Naselle for kindergartners next fall will be entirely in Mandarin Chinese if a proposal to include an immersion language curriculum is passed by the Naselle-Grays River Valley School Board at their…

  • Utah County tells parents how to ask for immersion

    The ability to speak more than one language is an asset to the individual, the community in which that person lives, and the world at large. Many adults who know only one language often lament the fact that they never had an opportunity to learn another language. But monolingualism can be cured! In fact, all…

  • New Jersey’s Bilingual Buds gets new director

    Bilingual Buds names Director for NJ campus; announces expansion plans to Grade 5 Bilingual Buds Tuesday, May 22, 2012 • 3:06pm Bilingual Buds, a preschool/primary school on the forefront of immersion education, has named Renee Reyes to head its Summit, NJ campus. The school, known for its pioneering approach to academics in an immersion setting,…

  • Minn. immersion program wins award

    Lakes International earns top state education award ‘Promising practices’ award Lakes International Language Academy, a K-6 language immersion charter school and International Baccalaureate World School in Forest Lake, was honored on Thursday, May 17 with a Minnesota Promising Practices in Character Education Award at the State Capitol in St. Paul. During the ceremony for the…

  • LA Catholic school switched to immersion model

    Alhambra’s All Souls School to offer dual language immersion ByLauren Gold, SGVN twitter.com/laurenkgold Posted:   05/24/2012 04:33:36 PM PDT   All Souls School principal Anne Bouvet meets with parents and expains the school’s curriculum, during an open house at All Souls School in Alhambra, Sunday, May 20, 2012. (Correspondent Photo by James Carbone) ALHAMBRA –…

  • The Benefits of Bilingualism

    SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can…