Mandarin Immersion Parents Council
Information for parents of kids in Mandarin immersion education
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- Once again, a district sets out to destroy a Mandarin immersion program
- Fort Collins, CO Mandarin immersion school getting new building
- Big new report on Mandarin immersion programs just published
- Dual-Language Immersion Programs and School Diversity
- Being in Mandarin immersion enhances kids’ ability to discriminate musical pitch
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News and Opportunities from the Field 2012 National Chinese Language Conference: The program and speaker line-up is now online! This year’s NCLC will be packed with expert and helpful sessions on immersion and early Chinese language learning, technology and innovation in language education, arts and culture, plus networking opportunities and a very special performance by I…
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From the Asia Society newsletter enlarge image Nikada/iStockphoto, Jimmy Wang/NYTimes.com, Fan Kuan As a Chinese and Japanese language teacher, I’ve always had a secret antipathy for sushi and dumplings. It’s not that I don’t like to eat them. It’s just that, in my first experiences teaching these languages, I was often confronted by skeptical colleagues…
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The Mandarin immersion program at Broadway Elementary school in Venice, Calif (Los Angeles Unified) still has space on its waiting list for Kindergarten and principal Susan Wang encourages parents who are interested to ome in and sign up. “The priority windows were closed on 4/20, but after that we take everyone on the first come first…
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Myself, I have no idea. But I spent a lot of time last week talking to teachers at a Chinese language conference and they all were quite clear that while programs like this might be helpful to get kids to practice more (which helps them remember what they’ve learned) it’s not such a great way…
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Spanish Is Faster Than English, But Mandarin Is Slow Some languages sound faster than others, but most convey information at the same rate By Anne Pycha | April 15, 2012 | 12 “Speakers of some languages seem to rattle away at high speed like machine-guns, while other languages sound rather slow and plodding,” wrote linguist Peter Roach in 1998. A…
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Broadway Mandarin Immersion Program Accepting Enrollment Packages April 18th, 2012 by Bret · No Comments The Mandarin Immersion Program at Broadway Elementary is acceptingenrollment packets for the 2012–2013 school year. They are available in the main office at Broadway Elementary School. The office hours for picking up enrollment packets are 7:30am to 3:30pm, Monday through Friday. Please read more…
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