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  • Boston immersion thrives, but traditional foreign language classes losing ground

    More than a decade after the state urged that students start learning a foreign language in the early grades, many local elementary schools are losing ground. Immersion programs, in which children study all of their subjects in the second language, are thriving in a few communities. But traditional foreign language classes, often for a few…

  • Minnetonka, Minn. graduates its first 5th grade

    MINNETONKA, Minn. – Fifth-grade students murmer to each other as they read through their text at Scenic Heights Elementary. Bend in a little closer and you will hear they are speaking Mandarin Chinese.  Scenic Heights and Excelsior each host Chinese immersion programs in the Minnetonka School District and now these students are ready to move…

  • Houston to open Mandarin immersion school in August

    Principal Bryan Bordelon tries to reassure parents taking a chance on his new school: Don’t panic when you can’t understand your 4-year-old’s assignments. Your child may even tell secrets in a language you don’t understand, he says. That’s a good thing. It means the students are learning. Bordelon is leading a new public elementary school in Bellaire that will…

  • Australia says forget French, Mandarin’s the thing

    It’s adieu to the French language at schools as experts advise a shift of focus from European languages LAURA SPERANZA  The Sunday Telegraph  May 13, 2012 12:00AM Rouse Hill Public School’s Chloe Van Der Houen, Alessandra Valle, Keenan Davis and Joel Wright learn Mandarin. Picture: Rohan Kelly Source: The Daily Telegraph TO get ahead, children should learn Mandarin:…

  • Orange County Mandarin immersion charter one step closer

    A note from one of the parents says “We got a Spanish charter school’s approval to include us as a mandarin immersion extension of their program in 2012. Still pending school District ok at end of may but early talks w them are promising. It would be k-2 in 2012.  Seashore Academy •A subsidiary of the…

  • Get ready for summer and some reading in Mandarin

    As the school years nears its end, it’s time to start thinking about various ways to keep your kids listening to and reading in Mandarin over the summer. Once again the folks at 5Q Channel in Taiwan are making available a special ‘parents’ rate for their web site, which offers illustrated stories with the Mandarin…

  • A nice blog listing books in Mandarin for children

    http://vickietsui96.blogspot.com/ Really useful English write ups of books that do well with smaller kids. She’s also got a blog about raising Mandarin/English bilingual children. http://mandarin-tiger-mom.blogspot.com/