Dual Language Plan Draws Fire From CHCCS Parents Elizabeth Friend Reporting CHAPEL HILL- More than two hundred parents, teachers and students packed Town Hall on Thursday night to ask the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board to reconsider the proposed changes to the dual language program. Their concerns were multifaceted. Many wore red to symbolize support for the Mandarin Chinese…

April 13 2012 plenary at the 5th annual National Chinese Language Conference in D.C. “The State of the Field: Proficiency, Sustainability and Beyond” The discussion was moderated by Martha Abbott, executive director of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Chinese is “one of the fastest growing educational movements in the United States,”…

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages is currently seeking speakers of Mandarin Chinese between the ages of 18-29 who learned to speak Mandarin at home or in the community (not at school).  Note – if you first learned Mandarin at home but then studied Mandarin in school, you are eligible to take part in…

German in a Multicultural World Shannon Jensen for The New York Times Robert Williams, who teaches German at Fairfax High School in Virginia, says students come in with negative images of Germany, and Mandarin is encroaching. By SAM DILLON Published: April 13, 2012 ON the day in November 1989 that the Berlin Wall came down, Michael Legutke, a…

Chinese Language Education and Research Center                                                加州中文教学研究中心 2012 CLERC Seminar & Workshop Series III  When  ­    时间 Saturday April 28  ,  2012 2:00pm – 4:00pm     Where­­­­­­     地点 CLERC Lecture Hall 3000 Lakeside Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054     Contact   联系人 Jessy Li       Tel: (408)380-8088        Fax:  (408)380-8089 jessy.li@nanhai.com http://www.nanhai.com     CLERC Textbook Showroom 中文教材展示区   Open：2:00 – 5:00pm…

Mandarin masters: Starr King’s 1st class grows up Jill Tucker Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Brant Ward / The Chronicle Jack Gaughan is among the first students to have enrolled in the Mandarin immersion program at Starr King Elementary in San Francisco. Of the original 23 students, 16 remain with nine joining later. IMAGES  View All…

Parents balk at higher fees CBE says it must cover shortfall BY RICHARD CUTHBERTSON, CALGARY HERALD APRIL 14, 2012 As the Calgary Board of Education overhauls what it charges for busing and noon supervision, it is facing criticism over which alternative programs it is targeting for significantly higher fees. The new schedule released by the board…