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  • Los Angeles Mandarin program enrollment not closed yet

    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…

  • Parents start online effort to save Chapel Hill’s Mandarin immersion program

  • Will Rosetta Stone actually teach your child to speak Mandarin?

    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…

  • Mandarin’s slow, but speaks volumes

    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…

  • Enrollment period ends today at Broadway Elementary in Los Angeles

    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…

  • Chapel Hill wants to close Mandarin immersion, switch to Spanish immersion

    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…

  • Mandarin: The State of the Art

    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,”…