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In second year of Chinese immersion, Orem students excel Spenser HeapsWei Xin Le teaches a first grade Chinese immersion class at Cascade Elementary in Orem on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. SPENSER HEAPS/Daily Herald Related Links Alpine School District OREM — It must be one of the most singularly astonishing sights in any classroom in Utah Valley…

The folks at the new Mandarin immersion school in Berlin have translated our FAQ into German. Kind of fun….

From Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition. If you care about immersion, you should join them. They have a great newsletter. -Beth ======== Summer Institutes for Immersion Teachers CARLA also offers three popular institutes that are designed specifically for immersion educators: Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching for Character-Based Languages June 25-29, 2012 Presenters:…

A great Mandarin show for your kids to watch Many thanks to Liyao, who told me about this show. It’s called 家有儿女, Jia you nu er (Home with Kids in English.) and it’s kind of The Brady Bunch in Chinese. It’s about a Chinese father who lives in America and has two children, a son…

He pegs it at about $25,000 Australian dollars a year. Public school immersion starts to look like a pretty amazing deal from the perspective. But we only know of one possible immersion program in Australia. Are there others? Minding our languages Hugh White November 8, 2011OPINION Illustration: John Spooner The countries of Asia are becoming…

Open enrollment could begin in December for the Mandarin immersion program—the first public school program of its kind in Orange County. By Penny Arévalo November 7, 2011      When a Mandarin Chinese immersion program at Capistrano Unified was approved in September, the school board added a caveat that it be “revenue-neutral.” Parents were asked to set…