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  • St. Paul. Minn. Mandarin immersion program off to a good start.

    Chinese immersion program draws questions, then converts By Mila Koumpilova mkoumpilova@pioneerpress.com Updated: 10/09/2011 11:53:28 PM CDT Browse more photo galleries »    Watch local video »    Watch national video » Stephen Lee, attorney and involved dad, gave folks at St. Paul Public Schools a thorough grilling about the district’s new Mandarin Chinese immersion program. Over the phone, on email…

  • Why Black People Are Learning Chinese

    Why Black People Are Learning Chinese A growing number recognize that it will be a crucial skill for competing in the global marketplace. By: Abdul Ali | Posted: October 7, 2011 at 12:01 AM Damon Woods (top row, third from left) with colleagues (Courtesy of Damon Woods) When Zuri Patterson, a second-grader, entered her new classroom the first…

  • UCLA Confucius Institute honors three Mandarin immersion schools

    The UCLA Confucius Institute inaugurates opening of three Mandarin immersion programs By BASHEER ALAS Published October 4, 2011, 1:01 am in News Christina Sun Christina Sun  The UCLA Confucius Institute held a ceremony Monday night to formally inaugurate three new Mandarin immersion programs in schools in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Known as Confucius Classrooms, the programs aid in the institute’s…

  • Berlin: First Mandarin immersion school in Germany opens

    My high school German is pretty rusty, but it looks like the first Mandarin immersion school has opened at a public school in Berlin. It appears to be atPlanetarium Elementary School, on  Ella-Kay Street 47, 10405 Berlin. The school  goes by the name Der Deutsch-Chinesischen Grundschule. The school is being created in two phases. In…

  • 爱读 iRead Chinese Book Club

    The Fall 2011 issue of 爱读iRead Chinese Book Club is on its way, the season will start at Oct 1st. As of Sept 25th, more than 35 schools have join to the club, and more are looking forward to join. The Fall 2011 issue of 爱读iRead Chinese Book Club is on its way, the season…

  • More on the new Orange County program

    Capo to Offer County’s First Chinese Language Program Decked out in red, about 60 parents and their children from all around O.C. show up to urge support for the immersion program. Finding qualified teachers will be the biggest challenge, district staff say. By Penny Arévalo View full size       方案批准: “Program approved.” A Mandarin Chinese language…

  • Orange County to get its first Mandarin immersion school

    District to Develop County’s First Public School Mandarin Language Immersion Program Trustees Approve Proposal to Offer World’s Most Spoken Language Students in the Capistrano Unified School District will be able to learn the most spoken language on the planet, the Board of Trustees decided at its meeting on Monday night. District staff will create a…