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At the tours for the Chinese Language Conference in San Francisco last week, Wendy Cheong, with the San Francisco Unified School District’s Multilingual and World Languages department shared the current SFUSD standards for Mandarin immersion students. She has kindly made them available to parents as well. Please note that these are works-in-progress. As our program…

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Are you attending this weekend’s  National Chinese Language Conference? If so, we want you! Over 1,000 teachers and administrators attend the conference — and each of you represents hundreds of families with children in Mandarin immersion. If you hear a workshop, see a product or just chat with folks from other programs about things that…

Connect, Innovate, Lead Save the Date! April 14-16, 2011 Hilton San Francisco Union Square San Francisco, CA Co-organized by the College Board and Asia Society, this year in collaboration with the Mandarin Institute, the National Chinese Language Conference is dedicated to encouraging dialogue in the field of Chinese language education and ensuring wide-scale success. Last…

Dear Colleagues, It is to remind you that we are going to host Two Workshops in April and May for all Chinese language teachers. You are welcome to register for these two specially-prepared workshops on (1) Teaching Chinese Idioms (Sunday, April 10) by Dr. Wei SHAO, Chief Consul for Education of Chinese Consulate, Dr. Hui…

From NPR In an interconnected world, speaking more than one language is becoming increasingly common. Approximately one-fifth of Americans speak a non-English language at home, and globally, as many as two-thirds of children are brought up bilingual. Research suggests that the growing numbers of bilingual speakers may have an advantage that goes beyond communication: It…

RSA Students Touting The Benefits Of Learning Mandarin Chinese UPDATED: 7:30 pm PST March 9, 2011 REDDING, Calif. — Redding School of the Arts has offered a Mandarin Chinese Immersion program for four years. They offer the program at their campus at 3500 Tamarac Drive in Redding.It’s a voluntary program where kids spend their day…