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Selected One-Way Language Immersion Bibliography from the Center for Advanced Research  on Language Acquisition (CARLA) CARLA is one of the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI National Language Resource Centers, whose role is to improve the nation’s capacity to teach and learn foreign languages There’s the link to the bibliography.

A nice story about Los Angeles’ second Mandarin immersion school, new this year, from our friends over at the Mandarin Institute (formerly the CAIS Institute.) Broadway Elementary Launches Mandarin Immersion Program Despite Challenges By Susan Wang, Principal of Broadway Elementary School With much anticipation, Broadway Elementary School (K-6) launched a Mandarin Immersion Program this fall…

At English-Mandarin Public School, High Test Scores, but Also Strife Todd Heisler/The New York Times The Shuang Wen Academy on the Lower East Side received straight A’s on its city report card this year, but parents are in conflict. By SHARON OTTERMAN Published: November 1, 2010 When it opened in 1998, the Shuang Wen Academy…

A parent passed along this camp info in China. Does anyone have any experience with it? The MIPC always gets lots of inquiries about summer camps in China but thus far we haven’t heard much from parents with actual experience sending their kids. If you’ve had a child at this or any other camp in…

A Chinese immersion school may become a first in Boston by Joanne Wong on October 22, 2010 Language immersion programs have become increasingly popular in cities and towns across the country.  If approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), the Boston Chinese Immersion Charter School (BCICS) will launch in the Fall…

Why teaching toddlers Mandarin Chinese is a smart investment   “Relative to 10 years ago, Americans have completely changed their outlook about learning a language. We’ve seen a shift about the age that parents want their children to start learning. Imagine—10 years from now—this entire generation of [American] children, in all kinds of professions, being…

Rockford high school students visited the Turkey pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai during their recent trip to China. Rockford’s language programs excelling By Danielle Arndt In 2007, Rockford Public Schools was awarded $550,000 in federal grant money to start up its Mandarin Chinese and Spanish Immersion programs. The district is now reaping the…