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  • Interesting paid afterschool language class model

    Not immersion, but possibly an option for district’s that aren’t up for immersion. Though we’d love to hear from schools that have used this program. How did it go? And are there really enough scholarships to go around? === Elementary schools to pilot language immersion program By Rich Harbert GateHouse News Service Posted Oct 14,…

  • First Mandarin immersion school in Mass. planned

    Cambridge school first to offer dual-language immersion program in Mandarin Chinese By Staff reports Wicked Local Cambridge Posted Oct 12, 2010 @ 02:26 PM Last update Oct 13, 2010 @ 11:49 AM Cambridge — A Cambridge school will be one of the first in Massachusetts to offer a dual-language immersion program in Mandarin Chinese as…

  • See “Speaking in Tongues” in Spanish or Chinese

    Want to see San Francisco’s Mandarin immersion program up close and personal? Check out this great documentary. And for the next three days it’s available with Chinese subtitles. ===== Last 3 days to catch Speaking in Tongues in Chinese and Spanish on the PBS website… Spanish: http://video.pbs.org/video/1563556910 Chinese: http://video.pbs.org/video/1563525997 At a time when 31 states…

  • Famed NY Mandarin immersion school in trouble

    This raises the ongoing problem of how to fund Mandarin immersion programs in an era of cash-strapped public schools. ==== Updated 10/11/2010 09:10 PM High-Ranking LES School Has Nine Open DOE Investigations By: Lindsey Christ   To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how. install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then…

  • China revamping its version of TOEFL

    China plans revamp of HSK test October 11th, 2010 5:12 am ET Two-decade-old method assesses Mandarin Chinese proficency BEIJING, CHINA – When South Korean student Yi Da Hye came to China in 2004, she could speak a smattering of Mandarin but struggled with sentences and could write only a few Chinese characters. After five years…

  • Arizona State University – what our kids can look forward to

    The Chinese Language Flagship Program exists at several universities and offer a place for already-fluent Mandarin speakers to go with their Chinese. At many universities, Chinese classes are for beginners and don’t get much beyond moderate/advanced. For kids coming out of immersion programs, there simply aren’t enough classes at enough depth for them. The Flagship…

  • Visa troubles slow start of South Carolina program

    From The Beauford Gazette The arrival of two instructors from China who will help launch partial immersion programs in Mandarin is being delayed as the Beaufort County School District wrangles with the state Department of Education and other agencies. The district received grants this summer to bring Chinese teachers to two international baccalaureate elementary schools…