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  • Oct 12 – Meeting for Yu Ming Mandarin immersion charter in Alameda

    The parents who are working to start a Mandarin immersion charter school in the East Bay are well on their way.  They have submitted their  charter proposal to the Alameda County Office of Education. Their  public hearing, the chance to convince the board to approve the proposal, will occur on  Tuesday, October 12th at 10am.…

  • Book published in pinyin – don’t tell your kids

    A book of short stories presented entirely in pinyin, with no characters, has been published online. This is a fascinating development, as there are many academics who say (softly and not for attribution) that eventually it’s clear that characters will go away, just as they did with Korean and Vietnamese. The rise of computers is…

  • New Mandarin immersion program update – Los Angeles

    Congrats to our friends down in Los Angeles, who after a ton of work over a full year got what sounds like a great program up and running. The Los Angeles public schools need programs like this to get more middle class families thinking about public schools, and putting this one in the heart of…

  • Public Radio International on “Speaking in Tongues”

    Central and South Asia Speaking in Tongues and Dreaming in Chinese By Patrick Cox ⋅ September 17, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Yahoo! Buzz A new PBS documentary, Speaking in Tongues, follows four students and their families at dual immersion schools in San Francisco. The film offers evidence that the study of math, science…

  • Immersion documentary “Speaking in Tongues” review

    [From the Latin American Herald Tribune] Documentary Explores Importance of Bilingualism in U.S. By Ivan Mejia LOS ANGELES – The documentary “Speaking in Tongues” explores the importance for U.S. students in the 21st century of learning to speak other languages in public school immersion programs. “‘Speaking in Tongues’ is a documentary about children who attend…

  • One of those BC schools isn’t immersion, just 30 minutes a day

    The students say hi: ‘Ni hao, Fluffy’ A Closer Look: Education reporter Jennifer Moreau visits Ms. Tang’s Mandarin class By Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby Now September 18, 2010 Story Photos ( 3 ) More Images » Learning to communicate: Teacher Deborah Tang shows students in Burnaby’s first Mandarin class how to say hello. The 22 kindergarten…

  • B.C. teachers upset over Confucius Classroom books

    From CBC News: Some of the learning materials provided by Confucius Classroom. a Chinese-funded agency promoting Mandarin language classes in Coquitlam, B.C. (CBC) The B.C. Teachers’ Federation says it’s concerned about a Metro Vancouver school program funded by the Chinese government. A Mandarin language program taught to kindergarten and Grade 1 students in Coquitlam has…