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  • Introducing the Mandarin Institute

    These are the folks at the Chinese American International School, the nation’s oldest Mandarin immersion school (I’m pretty sure they’re older than Portland’s program, but if not, please tell me.) A few years back they opened the Institute to help foster Mandarin immersion education nationwide, as as they’ve got years of experience, they were a…

  • Chinese Language Education Forum Nov. 13-14

    Chinese Language Education Forum November 13-14, 2010 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport The Forum is to build up an exchange platform for policymakers, 
educational administrators, K-16 teachers, heritage language 
instructors, and product and service providers in the field of Chinese 
language education. The Forum will also highlight a comprehensive 
Chinese Language Materials Expo and the…

  • 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…