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This is an interesting article as it talks about how one of the oldest and largest immersion systems in North America – French in Canada – works, and how they’re now starting to think about Mandarin. Benefits of learning a new language early By Manisha Krishnan, North Shore News Read more: http://www.nsnews.com/life/Benefits+learning+language+early/3484578/story.html#ixzz0yo798iEs Bilingualism is a…

So I shelled out $75 for this dictionary and it arrived at my local bookstore today. AND THERE’S NO PINYIN IN THE ENGLISH SIDE! It’s useless, or at least 50% useless! (the Mandarin-English side grudgingly gives pinyin for main words, but not for many compounds and examples) So your kid says “Mama, how do you…

Fremont starts first Mandarin immersion kindergarten program Kindergarten class to get instruction mostly in Chinese By Matthew Artz Oakland Tribune Lawerence Tran, 5, whispers something to his dad Thang Tran as he gets dropped off on the first day… FREMONT — Children in teacher Orchid Wang’s kindergarten class didn’t say “bye-bye” to their parents, who…

British Columbia has one of the largest Chinese-speaking populations in Canada. But Mandarin immersion programs are thin on the ground there, with one up and running and two starting next year. They’re all oversubscribed.  This is from the national paper, The Globe and Mail === Provision of Mandarin classes is up to local boards, B.C.…

Two excellent online dictionaries that save the day in many a Mandarin immersion home during homework hour. MDBG YellowBridge

by Nishi Gupta KTVB.COM Posted on August 27, 2010 at 6:04 PM Updated yesterday at 6:28 PM MERIDIAN — A school in Meridian may be the first of its kind in the state. The Gateway School of Language and Culture will offer an intense Mandarin Chinese program to some of its students this year. It’s…

Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system. Yet aged just 21 and now a university student in Hong Kong, Li already finds that when she picks up a pen to write, the characters for words as simple as “embarrassed” have…