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A report from the Mandarin Immersion Parents Council library task force: June 2010 As students in the Mandarin immersion program reach higher grades, finding them books to read and videos to watch becomes more of an issue. The MIPC held a meeting towards the end of school this year with Carla Kozak, Children and Youth…
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The Oregonian, June 23, 2010 By Dave Porter Some local school districts, boards and administrators are holding back development of foreign language immersion programs necessary for Oregon’s economic future. There are two current examples: the West Linn-Wilsonville School Board recently canceled tits 1-year-old Spanish immersion program, while Portland Public Schools failed again this year to…
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This free, all day lecture is being sponsored by the San Francisco State University’s STARTALK project. STARTALK is a Presidential Initiative to Fund Summer Programs in Critical Languages including Chinese. The Fundamentals: Second Language Acquisition June 24, 2010 9:30am– 3:30pm Sponsored by STARTALK at San Francisco State University Title III ELL Professional Development Project Presenter: …
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(and one of the best lede paragraphs I’ve seen on a story about Mandarin immersion) Photo by Steven Lane Teacher Hsin-yi Hu works with kindergarten students in Franklin Elementary’s first-year Chinese immersion program. She teaches Mandarin full-time to 24 pupils who will continue with her through first grade, while two more kindergarten sections are added…
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On June 9, 2010, the Fremont School Board unanimously passed a resolution authorizing staff to proceed with planning for a Chinese (Mandarin) Immersion Program (CIP) in Fall 2010, pending availability of privately raised funds. The vote was a major victory for parents and the community, who have been lobbying the Fremont Unified School District and…
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FROM Westside Today Broadway Elementary Offers Mandarin Immersion Program Broadway Elementary School (k-6) offers Mandarin Immersion Program this Fall 2010 with 2 Kindergarten Classes Broadway Elementary School in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has announced that it is launching an English-Mandarin Chinese dual-language immersion program starting in September 2010. Broadway Elementary School, located…
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From the BBC Panama is moving to make the teaching of Mandarin compulsory in all schools, in recognition of China’s growing importance in the world economy. The Panamanian National Assembly has given conditional approval to the bill in the first of three debates. The bill’s supporters say boosting the number of Chinese speakers will help…
