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  • Farwell, Mich. in Clare Co. to get Mandarin immersion Kindergarten

    From Friday’s Clare County Review: ===== Farwell plans preschool, kindergarten program improvements “Next year will prove to be an exciting year for our elementary [school] as there are two big program improvements that are being planned now for implementation in September,” said Farwell Superintendent Dave Peterson. Information about the new programs was accidentally run as…

  • San Francisco State summer STARTalk program for 5th to 7th graders

    STARTALK Summer Mandarin Academy at San Francisco State University extends an invitation to current 4th-7th graders to join a fun and innovative 4-week summer program to develop their Chinese proficiency. More information and application can be found at http://userwww. sfsu.edu/ ~stlearn/. This sounds like an amazing program. They read comic books, watch Chinese videos, learn…

  • You’re Invited to the Starr King Spring Fling!

    Sunday, May 23, 2-5pm Potrero Hill Neighborhood House 953 deHaro Street Suggested Donation:  $10 adults, kids are free Food!  Fun! Entertainment!  Kids Activities Silent Auction Items: *Museums and Family Entertainment: Disneyland, Great America, Gilroy Gardens De Young/Legion of Honor Museums, Asian Art Museum, SF Symphony, House at Incline Village, NV., Chinatown Alleyway Tour *Dining: Soup…

  • Fremont, Calif. considers Mandarin immersion program

    Fremont Unified considers Mandarin-English immersion program By Linh Tat Oakland Tribune Posted: 05/04/2010 12:00:00 AM PDT FREMONT — Wei-Lin Tong remembers speaking only Cantonese at home during her early years, but as soon as her older brother went to kindergarten, the kids switched to speaking English full time. With two children of her own now, Tong…

  • Why Chinese?

    The Asia Society posted this excellent video that promotes the value of Chinese in American schools.

  • Two more weeks of 5Q discount rate left

    5Q Channel is a Mandarin reading web site based in Taiwan that was created to use computer animation to put classic Chinese stories into a form that kids would want to watch, listen to and read, all in Mandarin. Funded in part by the Taiwanese Ministry of Education, it aims to give students all over…

  • Live webcast Saturday: Journalists James Fallows of The Atlantic and John Pomfret of The Washington Post discuss China.

    This is coming out of the National Chinese Language Conference, happening this weekend in Washington D.C. Click here for the link. Journalists James Fallows of The Atlantic and John Pomfret of The Washington Post discuss the phenomenon that is China. Submit your questions!