A really nice video from Gwinnett County in Georgia about its dual language immersion programs (and thanks to Gregg Roberts of Utah for bringing it to my attention.) The languages taught there are Spanish and French, no Mandarin (yet.) But it gives a nice feel of how it works. And in fact, it might help…

Chinese bond unites families DEBBIE BLANK THE HERALD-TRIBUNE Apr 14, 2018 Debbie Blank | The Herald-TribuneStudents amused their families by singing “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” in Mandarin Chinese. Debbie Blank | The Herald-TribuneBecky Niese (left) and Janie Linkel-Owens organized the Mandarin Dual Language Immersion Family and Community Night with multiple other mothers. Linkel-Owens welcomed…

At some point in the school saga of every parent with a child in Mandarin immersion, the stray thought goes through their brain; “I wonder what it would be like to have my kid in school in China? Could they hack it? Would it be all that different from what things are like in our…

Chinese language teachers at Baton Rouge school get pay raise after parents advocate cause From: The Advocate Chaoqing “Mary” Wang never made more than $10,800 a year – barely minimum wage – during her two years working as a first-grade teacher at a popular foreign language immersion school in Baton Rouge. The original Mandarin Chinese…

What happens to kids who start in Mandarin immersion in Kindergarten when they hit high school? And once they’re through, what happens in college? There’s precious little data out there about what options our kids have in high school and what it means for them in college. There aren’t many programs that have gotten to…

For immersion parents who don’t speak Mandarin we’ve written a two-part series looking at Mandarin from a linguistic perspective, exploring what makes it easy and what makes it challenging. Our hope is that by helping parents understand some of the linguistic features of the language they can better help support their language learner   Our new online Recommended Chinese Reading…

I love the Internet. You can find anything (well, most things) there, and things you never thought you’d find. And people spend tremendous amounts of time and thought writing up answers to questions you’ve always wondered about Just Because It’s Cool. Take this blog post, “The Battle of the First Grade Chinese Textbooks: China vs.…