I’ve posted some homework examples and translations on a page on the blog here. If you’ve got other examples please feel free to send them and I’ll post them as well. I’m making my 6th and 4th graders translate them, so it’s good practice….
Information for parents of kids in Mandarin immersion education
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Give your kids a culturally enriching summer– Be a Short-Term Summer Host Family (and get compensated too!)Are you looking for an exciting and culturally enriching experience for your kids this summer? One that also offers the opportunity to make a lifelong friend and possibly learn some Mandarin? Then please consider being a summer host family to one of a few exceptional kids from Taipei, Taiwan. These kids ages 8-12 all attend a high-performing bilingual English/Mandarin immersion private school in Taiwan and would love to stay with a warm and inviting family, preferably a family who has a child close to their same age. These visiting kids will all be attending a summer camp at a private school in Chatsworth, CA for three weeks. The kids would need to stay with the host family from July 12 to August 3. The only requirements are to provide a warm and caring environment, hopefully where they will treated as part of the family, all meals when not in school, daily transportation on the weekdays (plus some weekends for pre-planned activities) to and from the Chatsworth summer camp location for their summer program with drop-off at 9 AM and pick-up at 4 PM, and possibly transportation to and from LAX at the time arrival and departure. You will receive compensation of $600 for hosting this child for this approximate 3-week period of time. If interested please email Lillian ASAP at lillianyuen@aol.com or call (818) 835-6908 with your name, location of residence, age and gender of kid(s), school of attendance, contact information (email and phone number) and a brief statement stating why you would like to host a child and why you think your family would be a good host family.
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Calligraphy aids language learning
Updated: 2013-05-17 11:40
By Caroline Berg in New York (China Daily)
A second grader at Waddell Language Academy in North Carolina draws the character for “sheep” in the seal and bronze calligraphy scripts. Yan Weihong / China Daily
Two years ago, the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina initiated a trial calligraphy immersion course in a K-8 language school to accelerate their learning of the Chinese language.
“Our mission is to teach Chinese language and to promote the culture,” said Yan Weihong, director of the Confucius Institute at Pfeiffer. “Language and culture cannot be separated; so, we’re trying to find out how we can use the culture aspect of calligraphy to support the language learning.”
Please read more here.
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Local: Education Language immersion high school nears approval
The proposed District of Columbia International School, or DCI, is the creation of five public charter elementary schools with language immersion programs in Spanish, French and Chinese. Students who finish elementary school fluent in French, Spanish or Chinese could soon have the chance to sharpen their language skills at an International Baccalaureate middle and high school.
The proposed District of Columbia International School, or DCI, is the creation of five public charter elementary schools with language immersion programs in Spanish, French and Chinese. The new charter school would offer grades six through 12, eventually serving up to 1,600 students in the former Delano Hall of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Ward 4.
Please read more here.
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Here’s a wonderful video from the 2013 Asia Society Chinese Language conference in Boston April 7 – 9. This is one of Chinese teachers being introduced by their students and it will make you see exactly how far students can go with Chinese at very young ages. It’s really inspiring.
Students Speak from Asia Society Partnership for Glo on Vimeo.
As a part of the Celebration of Teaching and Learning, four Chinese language students introduce their teachers and talk about learning Chinese.
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Deal matches schools in Bellaire, China
By Flori Meeks | May 14, 2013
Pupils at the Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion Magnet School already are called upon to practice their developing language skills through the day with teachers and peers.
This fall, they’ll be using their Mandarin Chinese to communicate with elementary pupils in Beijing, too.
Principal Bryan Bordelon expects to see the magnet school’s pupils sharing letters, e-mails and Skype conversations next school year with the students of a Chinese campus named Elementary School Affiliated to Renmin University.
The two schools formed a relationship in April. As their relationship continues, they will share expertise, resources and learning experiences.
“This is a phenomenal opportunity for our students to put their new language skills to use and make real-world connections,” Bordelon said. “It really does put a human face on what we’re learning now.”
Please read more here.
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If you combine this article with another in the Wall Street Journal today here, you come up with what could be a a great business model for someone: Find a city with a lot of beautiful, vacant older buildings like St. Louis, buy up a gorgeous old Catholic school with grounds and dormitory rooms and grandeur. Develop a Mandarin immersion curriculum boarding school that seeks out two types of students: Americans who want to learn Chinese and Chinese who want to learn English. Let the Chinese pay more, to help underwrite the costs of American students whose families aren’t thrilled at the idea of sending their kids to boarding school but who don’t have Mandarin immersion options where they live. If you really wanted to make parents calmer, you could make it single-sex. You could make a totally amazing school that would have true immersion.
Seeking College Edge, Chinese Pupils Arrive in New York Earlier
Ángel Franco/The New York TimesMeng Yuan, 18, who is from Shanghai and calls herself Monroe, attends a private school in Manhattan.
By KYLE SPENCER
Published: May 12, 2013Weiling Zhang, a sophomore at the Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, yearned to communicate with more conviction and verve than her peers back home — the “American way,” she said.
Ángel Franco/The New York Times
Léman Manhattan Preparatory School students, including Meng Yuan, second from right.
Yijia Shi, a freshman, wanted to increase her chances of an acceptance letter from Brown University. And Meng Yuan, a junior, was seeking Western-style independence, not to mention better shopping. When she is not heading to track practice or doing her homework, she is combing Bergdorf Goodman for Louis Vuitton limited edition handbags and relishing in the $295 tasting menu at the celebrated Columbus Circle restaurant Per Se.
Please read more here.
