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From the Asia Society. Jamila Nightingale is doing great work here in the San Francisco Bay area to support African-American families with children in Mandarin immersion programs. I strongly encourage schools to reach out to Parents of African American Students Studying Chinese (PASSC) to talk about creating groups in your own schools and districts. San Francisco’s very…
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Marie Ciepela, a mom with two sons in Mandarin immersion at Starr King Elementary school in San Francisco, sends these notes from a talk last week. Probably the most important take-home message for families with kids in Mandarin immersion is that our English book-filled homes are deserts when it comes to Chinese language materials. Without…
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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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Jose Ortega parents have created laminated place mats of the San Francisco Unified School District Mandarin vocabulary. The placemats are 11″x17″ and come by grade level in sets of two — one mat has the Chinese characters only (for quizzing) and the second mat has the characters plus pinyin and English meanings (for study). The…
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The Asia Society posted this excellent video that promotes the value of Chinese in American schools.
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Written by Elizabeth Olson In March 2009, I went to the Chinese Language Bridge Cup Contest in San Francisco to watch my first grader participate in a poetry recital. He was contestant #478 – I couldn’t believe so many kids would show up on a Saturday morning to recite poetry! I saw a friend there…
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How to use a Chinese dictionary, especially if you don’t speak Chinese A presentation by the Mandarin Immersion Parents Council and parents with children in the Mandarin immersion programs at Starr King and Jose Ortega Elementary Schools, San Francisco Cheng & Tsui’s Chinese Character Dictionary is the dictionary that the SFUSD Mandarin immersion coordinator suggests…
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