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Signing your kids up for language immersion education is a leap of faith, especially if you don’t understand the language they’re going to be spending the better part of the day speaking at school. Read the whole article by Beth Weise here… http://portal.sfusd.edu/data/news/pdf/School%20Times%20-%20Winter%2009%20ENGLISH%20final.pdf
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Monday, March 16, 2009 – 6:00-7:30pm James Lick Middle School 1220 Noe Street, 25th Street and Noe Street An interactive and inspirational evening with Dr. Myriam Met Dr. Myriam Met, an international speaker and educator, is a renowned expert on foreign language programs with an emphasis on immersion programs. How fluent do students become? Does…
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If your child is participating in the Chinese Language Bridge Cup, then you may know that the required poem for grades K-2 is “The Song of the Traveling Son 游子吟” by Mèng Jiāo 孟郊”. You can get some tips for reciting this poem from The King…
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I was reading the newsletter from the CAIS (Chinese American International School) Institute, which is the non profit that CAIS put together to support Mandarin programs around the country. There are some interesting articles in here. I’m especially intrigued by the “Read First, Write Later” article by the head of CAIS, Andrew W. Corcoran. It’s an interesting concept. Basically, he’s saying that…
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The second Chinese Language Conference was held in San Francisco March 14 – 16, 2008. Its theme was “Advancing the K-12 pipeline” and it focused on K-12 students Mandarin, both in immersion and more traditional classes. The conference was held by the CAIS (Chinese American International School) Institute, which was created to support Chinese studies…
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