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Bochen Han in Washington South China Morning Post 27 Dec, 2023 What does Washington, DC, have in common with Provo, Utah? Or Greenville, Michigan? Or Overland Park, Kansas? All are home to publicly funded Mandarin immersion programmes, where kids as young as three years old spend half of each school day taking their regular classes –…
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By MORGAN McLAUGHLIN / FOR THE REGISTER Dice flew and chips piled up as guests in traditional 旗袍 Chinese brocade dresses and shirts whooped it up at the 2nd annual Friends of MIP (Mandarin Immersion Program) Chinese New Year Fundraiser Celebration. The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana turned casino for one night, and supporters of the…
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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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Here’s a listing of Mandarin language TV shows broadcast in the San Francisco Bay area, courtesy of the web site SanFranciscoChinatown.com and a alert Starr King mom Kendall Goh. Now we just need to get a sense of what these shows are actually about and how appropriate they are for kids. Please chime in if…
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Our SFUSD Chinese content specialist created an educational game called “Chinese 1 2 3” for the students in the immersion programs. Click below to play.
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Dyslexia varies across language barriers Chinese-speaking children with dyslexia have a disorder that is distinctly different, and perhaps more complicated and severe, than that of English speakers. Those differences can be seen in the brain and in the performance of Chinese children on visual and oral language tasks, reveals a report published online on October…
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Check out this article from Scholastic Administrators magazine from 2007, then take a look at the list of Mandarin immersion schools under our U.S. and Bay area tabs. We’ve come a long way in just two years. www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3746848 Year of the Chinese Language Is your district or school considering Mandarin instruction? These five early adopters…
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