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New Chinese Immersion Program in Maryland

Published on February 9, 2012 By ga

Paint Branch Elementary added a Chinese immersion program this school year. Introduced at the Kindergarten-level, plans are to add classes as children move ahead in grade levels. Paint Branch in College Park, MD is part of Prince George’s county. The school has been collaborating with the Confucius Institute at the University of Maryland. Read the [...]

Chinese Language and Discourse Conference at UCLA

Published on November 8, 2010 By ga

The First International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse (CLD), which was organized by Hongyin Tao, professor of Chinese language and linguistics at UCLA and CALPER project director, was held at UCLA from October 29-31, 2010. It was the first of a series of international symposia on the theme of “Chinese Language and Discourse” to [...]

STARTALK Classroom Video Collection

Published on May 13, 2010 By ga

The National Foreign Language Center launched the STARTALK Classroom Video Collection at the beginning of the year. These ten videos provide real-life examples of teachers working to incorporate STARTALK-endorsed effective practices in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Swahili, Turkish and Urdu classroom settings. This collection is intended fro current and future world language teachers in pre-K-16 [...]

Chinese language courses also popular in Russia

Published on April 29, 2010 By ga

Xinhua Online News reported recently that 100 state-funded Russian universities offer Chinese language courses and that the number of undergraduate and post-graduate students learning Chinese is estimated to be more than 10,000. Numbers also show that Chinese is also on the rise in schools – Chinese language courses are available at more than 10 elementary [...]

New Confucius Institute at Penn State

Published on February 24, 2010 By ga

New Confucius Institute will expand study of Chinese language, culture, and society at Penn State University Park, Pa. — China has emerged as one of the top economic and political powers in the 21st century, becoming a critical area of opportunity for U.S. students seeking global careers. Penn State students will have an opportunity to [...]

NYT: Room for Debate: Will Americans Learn Chinese?

Published on February 11, 2010 By ga

Opinion Piece in the New York Times – Published: February 7, 2010 Is the boom in Mandarin classes a fad or a cultural turning point? Asked for their opinions were: * Susan Jacoby, author of “The Age of American Unreason” * Ingrid Pufahl, Center for Applied Linguistics * Marcelo and Carola Suárez-Orozco, N.Y.U.’s immigration studies [...]

2010 Katryn Davis Fellowships at Middlebury

Published on December 1, 2009 By ga

The Middlebury College Summer Language Schools announces the Kathryn Davis Fellowships: Investing in the Study of Critical Languages. These fellowships, endowed by Kathryn Davis, fund the cost of tuition, room, board for individuals to study in the Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese or Russian Schools at Middlebury College for the summer of 2010. Middlebury will [...]

Success by 6: Glendale Schools Initiate Progressive Foreign Language Program

Published on January 15, 2008 By ga

The Glendale School District (Northern Cambria and Southern Clearfield Counties in Pennsylvania) is piloting a new Chinese program. Currently, K-6 and one junior high and one senior high school course are offered. Go to WJACTV-Channel 6 News and view video at http://www.wjactv.com/news/14707506/detail.html