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Key to Chinese Language Immersion Success: Invest in Teachers
Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School shares their teacher advocate and program consultant model of success.
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Beyond Linguistic Proficiency
Reflections on what language learning is really about.
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Young People Are America's Best Ambassadors
Studying the world's languages and traveling abroad are two key ways for students to develop the global competence required to bridge the opportunity gap.
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First Lady, Students Call for US-China Exchange
No better ambassadors than our young people, indeed!
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Meet the Confucius Classrooms
60 exemplary Chinese language programs in the United States.
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The 2010 China Summit
Cool new thinking that's come out of a US-China partnership summit.
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Use Exchanges to Deepen School Partnerships
Learn about the Asia Society initiative to create substantive, and long-term partnerships between schools
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Teaching the Basics
Videos on learning--and teaching--beginning Chinese.
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Anatomy of an Introductory Language Lesson
A series of videos give ideas on how to introduce a language on the first day of school.
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Opposites and Opportunities
Notes from a school visit in China.
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Journalists Interpret China
James Fallows and John Pomfret discuss how to explain China to others.
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