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Are you a bilingual (Spanish) undergraduate at UCI and would like to know more about how you can practice your Spanish with students attending a dual immersion program near campus?  Are you interested in becoming a bilingual teacher?  Please come … Continue reading →

If you are fluent in Spanish, Mandarin or French and are graduating this year with your bachelor’s degree, consider a career in teaching.  There are many bilingual teaching positions available;  dual-language immersion programs at the elementary and secondary level are … Continue reading →

The Mandarin immersion program at Bergeson Elementary School, in Laguna Niguel, is off to a great start.  During a recent visit, I was greeted by youngsters that were not only happy to be in a classroom, but eager to learn … Continue reading →

Orange Unified School District recently announced that they will be opening a Mandarin dual language immersion program at Fletcher Elementary School for the new 2012-13 academic year.  This will be the second public Mandarin dual language immersion program in Orange … Continue reading →

More than 10,000 graduating high school seniors earned the new State Seal of Biliteracy on their diplomas this past June.  This is the first time that the state has given out this award.  In the past, school districts awarded their … Continue reading →

I was intrigued by this article since the subjects were adoptees of Korean descent raised in a French speaking home.  Although I am not an adoptee, I am half Korean and was raised in a predominately Spanish speaking home.  I … Continue reading →

Upon researching employment opportunities for various dual immersion teaching positions in the area, I came across the New City Public Schools in Long Beach, California.  They include three public charter schools located in relatively close proximity to one another near … Continue reading →

Stanford University has launched a new website, Understanding Language. The primary goal for this website is to improve academic outcomes for English Language Learners. Various resources such as language-rich teaching practices in various academic areas, related to the new Common … Continue reading →

Utah offers an impressive array of dual language immersion programs for their elementary school students.  In addition to classroom instruction in English, their various state supported dual language programs also include instruction in either Mandarin, French, German, Portuguese or Spanish. … Continue reading →

The California Association for Bilingual Education awards several teachership awards each year to future bilingual teachers.  This year, Melissa Madrigal, one of our bilingual candidates from our teacher education program, was selected for this very prestigious award.  Miss Madrigal, and … Continue reading →