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Chinese American International School's National Conference on Teaching Chinese Language Draws Over 300 In response to the growing demand for Chinese language instruction across the United States and to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Institute for the Teaching of Chinese Language and Culture at Chinese American International School (CAIS) held its first national conference on March 16-18 at Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF in San Francisco, California. More than 300 participants, speakers, and vendors attended the conference. Read more.

STARTALK

This issue focuses on publicizing the summer programs offered by the STARTALK Project. The STARTALK 2007, a National Security Language Initiative administered by the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland, will provide summer programs in Arabic and Chinese for high school students, and professional development programs for prospective and current teachers in K-12 public and private schools, heritage language schools, and community college and university faculty members. Thirty-four institutions from twenty-two states and the District of Columbia will host these programs. Here is a complete list of the Chinese Summer Programs. These programs vary in content, format, venue, admissions requirements, and cost. Many of them will enable participants to earn academic credit. Don't miss out on this opportunity!

STARTALK for High School Students

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Chinese Language Association for Elementary and Secondary Schools (CLASS) Glastonbury, CT and Wallingford, CT ACTFL/CLASS Discovering Chinese Summer Initiative for Students Dates: July 2 - July 27 http://www.actfl.org Arlington Public Schools Summer Exploratory and Enrichment for Chinese Dates: July 9 - July 27 http://www.arlington.k12.va.us Beloit College Beloit, WI A Lifetime of Adventure: Summer Intensive Chinese Language Study at Beloit Dates: June 9 - August 10 http://www.summerlanguages.com Brigham Young University Provo, UT BYU Chinese Language Camp Dates: July 23 - August 17 http://asiane.byu.edu/chinese Bryant University Smithfield, RI Bryant Summer High School Chinese Immersion Program Dates: July 16 - July 29 http://china.bryant.edu Chicago Public Schools/DePaul University, Chinese Language Institute (CLI) Chicago, IL Student Language Institute Dates: June 18 - July 18 http://www.cps.k12.il.us http://www.olce.org China Institute New York, NY Chinese Summer Immersion Academy Dates: July 30 - August 24 http://www.chinainstitute.org/summer- academy/index.html Concordia Language Villages Moorhead, MN Authentic Learning, Authentic Teaching: Chinese Language Acquisition in Context Dates: July 2 - August 11 http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Campus (ERAU) Prescott, AZ ERAU Upgrading Language Programs for High School Students Dates: June 16 - July 26 http://www.erau.edu/omni/pr/academicorgs/prcoaas/fo reignlanguage.html University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI A Chinese Language Immersion Sports Camp Dates: July 8 - July 28 http://chinesestudies.hawaii.edu Howard Community College Columbia, MD Intense Critical Language Learning Experience for County High School Students Dates: June 18 - August 9 http://www.howardcc.edu/academics/ academic_divisions/English Hunter College New York, NY Intensive Chinese for High School Students Dates: July 2 - August 24 http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/chinese/summer.html University of Mississippi Oxford, MS Mississippi High School Short Pipeline Project Dates: July 2 - July 20 http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/modern_languages/StarTalk.html OneWorld Now! Seattle, WA OneWorld Now! Summer Language Camp Dates: August 20 - August 31 http://www.oneworldnow.org University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Penn Young Scholar Chinese Academy Dates: July 2 - August 10 http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/ Rutgers University, Rutgers Language Institute New Brunswick, NJ Promoting Chinese in the New Jersey World Languages Classroom: The Rutgers/NJ School District Summer Project Dates: June 1 - August 31 http://wli.rutgers.edu Southern California Council of Chinese Schools Torrance, CA Chinese Immersion Summer Program Dates: June 25 - July 26 http://www.teachingChinese.org http://www.SCCCS.com Stanford University's California Foreign Language Project Palo Alto, CA Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture Program for High School Students and Professional Development for Their Teachers Dates: June 25 - July 20 http://www.stanford.edu/group/CFLP/

STARTALK for Teachers

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Chinese Language Association for Elementary and Secondary Schools (CLASS) Glastonbury, CT and Wallingford, CT ACTFL/CLASS Discovering Chinese Summer Initiative for Teachers Dates: July 5 - July 15 and July 14 - July 25 (2 sessions) http://www.actfl.org Brigham Young University Provo, UT BYU Chinese Language Camp Dates: July 23 - August 17 http://asiane.byu.edu Bryant University Smithfield, RI Bryant Summer High School Chinese Immersion Program Dates: July 16 - July 29 http://china.bryant.edu Chicago Public Schools/DePaul University, Chinese Language Institute (CLI) Chicago, IL Teacher Professional Development (TPD) Dates: June 18 - July 18 http://www.cps.k12.il.us http://www.olce.org The College Board New York, NY Summer Institutes for Chinese Guest Teachers Dates: August 5 - August 14 http://www.collegeboard.com/k12chinese Concordia Language Villages Moorhead, MN Authentic Learning, Authentic Teaching: Chinese Language Acquisition in Context Dates: July 2 - July 14 http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Campus (ERAU) Prescott, AZ ERAU Upgrading Language Programs for High School Students Dates: June 16 - July 26 http://www.erau.edu/omni/pr/academicorgs/prcoaas/foreignlanguage.html University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI A Chinese Language Immersion Sports Camp Dates: July 8 - July 28 http://chinesestudies.hawaii.edu Hunter College New York, NY Teaching Practicum and Professional Development Dates: July 2 - August 24 (4 or 8 weeks) http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/classics/chinese/summer.html Indiana University Bloomington, IN Chinese Pedagogy Institute (CPI) Dates: June 17 - June 29 http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/CPI/index.htm Middlebury College, Sunderland Language Center Middlebury, VT Teacher Workshops and Continuing Education Programs in Chinese Dates: July 15 - July 28 http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/startalk Northern Kentucky University, NKU Research Foundation Highland Heights, KY Educating World Language (Chinese) Teachers Dates: June 4 - July 20 http://www.nku.edu Northern Virginia Community College Alexandria, VA Powering Up Your Chinese Language Courses with Technology Dates: June 26 - June 29 Rutgers University, Rutgers Language Institute New Brunswick, NJ Promoting Chinese in the New Jersey World Languages Classroom: The Rutgers/NJ School District Summer Project Dates: June 1 - August 31 http://wli.rutgers.edu Seattle Public Schools Seattle, WA Chinese Language Teacher Certification Dates: July 16 - August 31 http://www.seattleschools.org/area/main/index.dxml Southern California Council of Chinese Schools Torrance, CA Chinese Immersion Summer Program Dates: June 25 - July 26 http://www.teachingChinese.org Stanford University's California Foreign Language Project Palo Alto, CA Mandarin Chinese Language and Culture Program for High School Students and Professional Development for Their Teachers Dates: June 25 - July 20 http://www.stanford.edu/group/CFLP/

Recent News Clippings

The need for greater capacity in Chinese language has made headline news throughout the country and around the globe. Here is a sampling of press clippings. (For a complete archive, click here.) Chinese-Language Classes Full, But Teachers Scarce in US (Christian Science Monitor, March 27, 2007) \| full story Drilling Kids in Chinese (Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2007) \| full story (Log-in Required) All Primary Schools to Teach Foreign Language by 2010 [in England] (Guardian.co.uk, March 12, 2007) \| full story

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Shuhan Wang, Ph.D.
Executive Director
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