A Parent's Guide to Mandarin Immersion

Foreign Language Learning and ESL Books and Games

$18.95

SKU: 9780990365907 Chenery Street Books

A Parent's Guide to Mandarin Immersion by Elizabeth Weise. Whether you're a preschool parent looking towards elementary school or a long-time Mandarin immersion family, this book will help explain how Mandarin immersion programs work and what you can expect from them.

A Mandarin immersion parent herself, Elizabeth Weise gives families the background they need to make the most of the tremendous educational opportunity immersion represents.

Chapters include:
    • How Mandarin immersion works
    • Immersion and your child's academic career
    • Being bilingual is better
    • Do they learn English?
    • How much Chinese will they learn?
    • Why schools choose Mandarin immersion
    • Tips from parents
    • Parent, student and school profiles