Verona Chinese immersion classes off to a good start

Pamela Cotant

Leilei Song, who teaches in Mandarin at the state's first Chinese immersion school, reached back to her own childhood for a recent lesson with a combined kindergarten and first grade class.

She showed a Monkey King video -- a favorite of hers when she was growing up in China -- to the class at the Verona Area International School. A couple of her students, whose day is split between learning in Mandarin and in English, were very aware of how the video fits into lesson plans.

"We get to watch fun videos like Monkey King but they're in Chinese," kindergartener Zane Oshiro, 5, said.

"So we're learning," added first grader Mikala Feller, 6.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 10, 2011 8:23 PM
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