Chinese Immersion Parent Resources

Rosetta Stone Foreign Language Software

Did you know you can access the The Rosetta Stone foreign language software program, which costs hundreds of dollars, from the comfort of your own home, for free? The Rosetta Stone has lessons on 28 foreign languages, including Mandarin. Just go to the Montgomery County Public Library web page and sign up with your library card to get free remote access!
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/libraries/researchinfo/rosettastone.asp

Online Chinese Tools

This wonderful web site includes flash cards, Mandarin tutorials, a dictionary, information on Chinese culture and much, much more.
http://www.mandarintools.com/

CIPNet Listserv

This Yahoo Group is a moderated listserv for Potomac Elementary School and College Gardens Elementary School parents. You will need a Yahoo account to sign up for CIPNet. To sign up for CIPNet, go to this URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CIPNet/. Leave a note to the moderator describing who you are and that you are interested in the CGES and/or PES programs. (The moderator likes knowing real names. So, if a fake name is used in the Yahoo sign up, give your real name to the moderator.)

Chinese Language Programs in American Schools

This site lists schools in the United States that teaches Chinese and provides resources for Mandarin language programs and teachers.
http://www.askasia.org/chinese/index.htm

Chinese Weekend Schools

Chinese weekend schools are great ways to augment your child’s Mandarin. More than a dozen schools in the Rockville/Gaithersburg area provide Mandarin designed for both Mandarin and non-Mandarin speaking families who want to learn traditional or simplified characters. Often they provide cultural arts classes as well.

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