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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever, apples and oranges.  At least if your kids' Chinese is good for their age (written and spoken) you should have access to one of the MoCo programs eventually, OP.  You could probably test in at any point between 1st grade and 6th grades (at Hoover).

One more thing OP might want to know. The teachers' situation at YY is radically different than at College Gardens. When we were there, the YY teachers all seemed to be mainlanders over on one or two-year contracts. Their Chinese was impeccable of course, but they didn't appear to have much of a say in the running of the school. At College Gardens, some are mainlanders but most are ABCs who grew up in dialect-speaking communities (Bay Area, NYC) and learned Mandarin in college, grad school and via working in China. They became certified teachers in MoCo by getting ed credits and field work hours. There's little turnover and teachers have a big say in how the program is designed and run.  But you hear strong accents in Mandarin in both groups, mainly from Cantonese speakers (YY had a good many when we were there).  Also, there's little emphasis on the immigrant experience at YY and much in the MoCo programs. Immigrant themes are often woven into assignments, e.g. Chinese Exclusion Act issues, what it was like for ancestors to come over on the boat from Asia; how holiday celebrations differ between Hong Kong and Rockville etc. Now, in MS, the kids are being introduced to the concept of lawsuits by Asian civil liberties groups protesting various forms of discrimination, and how Mandarin is crowding out Cantonese and Toisanese in North American Chinatowns etc.

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Do the MD Chinese programs end in 5th grade or is it 6th?

What is the language path through 12th?[/quote]

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