Chinese Language Teaching (Is CLT a commonly used term now?  Much like ELT?) has been through a lot of changes, fueled by better understanding the...

ACTFL this past weekend was great!  I learned a lot about the challenges teachers are facing today, especially the ones who have been teaching for...

Dear Friends, Please join us in helping Typhoon Morakot's relief efforts in Taiwan.  From August 21st to August 31st, Better Chinese will be donating 10%...

Yesterday I was invited along with a few of my colleagues to attend a Startalk 2009 Recognition Celebration luncheon at Palo Alto High School.  Throughout...

I had pleasure meeting Principal Edward Park at the National Chinese Language Conference this May.  He is the Principal at Barnard Elementary, San Diego Unified...

Yesterday, I finally got to see the draft copy of world languge content standards for California K-12 public schools. The draft is a pre-publiblication copy,...

What an exciting and moving day it was?!  We set up a projector in the office streaming from Comcast via Slingbox.  Technologies these days! Yes....

OK.  We are mid-way into January.  President Elect Obama will be inaugurated next Tuesday.  Lots of excitements, but on the way to work today, I...

Da jia hao! K12Mandarin.org (now blog.betterchinese.com) aims to bring together and establish a social and professional network of educators dedicated to teaching the Chinese language...