Lack Of Asian Language Teachers In California Leads To Demand For State Investment

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The state issued nearly 1,200 bilingual accreditations in the 2020-2021 school year, but only 63 were for Mandarin Chinese and two for Vietnamese.

Dual-immersion language programs not only benefit immigrant children who can learn English concurrently with their native tongue, but also native English speakers who want to acquire a second language and understand another culture — an opportunity that advocates say is even more critical during the rise in attacks on Asians in recent years.

Pan drew from his personal experience starting elementary school in the States and only knowing how to speak Mandarin. He said he was enrolled in a special education class on the East Coast when he could have thrived under the instruction of an Asian language-speaking teacher who could help English learners build a sense of belonging and confidence.

The $5 million would be allocated over four years to California State University’s Asian Language Bilingual Teacher Education Program Consortium, which is spread across 10 campuses and is focused on increasing the number of accredited bilingual teachers in six Asian languages: Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Japanese, Hmong, Korean and Vietnamese.

 

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