School Directory

Or click on your state below to learn more about local initiatives. If you know of a program that is not listed here, please share with us.

List of Chinese language programs in American K-12 schools (public and private) originally compiled by Elizabeth M. Ruggiero | download spreadsheet or directory
Do you know of a program not on this list? Please share with us.

Universities, Colleges and Schools Offering Chinese Courses compiled by Tianwei Xie, Cal State Long Beach | visit website

Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS) 2003-04 Survey Report | download pdf

Distance Learning Models

• CHENGO Chinese | www.elanguage.cn
  A an adventure-games software for learning Chinese created as a cooperative project of the U.S. Department of Education and the Chinese Ministry of Education. It integrates multiple functions with advanced speech recognition and handwriting recognition technology. For students ages 12-18.
  
• Irasshai | link
  Irasshai is a Japanese distance learning program offered through PeachStar, an educational division of Georgia Public Broadcasting Company. It combines distance-delivered TV/satellite instruction, web/multimedia and telephone interaction.
  
• Muzzy, BBC Language Course For Children | link
  Videos in various languages, including Chinese, for K–8 students.
  
• Salsa | link
  Spanish program for young children developed by the Georgia Department of Education offered through PeachStar, an educational division of Georgia Public Broadcasting Company. In addition to the puppet-led video features, each lesson is preceded by a staff development component that familiarizes the teacher/facilitator with the content and objectives of the lesson, reviews all vocabulary words, and demonstrates the correct pronunciation of all Spanish words used in the lesson.