Parent Teacher Magazine Union County Public Schools May/June 2016 | Page 17

Student teachers from China impressed with Kensington Elementary’s immersion program

Students at Kensington
The student teachers all
Elementary School became
said that they enjoyed the
the teachers recently when
experience and that they
four student teachers from
were impressed with the
China came to observe how
immersion students.
American students learn.
“The children here are
The student teachers
very good. Their Chinese
were from Zhijiang College
is very good. I can talk to
within Zhejiang University
them in Chinese fluently and
of Science and Technology
they can understand what I
in Shaoxing/Hangzhou,
am saying. That’s awesome;
China.
especially in the first grade,”
University professor Qi
said Yao Yinjia. “Most of
Yongfang and her students
them could handle the
Zheng Shuyue, Yao
questions I asked. I think the
Yinjia, Tang Jiaqi and Sun
(Kensington) teachers have
Shichen sat in on Mandarin
done a very good job.”
immersion classes at
“The teachers here do
Kensington Elementary.
a really good job teaching
“I want my students to
Mandarin,” said Zheng
learn how to teach Chinese
Shuyue. “The students are
and how to adapt to local
so engaged in the class. The
culture and ho