A BLUEPRINT FOR CHINESE IMMERSION PRESCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES:

programs (most or all of the students are from one language background, usually the Bilingual children are found to show more dominant language, and learning the target cognitive flexibility and higher executive language or both languages) and two-way function, including the ability to ignore programs (approximately half of the students distractions and to multi-task (Bialystok, are from the domin. [...] FOR CHINESE IMMERSION PRESCHOOLS Fourth, learning about Chinese and Asian In addition to linguistic, cognitive, and edu- cultures through learning Chinese enhances cational benefits, there is a host of reasons the overlooked aspects of the world culture A BLUEPRINT FOR CHINESE IMMERSION PRESCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES (2022) 14 In the United and U. [...] The second survey investi- TEACHERS gated the linguistic, ethnic, and educational Research findings support the value of pre- backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, school in general and Chinese immersion and needs of school personnel that included preschool in particular, but what is the state administrators, teachers, and teaching of the field in the United States? As men- aides. [...] Details of the surveys are reported in tioned at the beginning of this paper, in the CELIN Brief, Surveying Chinese Immersion February 2020, 24 practitioners and thought Preschool Programs and Teachers in the United leaders in Chinese immersion education in States: 2020-2021. [...] During the meeting discussions, the need to conduct two surveys became clear in order to answer the questions, “What is the current landscape of Chinese immersion preschools in the United States in 2020?” and “Who are the educators in the field, and what are their needs?” Two surveys were conducted in 2020, and analysis and reporting were completed in A student uses her fine motor skills to “write.