Are other dialects of Chinese also taught in the San Francisco Public Schools?
Yes. Alice Fong Yu Elementary School (K-8) and West Portal Elementary (K-5) both have Cantonese immersion programs, though they begin to introduced Mandarin in the upper grades. Cantonese is a southern Chinese dialect spoken by about 70 million people worldwide. Because many Chinese immigrants to the United States came from the south, it has historically been the most commonly spoken form of Chinese here. However is it being supplanted by Mandarin both in China (where children speak their home language at home but are taught in Mandarin) and in the U.S., where more and more immigrants come here speaking Mandarin.
Yes, there are three. – West Portal Elementary (K-5) – Alice Fong Yu Elementary School (K-8) – Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila (K-5) Alice Fong Yu and CIS are entirely Cantonese immersion schools, and West Portal contains an immersion strand. All introduce Mandarin in the upper grades as a supplement to the Cantonese Immersion program. Cantonese is a southern Chinese dialect spoken by about 70 million people worldwide. Because many Chinese immigrants to the United States came from the south, it has historically been the most commonly spoken form of Chinese here. However is it being supplanted by Mandarin both in China (where children speak their home language at home but are taught in Mandarin) and in the U.S., where more and more immigrants come here speaking Mandarin.
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