In my kindergarten Chinese immersion classroom, students are always learning two things at once: academic content and a new language. Since I work at an immersion school, all of my students are emergent readers and writers in Chinese. At the...
Jing Zhang
Jing Zhang is a dual language immersion teacher and a PhD student in Columbia, South Carolina. She is a member of NCTE’s Professional Dyads and Culturally Relevant Teaching (PDCRT) program (2025–27 cohort). Jing believes that teaching language is about building bridges between people and cultures, and that instruction should reflect students’ real lives through meaningful, real-world connections.