Our Curriculum
Yinghua Curriculum
Executive Director Dr. Luyi Lien leads the Curriculum Development Department, ensuring that the content delivered in Mandarin covers all Minnesota State Standards and all components of the Core Knowledge Sequence, building both knowledge and Mandarin fluency from year to year. We have a select set of Curriculum Partners, who are leading experts nationally and internationally, and who work with us to maintain the highest standards and continually incorporate the latest research.
It is this internally-created program that has given Yinghua’s students such a high level of Mandarin fluency and knowledge, and has captured national attention along the way. Both Yinghua Academy administrators and teachers are regularly invited to present at national conferences, such as ACTFL, NCLC, and STARTALK. In 2007, the State of Minnesota awarded us a World Language grant for $100,000 to support the development of the Elementary School Program. And in 2008, the US Government awarded an $811,265 Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grant to support the development of the Middle School Program.
Curriculum Partners
As a leader in Chinese language immersion education, Yinghua Academy continues to develop its curriculum in consultation with national and international curriculum partners, such as the following institutions and experts:
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota
Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Minnesota
Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington D.C.
Asia Society
Curriculum Nights
2024 Curriculum Nights
All presentations and curriculum maps from the Lower School and Middle School Curriculum Nights, held in September 2024, can be viewed online. Please use the Google Drive folders linked below to find documents for each grade.
What's the Scoop?
In Spring 2025, we will post information for rising 5th graders to understand some of the changes they will experience as they enter Middle School.