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SpanglishBaby.com | June 4, 2009
What are Summer Language Camps? 
I hadn’t really given language summer camps much thought because I believed Vanessa was too young. I mean, she is still too young for actual going-away type camps, but apparently not for just day summer camps. And I have to tell you, the more I’ve researched this topic, the more fascinated I’ve become.

StarTribune Marq Magazine / February 10, 2008
Global Village:The Authentic Buildings at Concordia Language Villages Create Total Cultural Immersion 
Where can you find a mansard-roofed French maison, a Norwegian stave church and a Japanese torii gate all grouped around an inland lake? In central Minnesota near Bemidji, where the Concordia Language Villages have created authentic environments for their renowned language-immersion camps.

DallasNews.com | February 7, 2008
More, Including Me, Should Be Fluent in Another Language
Imagine this: Stranded in a strange country, you cannot ask for help and directions, despite having taken three years of the language in high school. Scale it back, and you get what I experienced on a recent trip to Spain.

The New York Times | February 2, 2008 
If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Spanish 
Conventional wisdom says it is never too early for children to learn a foreign language. But conventional wisdom predates the days of paying someone to teach your child another tongue.

The Twin Cities Daily Planet | August 1, 2007
Concordia College Language Camp in China
By JENNIFER HOLDER
At a two-week summer day camp in Shanghai, China, Minnesota's Concordia College shares a slice of American life with 32 Chinese students ages 7-14. Under the moniker of Hometown China, students are immersed in English language learning and exposure to American culture. After the Shanghai...{subject areas: China; English Language Village; American Culture}

Minnesota Public Radio |   August 3, 2006
Concordia Language Villages Goes Green
By KATERI JOCHUM
The recent heat wave has sent energy bills skyrocketing. Excel energy company warned people to watch their energy usage to keep brownouts and blackouts at bay. What would you think if you could stay cool and still cut your energy bills by over 85 percent? {subject areas: BioHaus; Passive House; German Language Village; Environmentalism; Energy-Consciousness}

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