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Do you speak German?
German is spoken by 126 million people worldwide. In Germany (Deutschland), there are about 82 million German speakers. It is also a dominant language in Austria
(Österreich), Switzerland (die Schweiz) and Liechtenstein. You’ll also find many German speakers in Belgium, Namibia, Ruanda, Burundi, former Soviet Union, France, Argentina and within the Amish, Hutterite and Mennonite communities of North America.
German was the first language offered at Concordia Language Villages in
1961!
Waldsee (est. 1961) Join us next summer at Waldsee German Language Village! We offer two-week and four week immersion sessions, four-week high school credit sessions, four-week college credit sessions for high school students, and fun one-week exploratory sessions, all at our architecturally authentic site on Turtle River Lake near Bemidji, Minn.
Our core immersion programs offer active, hands-on, activity-based discoveries in German language and culture. As part of these core sessions, some villagers choose to delve deeper through special adventure programs -- Die Grüne Welle environmental program, Der Märchenwald (Forest of Legends) or Helvetia, an adventure program in Swiss culture. Learn about stage theater in German-speaking Europe at the Stadttheater session, practice reading and writing through the Kollegstufe, or DJ the latest hits on your own German radio show through Waldsee Radio! Click here to learn more!
We welcome young villagers ages 6-11 to the Waldsee authentic German village north of Bemidji for a fun day camp experience. With a passport in hand, your child will join a whole new world of adventure. Learning a language is integrated into all the fun of a summer day camp in a way that only the Language Villages offers. Programs run weekly between June 9 and August 22, 2008. Extended day options and transportation are available. Click here for more information and tuition rates.
Explore Austria, Switzerland and Germany for one month in July and earn high school credit. Experience the same intensive immersion language learning philosophy of the Villages while you
visit Lucerne, Salzburg, Bad Waldsee, Munich, Dresden, Berlin and
Frankfurt. Click here to learn more!
Bring the whole family to Family Week near Bemidji, Minn. Learn about German language and culture through activities, sports, music, arts, and crafts. click here to learn more!
Live the languages and culture of Switzerland this summer during Helvetia Swiss Week, our new immersion adventure, August 25-30, 2008. Located at our beautiful Turtle River Lake site near Bemidji, Minnesota, Helvetia Swiss Week offers a great experience in Switzerland’s three major languages–German, French, and Italian–together with exciting discoveries in Swiss culture and cuisine. Kids 8-18 can come on their own, as can the entire family–bring Oma Elisabeth, nonno Marianno, bébé Jacques, or the whole entourage. Click here to learn more!
Bring the whole family to a Family Fun Weekend February 15-18 2008 near Bemidji, Minn. Learn about German language and culture through activities, sports, music, arts, and crafts. Click
here to learn more!
Do you want to sharpen your German or learn more about German culture, cuisine, history, arts and music? Join us in April for a week or be immersed for a week in October in Bemidji, Minn. Click here to learn more!
Bring your German language class to the Villages for a fun immersion weekend during the school year. German is offered each month at our Turtle River Lake sites near Bemidji, Minn. Click here to learn more!
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The Goethe-Institut/AATG is
offering five full scholarships to German language teachers nationwide.
Do you want to learn more about second language immersion methodologies and the Concordia Language Villages immersion model? Attend the ten-day graduate course in July in Bemidji, Minn. Click here to learn more!
Are you a fluent German speaker who loves kids? Come work at our Youth Summer Programs or Village Weekends. Do you love German cuisine? Consider joining our amazing food service staff. Click here to learn more
Support Waldsee’s Village Vision. Donate time, realia, resources or expertise to the German Village. Click
here to learn more!
Waldsee BioHaus is an award-winning environmental learning center based upon the German Passivhaus standards for efficient energy use. It’s a low-energy building in a high-energy program. Waldsee participants make full use of the Waldsee BioHaus while in the program. Click here to visit the BioHaus website!
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| | LEARN SOMETHING NEW! If you're like me, it's sweets I crave! You'll get a taste of mouthwatering treats at the Villages, like Norwegian bløtkake (cream cake) and
Finnish piirakat (pastries). Yes! These people know how to bake. Click here for more on
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