Where do people speak Italian? 
More than 65 million people speak Italian worldwide! It is the official language in Italy, San Marino, the Vatican, and one of the four official languages in Switzerland.

Did you know?
Italian is spoken by five million people in North and South America!

Learn more!
www.nationalgeographic.com
www.unico.org
www.osia.org
www.niaf.org

Summer Youth Programs (ages 7-18)
Lago del Bosco (est. 2003) We offer fun one and two-week immersion and four-week high school credit sessions at the Sandhill Lake site near Fosston, Minn. Click here to learn more!

Adult Weekend Program
Join us for a weekend of Italian language, culture, food and activites at our Turtle River Lake site near Bemidji, Minn. Click here to learn more!

Italian Family Week
Bring the whole family to a Family Week near Bemidji, Minn. Learn about Italian language and culture through activities, sports, music, arts, and crafts! Click here to learn more!

Helvetia Swiss Week

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!

Teacher Seminar for Language Educators
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!

Employment at Lago del Bosco
Are you a fluent Italian speaker who loves kids? Come work at our Youth Summer Programs. Do you love the cuisine of the Italian-speaking world? Consider joining our amazing food service staff! Are you a health provider interested in cross-cultural nursing? Click here to learn more

Supporting the Italian Programs
Thanks to your generous support, the Italian Language Village was established in 2003! Support the Village Visions for Lago del Bosco. Donate time, realia, resources or expertise to the Italian Village. Click here to learn more!