And this is it! We’ve just had our final banquet! There’s still a class tomorrow morning, but some members of the group are heading out tomorrow as well. So, we had our final banquet and certificates’ ceremony tonight.
We got…
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Half-Day at Al-Waha
We had an amazing opportunity to spend half-a-day at the Arabic Language Village Al-Waha.
Some highlights of the visit were: observing language classes, singing, dancing, debrief with the dean Emad, as well as conversations with Nur about daily activities…
Russian STARTALK teachers
While studying immersion methodology and observing life at Lesnoe Ozero, Russian STARTALK teachers took a fieldtrip to visit the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Itasca State Park.
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in Bemidji
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Content-Based Instruction at the Biohaus, Waldsee
The Content-Based Instruction Masters class went out to the villages on July 12. We experienced intensively fun activities about nature and the environment with teacher Edwin Dehler-Seter of Waldsee. All in German, we learned about food chains, herbs, energy and things that are…
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A visit to Lac du Bois
Three teachers observed an opening day on July 12. We met Patrick Roger Bessong of Cameroun, master instrument craftsman and musician. Andrea and Genevieve bought instruments to take back to their classrooms!
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Sen Lin Hu celebration, Saturday July 10
Our Chinese teachers were able to attend an evening honoring Paul “Di Bauluo” Delmain for his 25 years of leadership in the villages. He served on both the staff of the French Voyageurs and of Sen Lin Hu, most recently…
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International Day, July 9, 2010
STARTALK Chinese teachers, and the cohorts 3 and 4 of our Masters Program attended International Day at Waldsee. We were treated to a presentation of the history of the Language Villages which began 50 years ago. The first village was…
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Summer begins!
We welcomed the new Chinese STARTALK teachers of the year along with students in the Masters of Education in World Language Instruction, cohorts 3 and 4. Like villagers and staff in the Language Villages, we began…
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Bringing CLV Back to Our Classrooms
Our instructor, Brandon "Bastien" Locke, presents each of us with our "Certificates of Completion" at our celebration dinner.
Teacher Seminars' participants put closure on their 10 days
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