Concordia Language Villages
| Concordia Language Villages | |
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901 8th St. S. Moorhead, Minnesota 56562 United States |
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| Motto | "to prepare young people for responsible citizenship in our global community" |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| Opened | 1961 |
| Founder | Gerhard Haukebo |
| Status | Open |
| Authority | Concordia College |
| Director | Christine Schulze (since 1989) |
| Staff | 1300 |
| Age | 7 to 18 |
| Number of students | 11880 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 1:5 |
| Classes offered | Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish |
| Hours in school day | 24 |
| Slogan | Sow Peace, Change The Climate (2016) |
| Song | "Kalsada" by Sam Concepcion (2016) |
| Accreditation | Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation; North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement |
| Communities served | all 50 U.S. States, more than 25 countries |
| Alumni | Chelsea Clinton |
| Website | concordialanguagevillages |
Concordia Language Villages (CLV), previously the International Language Villages, is a world-language and culture education program whose mission is to prepare young people for responsible citizenship in the global community. Since beginning in 1961, it has grown to offer summer camp in 15 modern languages and school-year weekend programs mostly for Spanish, French, and German program. Summer and winter programs are taught through a language and cultural immersion philosophy, which allows for experience-based learning. The Villages annually serves over 13,000 young people, aged 7–18, from every state of the US, as well as Canada and 31 other countries, and are sponsored by Concordia College of Moorhead, Minnesota, a private four-year liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Each village focuses on immersion in both the language and the culture(s) of its target. Counselors speak the target language from waking up to going to sleep, with the help of many communicative techniques designed to reduce frustration on the part of the villagers; villagers are encouraged to use as much of the target language as they can produce. By the end of the summer, even villagers with no previous encounters with the language remark on how much they are able to understand.
CLV also aims to develop cultural awareness. Everything from the meals to the crafts to the games is tailored to the target culture(s). Village programs are designed to cast light on the cultures in question, as well as the diversity of cultures around the world, and can take on inter-village meaning in everything from "World Cup" soccer matches between nearby villages to simulating the European Union deliberating on an issue. Additionally, at CLV villagers are able to live with, play with, work with, and get to know foreign native speakers. CLV also sponsors an "International Day" twice yearly; it is free and open to the public and aims to foster further global awareness.
Strong environmental goals encompass all aspects of the program, from recycling, waste reduction, water management, encouragement for campers to bring biodegradable toiletries, alternative energy sources like solar and geothermal power are implemented on the permanent site. The new Waldsee "BioHaus", the first certified passive house in North America, is a testament to these goals. The villages also have a relatively high vegetarian and vegan ratio, to which they cater.
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