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Peer reviewedMydlarski, Donna; Klinck, Pat – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1983
Describes immersion weekends sponsored by the University of Calgary. The discussion includes examples from actual weekends to describe the planning and implementation. A qualitative evaluation is also discussed. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, French
Klinck, Patricia A. – 1981
A formative evaluation wae made of immersion weekends sponsored by the French center to determine how improvements in the role of monitors can enhance the oral production of students. Two weekends were observed and some in-service training with evaluator and monitors was held between the weekends. Three instruments were used to categorize and…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, Enrichment Activities
Myer, Bettye J.; Wellman, Cheryl A. – 1985
A French language immersion weekend housed in an off-campus college lodge and accommodating 12 college students has been successfully implemented by the State University College of New York at Fredonia. The goals of the weekend experiences have been: the development of listening and speaking skills; creation of a cultural atmosphere of the…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Foreign Language Films, French, Group Activities
Griswold, Jean S. – 1989
The Colorado State University Foreign Language Weekend Camps (also called the "Poor Man's Study Abroad") are described in this report. Developed to provide an international component and a mini foreign experience for the university's students, the camps are designed to accomplish several purposes including: to offer both foreign and…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Day Camp Programs
Urbanski, Henry – 1984
In response to rapidly falling foreign language enrollments, the State University of New York College at New Paltz designed and actively promoted a language immersion program in the summer of 1981. The program consisted of instruction in twelve languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian,…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages)
