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Klinck, Patricia – 1980
Four French immersion weekends for continuing education students at the University of Calgary were evaluated. Each weekend involved recreational activities for twenty students and four French-speaking monitors at one of two recreational retreats near Calgary. The purpose of the program was to promote fluency in French by encouraging its use in a…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, French, Immersion Programs, Postsecondary Education
Europe Comes to Iowa. Guidelines for Establishing a Foreign Language Immersion Weekend for Students.
Nyhus, Sandy; Maiwald, Marci – 1980
This manual describes a French immersion weekend that was held at a campground in Iowa. The manual is arranged in chronological order beginning with arrival Friday evening and continuing through Sunday morning departure. The contents include: (1) a summary of the goals and objectives of the camp-experience; (2) schedule of activities; (3) a…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Enrichment Activities, Experiential Learning, French
Baughin, Judith A. – 1983
A weekend immersion French language camp was organized by Raymond Walters College of the University of Cincinnati with the cooperation of a group of interested high school French teachers. The extensive planning and the activities of the weekend are described in detail. The most important aspects of the planning process are noted. These were (1)…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Educational Games, Enrichment Activities, French
de Alonzo, Ines M.; Roig, Nina Rosa W. – Francais dans le Monde, 1989
A French immersion program in Brazil took a group of adults to a mountain retreat for a weekend of intensive language use through fantasy scenarios. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization
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
Snyder, Barbara, Ed. – 1983
A number of topics of interest to secondary school foreign language teachers are discussed in this issue. The following articles are included: (1) "Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language via Tele(Video)phone: A Futuristic Mini-Computer Design," by G. Harewood; (2) "Meeting Students' Communication Needs," by B. Marckel and "Functional/Notional…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Autoinstructional Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction
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
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)
