Sink AND Swim

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Sink AND Swim
Planning an immersion Weekend
Who are we? Who are you?
Denise Phillippe, Concordia Language
Villages Anita Alkhas, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee Larry Kuiper, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee
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Sample Activity

• Your choice (Card game or Sculptor game)
• How does this activity fit into the immersion
  weekend concept?

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Why immersion weekends?

• Simulate
• Motivate
• Expand and extend
• Improve
• Prepare
• Heighten awareness
• Increase confidence
• Create a community
• Advocate
• Recruit and retain

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Two models common ground

• Themes
• Participants
• Staffing
• Meals
• Activities
• Décor
• Community of Learners
• Authentic Materials
• Preparatory materials
• Crossing the border
• Simulated Travel/Field Trip
• Participant Evaluation
• Standards-based
• Advanced planning

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YOUR immersion weekend?

• How could the immersion weekend idea be adapted
  to your program?
• alkhas_at_uwm.edu
• kuiper_at_uwm.edu
• phillipp_at_cord.edu
• For documents from this presentation
• http//www.uwm.edu/alkhas
• For more info on Concordia Language Villages
• http//www.concordialanguagevillages.org

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