Word: concordia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Volleyball at Concordia...
...Volleyball vs. East Stroudsberg, noon (at Concordia...
Founded as a language-immersion program of Concordia College, Waldsee is one of 10 foreign-language clusters of Concordia Language Villages, where authenticity is a watchword. When 5,200 children (ages 7 to 18) "cross the border" into their respective villages for one to four weeks, they will be issued passports and exchange U.S. dollars for the appropriate foreign currency. Newcomers will be advised that speaking English is verboten. Speaking German, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Chinese or Japanese is de rigueur...
...shops, cafes and banks in their villages, they won't find a schoolhouse. Rather, they'll be living in the language of their choice: playing sports, re-enacting historical and political events and tuning in to their village's simulated radio and TV stations. There is little point, reason Concordia's leaders, in becoming proficient in a language and not absorbing some of the Weltanschauung of the country in which the language is spoken...
...Concordia Language Villages, 800-222-4750. The Japanese-language credit program is closed...