Editing Concordia Language Villages (section)

==Villages==
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There are architecturally and culturally authentic village sites (Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish) located near [[Bemidji, Minnesota]] on Turtle River Lake. There are also leased sites throughout Minnesota, as well as abroad in [[Switzerland]] and [[China]].

The road connecting the permanent villages at Turtle River Lake to the [[county road]] was purposefully constructed to be winding, to simulate the long trip to the target cultures represented at the villages.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} The original plans for these villages included a train to link all of the villages. Although this idea was scrapped, aspects of it still remain in several buildings.  The [[German language|German]] village's four-story administration building resembles a German [[train station]] and is called the Bahnhof ("train station"). The [[dining hall]] at Salolampi, the [[Finnish language]] village, is modeled after a famous Finnish train station. Additionally, the Turtle River Lake site has a World Inc. Peace Site with [[peace poles]] in the village languages at its heart, near the [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] village, [[Skogfjorden]] and the Bemidji and Turtle River Lake sites have European road signs in kilometers per hour (imported from Germany, not replications).

Several [[History of Immigration to the United States|immigrant]] buildings have been moved to the permanent sites to show villagers what life was like for early European immigrants. The immigrant cabins at the [[Norway|Norwegian]] village are original to the site. The [[Germany|German]] "Haus Sonnenaufgang" was first moved from [[New Ulm, Minnesota]] to sit next to the Norwegian ones, but was moved sometime in the early 1990s to the German village near Bemidji, Minnesota.

[[File:WaldseeBemidjiMarktplatzAtDusk.jpg|thumb|[[Waldsee (camp)|Waldsee]] Markplatz near [[Bemidji, Minnesota]]. The culturally-authentic Gasthof dining hall can be seen in the background.]]
CLV consists of 15 villages:
* [[German language|German]]: [[Waldsee (camp)|Waldsee]] (est. 1961)
* [[French language|French]]: [[Lac du Bois (camp)|Lac du Bois]] or [[Voyageurs (camp)|Les Voyageurs]] (est. 1962)
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: El Lago Del Bosque (est. 1963)
* [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: [[Skogfjorden]] (est. 1963)
* [[Russian language|Russian]]: Lesnoe Ozero (Лесное озеро) (est. 1966)
* [[Swedish language|Swedish]]: [[Sjölunden]] (est. 1975)
* [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: Salolampi (est. 1978)
* [[Danish language|Danish]]: Skovsøen (est. 1982)
* [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: Sen Lin Hu (森林湖) (est. 1984)
* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: Mori no Ike (森の池) (est. 1988)
* [[English language|English]]: Hometown, USA and Hometown, Europe (est. 1999)
* [[Korean language|Korean]]: [[Korean Residential Language Camp|Sup sogŭi Hosu]] ({{Korean|hangul=숲 속의 호수|labels=no}}) (est. 1999)
* [[Italian language|Italian]]: Lago del Bosco (est. 2003)
* [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: [[Al-Wāḥa]] (الواحة) (est. 2006)
* [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: Mar e Floresta (est. 2008)

Each village is named "Lake of the Woods" in its language (as the villages are situated in the woods next to a lake) with the exception of the English villages "Hometown, USA" and "Hometown, Europe", the Portuguese village "Mar e Floresta" (meaning "Sea and Forest"), and the Arabic village "Al-Wāḥa" (meaning "the oasis"). The Japanese village "Mori no Ike" translates to "Pond of the Forest," but this name was chosen in lieu of the more-literal translation (which would use 林 ''hayashi'' 'woods' and 湖 ''mizuumi'' 'lake') for length and ease of pronunciation.

===Village culture===
[[File:LacDuBois01.jpg|thumb|Villagers performing skits]]
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Villagers use CLV-issued "passport" booklets to manage their camp bank account and familiarize themselves with the use of a real-life [[passport]]. Villagers also go through "customs" upon arrival, which includes the storage of phones or other devices with internet connection, non-target language literature, and food (perishable items are disposed of).

Each language village site has numerous traditions, many of which are related to meals and songs. Meal presentations, in which each food and its name are presented in a short skit before each meal, are a language tool implemented by almost all programs. Many villages also put on a [[restaurant]] night for villagers to practice going out using their target language. Restaurants will often be fancy affairs that tend to represent international cuisine and languages that are not represented by the villages, such as [[Cuisine of Vietnam|Vietnamese]], [[Indian cuisine|Indian]], [[Cuisine of Thailand|Thai]], or [[Cuisine of Tibet|Tibetan]].

The cuisine in most villages reflect the ethnic cuisines of the target language. At [[Waldsee (camp)|Waldsee]], this means that [[German cuisine|German]] regional food, [[Cuisine of Austria|Austrian]], [[Swiss cuisine|Swiss]] and common import foods like [[Turkish cuisine|Turkish]] [[döner kebab]] are served. At Lac du Bois, foods of [[Cuisine of Africa|Africa]] and the [[Caribbean cuisine|Caribbean]] may be included.

The fusion of American and foreign cultures gives rise to linguistic phenomenon referred to as "[[Franglais]]" (French and anglais) or "[[Denglisch|Denglish]]" (Deutsch and English), depending on the languages in contact. Examples include "Je need a couteau" ("I need a knife") or "What did you seh at the Kino?" ("What did you see at the movie theatre?"). Villagers at every camp employ a unique variety of [[code-switching]] with English and the target language. Site buildings are given names in the target language, are rarely referred to with their English names, even when speaking English. Additionally, some words have been invented by native-speaking staff members for concepts that are not native to the target cultures but daily words in camp life, such as "[[chipmunk]]", "[[poison ivy]]", and "[[mosquito repellent]]".

===Village activities===
A typical day at one of the Villages includes cultural and typical summer camp activities. In the target language, villagers might go canoeing, create art projects, play traditional music, practice yoga, play ping pong, or make a film. Camp songs and daily skits are an integral part of the village experience, including at mealtimes, as are jokes, games, and weekend dances, all of which surround campers with the language.

Villagers may sign up for two-week or four-week programs, the latter of which are accredited academic programs which gives students high school credit via "a thematic curriculum, experiential immersion techniques and performance-based assessments."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/Programs/Youth/hs_credit1.php |title=High School Credit |publisher=Concordia Language Villages |date= |accessdate=2013-02-15}}</ref> To earn the 180 hours to gain credit at a high school, villagers attend multiple structured classes during the day with a higher level of focus on reading, writing, listening, and conversation. "Credit villagers", as they are often referred to in English, are still able to participate in all-camp activities such as evening programs, sports, arts and crafts, and other unique offerings in each village.