Celebrating the 4th of July and more

We started our 4th week here and students are flourishing with the language and have become comfortable with life in Chile. We had our classes and students even cooked as part of the culture class. They had a great time competing against the other groups. The other instructors were awesome judges. Today, we invited the families for a 4th of July celebration. Students had a blast dancing for the parents and hanging out. Families brought food for a great get together. It has been a great week so far.

Monday July 3rd

Theatre Class

Sports class

Tuesday July 4th

Helen came all ready in red, white and blue

Megan is very excited:

Quick dialogues using new words they have learned:

Wednesday July 5th

Cooking in Culture Class

For culture class today, students made panqueques chilenos. They learned and made their own to eat. Toward the end of class, they made one as a group and the other instructors were the judges. The categories were: Presentation, Creativity and Flavor.

Emilie made Cecy a panqueque

The judges

And the winners are...

Blue team: Most Creative

Red team: Best Presentation

White team: Best Flavor

Dance class

4th of July Celebration

Iona and her Chilean mother made a cake to help us celebrate.

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Bienvenida en Viña (the welcome)

We arrived to the location where students will be taking their classes and doing their afternoon activities. The families were waiting and were very excited to meet their kids. Each student was introduced to their family followed by performances and introductions. It was a great way to dive right in and get a glimpse at Chilean culture. Picture of the families waiting : Picture of the students meeting their host parent or family: Performance: Some of the students joined in, watch the videos... Meeting the instructors and staff : Saying goodnight to our first night:

Last week

During our last week, we had the going away party and show. Students read poems, danced, sang, acted and enjoyed time with family and friends. What a great way to finish these amazing 6 weeks.

5th week

It was a good week. The week started with classes and our usual afternoon activities. On Thursday we went to Valparaiso to paint a mural and we finished the week with a trip to Isla Negra and Pomaire.

Viña del Mar (IUHPFL) 2017

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