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Italian Cooking, Haiku Workshop, Arabic Day, Language Immersions at Penobscot School this spring

By Anonymous

March 7, 2004--Going into spring with a variety of language and cultural programs, Penobscot School is offering a three-part Italian cooking class beginning Saturday, March 20. The class will be taught in English and will include hands-on techniques and menu planning. The instructor for the course is Harry Kaiserian. Kaiserian lived in Italy from 1974-76, and has written a food column in Maine newspapers for sixteen years.

The school is also offering language immersions to give students intensive instruction in several languages. In a language immersion, students have an opportunity to experience a language just as if they were living in a foreign country. Natalia Gomez of Chihuahua, Mexico will lead a Spanish immersion day for beginners on April 3, and a Spanish weekend for intermediate to advance students June 4-6. Karine George of Brest, France will lead a French beginners immersion day on May 1, and a weekend immersion for intermediate and advanced students June 11-13. Sachiko Clough, originally from Osaka, Japan is offering a one-day beginners immersion in Japanese on May 15. Camden resident, Sally Burtnette-Leser, will lead the Beginner German immersion on June 5. The school is also offering an Italian weekend for intermediate and advanced students May 21-23. One-day immersions are from 10 am to 4pm and include lunch. The weekend immersions are from Friday, 5 pm, to Sunday, 2pm and include five meals which the students help prepare.

On April 17 the school is offering its first Haiku writing workshop with Dr. Bruce Ross. Dr. Ross is a former president of the Haiku Society of America and author of How to Haiku, A Writer's Guide to Haiku and Related Forms. Class size is limited and the school’s director, David Clough, encourages early registration to take advantage of this unique workshop. Other events at the school include an Arabic Day with Mohamed Ferhaoui of Morocco on May 8, and a two-day Italian for Travelers workshop on April 24 and May 1.

Now in its 18th year as a non-profit center for language learning and international cultural exchange, Penobscot School offers weekly classes in eight foreign languages. For more information, contact Penobscot School at 594-1084, email penobscot@languagelearning.org, or visit on the internet at www.languagelearning.org

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