Immersion camp hones adults' language skills (10/27/02)

Immersion camp hones adults' language skills

REGINA, Saskatchewan - Many accolades are being directed at the organizers of the second Adult Ukrainian Language Immersion Camp (AULIC) by those who attended the program, held on August 8-11 at the Trident Camp in Crystal Lake, Saskatchewan.

The increased level of interest in the AULIC has been notable. The first such camp, held in 2001, attracted 11 registrants. This year that number more than doubled to 24. There were even five U.S. registrants who paid the modest registration fee of $150 - just a fraction of their expenses, which included airfare from such cities as Baltimore, Seattle and Detroit.

This year the AULIC program offered three levels of instruction: beginners, intermediate and advanced. The instructor for the Beginners level was Anita Drebot, a teacher with many years of teaching experience from Regina, while Lilia Kompritchevska, the administrator of the Petro Mohyla Institute in Saskatoon, coached the Intermediates, and Iryna Pyvovar, a teacher of Ukrainian from Lviv, directed the advanced class.

The program was not all class work. The evenings included singing sessions, learning the finer points of making such things as borsch, varenyky, holubtsi and torte plus playing cards.

The above activities were complemented with a trip to the Ukrainian Museum in Canora, where the AULIC students were treated to a thorough, entertaining and enlightening tour of the museum's collection by Lillian Kobrynsky. After leaving the museum the group visited the local Ukrainian Catholic church.

Those interested in learning more about the AULIC program should contact any member of the organizing committee: Ed Lysyk, Wayne Hydeman, Ken Mazur or Tony Harras at: (306) 586-6805; fax, (306) 585-7945; e-mail, [email protected]; or by writing to AULIC, 455 Habkirk Drive, Regina, SK S4S 6B2.

The AULIC is a joint project of the Ukrainian Orthodox Men's Association of Regina and the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association of Regina. Financial support was received from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Saskatchewan Provincial Council, and Regina Branch, Saskatchewan Lotteries and the Saskatchewan Organization for Heritage Languages.

The next AULIC has been tentatively set for August 7-10, 2003.

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