00:00:09:28	00:00:11:10	>> One day at Badger High School
00:00:11:10	00:00:13:02	in Lake Geneva, dozens of
00:00:13:02	00:00:14:20	middle and high school students
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00:00:18:00	00:00:19:04	>> I was dreaming
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00:00:21:07	00:00:23:08	>> America is newer,
00:00:23:08	00:00:25:05	and we don't know it in France,
00:00:25:05	00:00:26:27	so this is amazing.
00:00:26:27	00:00:28:09	>> I love America.
00:00:28:09	00:00:29:27	>> I think they're just excited
00:00:29:27	00:00:32:11	about coming to the USA.
00:00:32:11	00:00:35:15	>> And here, teachers are cool.
00:00:35:15	00:00:37:20	>> We're so fortunate today
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00:00:42:12	00:00:44:23	our sister school in France.
00:00:44:23	00:00:46:00	>> The sister school
00:00:46:00	00:00:47:10	to Lake Geneva's Middle School
00:00:47:10	00:00:48:19	is the Collège Jules Ferry
00:00:48:19	00:00:49:24	in the small town
00:00:49:24	00:00:51:22	of Terrasson in France.
00:00:51:22	00:00:54:10	>> I live in Terrasson, France.
00:00:54:10	00:00:55:26	>> The 30 French students and
00:00:55:26	00:00:57:12	their teachers came for a week
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00:01:01:04	00:01:02:21	taking tours of Milwaukee, and
00:01:02:21	00:01:04:20	the state capitol in Madison,
00:01:04:20	00:01:05:28	and sharing experiences
00:01:05:28	00:01:07:25	with their American partners.
00:01:07:25	00:01:09:08	>> We've invited other
00:01:09:08	00:01:11:17	school districts to experience
00:01:11:17	00:01:13:19	an immersion day.
00:01:13:19	00:01:16:12	(all speaking French)
00:01:16:12	00:01:17:24	>> What we call French Day,
00:01:17:24	00:01:19:27	Le jour du Français.
00:01:19:27	00:01:23:12	(speaking French)
00:01:23:12	00:01:25:18	>> My school, you know,
00:01:25:18	00:01:27:21	was asked to take part
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00:01:29:02	00:01:30:12	And I applied, because I thought
00:01:30:12	00:01:33:16	it was very interesting.
00:01:33:16	00:01:36:11	My students are mixing
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00:01:39:14	00:01:42:10	they're doing activities during
00:01:42:10	00:01:44:17	which they have to speak French
00:01:44:17	00:01:47:09	with their American partners.
00:01:47:09	00:01:51:19	(speaking French)
00:01:51:19	00:01:53:02	>> They're really excited
00:01:53:02	00:01:54:13	that they can actually use the
00:01:54:13	00:01:55:22	language and communicate in a
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00:01:57:08	00:01:58:14	They challenge themselves.
00:01:58:14	00:01:59:19	They take themselves out of the
00:01:59:19	00:02:01:08	box, out of their comfort zone.
00:02:01:08	00:02:03:03	They really do...
00:02:03:03	00:02:04:13	>> are amazed
00:02:04:13	00:02:05:23	at what they can do.
00:02:05:23	00:02:07:02	>> Beyond the language,
00:02:07:02	00:02:08:08	the whole cultural aspect
00:02:08:08	00:02:09:26	is really rich.
00:02:09:26	00:02:11:02	The French students have been
00:02:11:02	00:02:12:07	able to share differences
00:02:12:07	00:02:14:01	in what they do, you know,
00:02:14:01	00:02:15:06	at their school
00:02:15:06	00:02:16:14	and in their town.
00:02:16:14	00:02:17:22	>> This school is really modern,
00:02:17:22	00:02:19:10	compared to Terrasson's school.
00:02:19:10	00:02:20:16	>> But honestly, they're not
00:02:20:16	00:02:21:19	that different from Americans.
00:02:21:19	00:02:22:29	They're just regular teenage
00:02:22:29	00:02:24:17	kids, who are just fun
00:02:24:17	00:02:26:07	to hang out with.
00:02:26:07	00:02:27:14	>> Bonjour!
00:02:27:14	00:02:29:03	(laughter)
00:02:29:03	00:02:30:13	>> But what's interesting
00:02:30:13	00:02:32:21	is to see the real USA,
00:02:32:21	00:02:34:13	to come here,
00:02:34:13	00:02:37:01	to talk to real Americans,
00:02:37:01	00:02:39:15	to meet real American families.
00:02:39:15	00:02:41:16	>> We started matching
00:02:41:16	00:02:43:20	who would be able, on our end,
00:02:43:20	00:02:46:12	to host the French students.
00:02:46:12	00:02:48:10	>> The families are very nice.
00:02:48:10	00:02:49:23	They're very kind.
00:02:49:23	00:02:51:04	>> My mom just thinks it's cool
00:02:51:04	00:02:52:18	to learn about them.
00:02:52:18	00:02:53:20	>> Yeah, if anybody came to me
00:02:53:20	00:02:54:24	and asked, I would tell them
00:02:54:24	00:02:55:26	definitely to host
00:02:55:26	00:02:57:00	a French student,
00:02:57:00	00:02:58:21	or a student from any country.
00:02:58:21	00:03:00:10	>> I love my host family.
00:03:00:10	00:03:02:16	They are so cool.
00:03:02:16	00:03:03:24	>> All of the students from
00:03:03:24	00:03:05:28	Terrasson have been so polite,
00:03:05:28	00:03:07:10	and so, just courteous
00:03:07:10	00:03:08:25	and respectful.
00:03:08:25	00:03:10:07	And in a way, that's a good
00:03:10:07	00:03:12:24	thing for our students to see.
00:03:12:24	00:03:14:29	(speaking in French)
00:03:14:29	00:03:16:22	>> We want to have the kids
00:03:16:22	00:03:18:13	become comfortable, because
00:03:18:13	00:03:19:20	we have like three different
00:03:19:20	00:03:21:00	schools that are joining us
00:03:21:00	00:03:22:11	today.
00:03:22:11	00:03:24:01	We do an activity where they
00:03:24:01	00:03:25:23	have to get up and find people
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00:03:27:13	00:03:29:12	as they do.
00:03:29:12	00:03:33:10	(speaking French)
00:03:33:10	00:03:35:23	We also do a Tour de France race
00:03:35:23	00:03:37:06	where they have to race around
00:03:37:06	00:03:39:08	with little tricycles.
00:03:39:08	00:03:42:18	(laughter and cheering)
00:03:42:18	00:03:43:28	And then the kids
00:03:43:28	00:03:45:07	have to get in groups and
00:03:45:07	00:03:46:21	write like a skit, or a song,
00:03:46:21	00:03:48:11	or a rap, so that they sort of
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00:03:49:21	00:03:51:10	do something in the language.
00:03:51:10	00:03:52:16	Then they perform it
00:03:52:16	00:03:53:26	in front of the group.
00:03:53:26	00:03:56:18	(cheers and applause)
00:03:56:18	00:03:58:12	>> It's opening doors for
00:03:58:12	00:04:00:12	our students, linguistically,
00:04:00:12	00:04:02:06	culturally,
00:04:02:06	00:04:05:01	long-lasting friendships.
00:04:05:01	00:04:06:27	>> Wherever we went,
00:04:06:27	00:04:09:05	people have been so nice,
00:04:09:05	00:04:11:06	so warm.
00:04:11:06	00:04:14:29	This is just wonderful.
00:04:14:29	00:04:17:01	So thank you to everybody
00:04:17:01	00:04:19:21	in Wisconsin for the way
00:04:19:21	00:04:22:06	they have welcomed us.
00:04:22:06	00:04:24:06	(cheers and applause)