Summer 2009: new site at Mills College

The best way to learn a language is to live it. To do that, you need to explore the language across its cultural range.

The French School at Middlebury reflects not only the language and culture of France, but the diversity and richness of the greater Francophone world. In the School’s classrooms, you will rapidly build fluency with the help of teachers from France, Africa, the French Caribbean, and Canada, benefitting from their expertise, skill, and insights to acquire a better understanding of contemporary and historic French culture.

Outside of the classroom, you will practice what you’ve learned and build new vocabulary while participating in a variety of cocurricular activities—such as soccer, singing, and even baking pastries—all in French. You’ll also interact with Francophone artists, musicians, writers, and scholars who come to Middlebury as visiting lecturers. The Language Pledge will ensure that every moment, great and small, is a language learning opportunity.

In the French School, we’re proud to offer what no other program can: the opportunity to join a close-knit community of French-only speakers all focused on a single goal—ensuring the rapid acquisition of reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills for French language learners.

• Beginning in the summer of 2009, all students at the undergraduate level in the French School may elect to study at our new site at Mills College, in Oakland, California, if space permits.  Application and financial aid processes are identical to those for the Middlebury campus. For more information on Middlebury at Mills, please click here.




Click here to access the French School website (cliquez ici pour accéder au site web de l'École française)