How do you create the perfect conditions for rapid language acquisition? Combine a proven curriculum with a pure language environment.

Opened in the summer of 2008, the Brandeis University-Middlebury School of Hebrew brings together the best of two worlds—the time-tested Hebrew-in-Hebrew curriculum developed at Brandeis, and the total immersive environment of the Middlebury Language Schools.

In the classroom, you will benefit from the intensive approach to instruction that has made Brandeis the national leader in Hebrew language learning. And with Middlebury’s celebrated Language Pledge—a promise to read, write, listen, and speak in only the language of study—your acquisition of Hebrew will benefit from a 24/7 immersion environment. The Hebrew School’s many in-language cocurricular activities will give you limitless opportunities to refine and practice what you have learned in the classroom.

Throughout your summer at Middlebury, you’ll find the focus is just where you need it to be—on acquiring the language proficiency you need to take you wherever you want to go. “It’s not about just knowing the language, or sitting back and analyzing the language as scholars,” says School of Hebrew Director Vardit Ringvald. “It’s about being users of the language, and using it to function in the world.

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School of Hebrew 2008: Quicktime Movie  Windows Media

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