How do you gain true fluency in a language? Eliminate the distractions and immerse yourself.

When you're surrounded by English speakers on a traditional campus, it’s difficult to keep your mind on the language you’re trying to learn. Even when you study abroad, you’ll find plenty of distractions.

A summer at the Portuguese School is an immersion in a pure language environment, from the classroom to the soccer field and all points in between. “We do have distractions here,” says Portuguese School Director Luci Moreira, “but all the distractions are in Portuguese.” These include a wide array of in-language cocurricular activities—among them capoeira, samba, yoga, and cooking—each designed to help you build new vocabulary while developing cultural fluency.

By combining an immersion environment with rigorous daily classroom instruction, remarkable gains in fluency are the norm in the Portuguese School, not the exception.

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