Spanish Summer Intensive Language Program

Spanish students use a board game to learn the language.

SILP 2021 UPDATE: Due to uncertainty related to COVID-19 we have decided to suspend SILP for the summer of 2021. We encourage you to attend our sister program in Vermont. The Middlebury Language Schools, located in Vermont, offers 12 languages for complete beginner to advanced level. Please apply directly to the Middlebury Language Schools. To apply, log on to the online application and select Middlebury Language Schools–Language Pledge®. 



In rapidly developing countries in South and Central America, Spanish plays a key role in politics, economics, academics, and everyday life.

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Overview

In the United States alone, Spanish speakers make up more than 14 percent of the population.

The Spanish Summer Intensive Language Program helps you become a confident Spanish speaker, fully able to work in bilingual education in California or New York, work with the State Department in Mexico City, help small business owners high above the Peruvian Andes, or study the Moorish-influenced art of the Iberian Peninsula.

Program Highlights

  • Strengthen structural skills and vocabulary.

  • Integrate reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.

  • Incorporate authentic primary sources and materials from all over the Hispanic world.

  • Learn to navigate both professional and academic settings.

  • Participate in cocurricular activities such as guided tours in Spanish of Monterey, one of the first Spanish settlements in California; interactions with Spanish speakers at the local farmers’ market; Spanish conversation club; weekly salsa dancing classes; and film screenings.

Student Learning Outcomes

The Spanish Summer Intensive Language Program offers courses for the complete beginners to high intermediate learners. See the student learning outcomes for each level.     

Next Steps

If you have any questions email us at languages@miis.edu.