Anne Briggs
Portuguese Immersion Program
Take the Language Pledge® and dramatically improve your proficiency, in just one summer.
The application will open Nov. 1 for Summer 2025.
For 110 years Middlebury Language Schools has offered Immersion Programs and Graduate Programs. More than 1400 students find success with us each summer.
Immersion Programs take place during the summers in Vermont. The 7- and 8-week programs are designed for beginning to advanced language learners. High school graduates to 80+ years old are eligible.
Graduate Programs can be completed over four summers in Vermont, or in one summer and an academic year abroad or online, depending on the language. We enroll about 400 graduate students.
In Their Own Words
Theodore Nollert
German Immersion Program
Peter Winnard
Italian Graduate Program
Miki Duvoisin
Japanese Immersion Program
Marnina Cowan
Hebrew Graduate Program
Ibtehaal Manji
Chinese Graduate Program
Elizabeth Ho
Hebrew Immersion Program
Jourdon Delerme
Chinese Immersion Program
Craig Clemens
Spanish Graduate Program
Chelsea Johnson
Korean Immersion Program
Bettina Hoopes
German Graduate Program
Andrew Postovoit
Russian Immersion Program
Tim Johnson
French Immersion Program
Nandini Jani
Arabic Immersion Program
Experience Success
Our dedicated faculty are some of the world’s leading academic professionals, and our students graduate with some of the highest levels of proficiency. Here’s why:
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We Take the Language Pledge®
Learn About the Pledge®
Only Middlebury offers the Language Pledge®, in which you pledge to communicate only in language while here. In a community of motivated learners and supportive faculty, this creates a 24/7 immersion environment. -
We Live in Language
Experience the Language Schools
You’ll exponentially grow your language skills in whichever program you choose. And you’ll put your language skills to work outside of the classroom as well, participating in all kinds of cocurricular activities. -
We Share a Commitment
See How It Works
Each summer, we welcome students from all walks of life and all parts of the world, ages 18 to 80+. One thing they all have in common is the potential and the desire to succeed.
A Rewarding and Rigorous Environment
Since 1915, Middlebury Language Schools has been one of the nation’s preeminent language learning institutions featuring programs in 12 languages in Vermont and English in California. Together we create one of the most effective language-learning environments each summer.
1500
Students aged 18–80+
15%
Beginning language learners
$7000000
Financial aid and scholarships each year
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Amazing Progress!
Transcript
Nǐ hǎo, wǒ jiào Jason. I am South African. I am just about to start the program here at Middlebury. The 8-week Chinese summer program. I’m really excited. I can’t speak any Chinese further than what I told you and I’m hoping to use Mandarin within engineering for a long term goal.
8 Weeks Later
Hello. My name is Jason. I am South African. I am currently studying Chinese at Middlebury’s Chinese summer school. I think Middlebury’s teachers are excellent and very professional. Also, I think Middlebury is beautiful. But I really think the Middlebury advantage is that teachers spend a lot of time helping students practice speaking Chinese.