Attending the Language Schools as a Married Couple
Read about Chuck and Vanessa Nicholls’ experience attending our School of Spanish as a married couple!
Language Schools Blog
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Nader Morkus Named Director of the Middlebury Arabic School
Middlebury has named Nader Morkus as the director of the Arabic School, one of 13 Middlebury Language Schools, known internationally for their full-immersion approach to language teaching and the Language Pledge®.
A summer at the Italian School, Perspectives from a U.S. Military Veteran
“I think many military veterans can definitely appreciate the Language Schools because the immersive and intensive structure of the program is similar to what they may have experienced in their technical or occupational training in the past. Additionally, the camaraderie developed and friendships made while working together towards a common goal is definitely something they can relate to and benefit from.”
Songs Remember
| by Joe Bruchac
Joe Bruchac wrote about his son, School of Abenaki Director Jesse Bowman Bruchac, in a recent blog post.
Middlebury Language Schools in a Book of Poetry
Attending the German School prepared Brandon Dumont for living abroad, as well as provided him with inspiring moments that found their way into his first book of poetry.
Attend a Middlebury Graduate Program for one 6-week Summer
Students with graduate level proficiency can apply to attend a graduate program for only one 6-week summer, also called the non-degree graduate option. Graduate-level students in Spanish can participate in the Buenos Aires 6-week summer if they are currently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program in Spanish.
Rowing Upstream: Solidarity in the Language Classroom
Dr. Huerta Alardín shares about his first summer teaching at our School of Spanish!
Malcolm X at the Met
Kazem Abdullah, who studied German and Portuguese at the Language Schools, is conducting the Metropolitan Opera premiere of X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.
Middlebury Language Schools students receive Outstanding Chinese Teacher Awards
Fang Bian and Ying Zhang—both students in the Middlebury Language Schools’ Master’s in Chinese degree program—are the two recipients of the 2023 Outstanding Chinese Teacher Award of the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools (CLASS).
Language Learning Research
Andrea Flinn, MA Arabic ’23, a PhD student studying applied linguistics and technology at Iowa State, was selected for the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program. Flinn will travel to Jordan next year to research and develop tools for teaching Levantine Arabic.