Several factors contribute to a successful summer of language learning, from the beautiful campus setting to a student’s personal motivations. Recent alumni shared their thoughts about why the Chinese School worked for them.
| by Éireann Mannino
There is no better way to understand how the Middlebury School of Japanese works, than hearing from a student who has studied with Middlebury for three summers. This article is written by Éireann Mannino who studied in 2018, 2019, and 2020.
People often ask how they can become fluent in Spanish so quickly during one summer. We tell them to enroll in the Middlebury Language Schools to find out.
| by Sarah Ray
The Middlebury School of Japanese will offer a new master’s degree program in Japanese language and culture beginning in summer 2021.
| by Amanda Gokee
This past summer, the college hosted a pilot program of an Abenaki course, taught by Bruchac and Quinn, where students enrolled in a two-week immersive course.
| by Per Urlaub
Thanks to technology, students and teachers are working as hard as they do during any regular summer since 1915, teaching, learning, and refining language skills and cultural expertise.
Summer 2020 will be the first time that Language Schools will not be held on the Middlebury campus in Vermont.
Cross-cultural understanding is an undervalued skill in a globalized world. In this article, we show you how learning a new language can improve your tolerance.
| by Sarah Ray
Five Middlebury seniors, two Language Schools Students and five recent alumni have been offered Fulbright fellowships for the 2020–2021 academic year.
| by John McWhorter
For language buffs, COVID-19 is a potential sci-fi plot. Think: Millions of families go inside for months—what will they all sound like when they come out?
