Tatiana Smorodinska Named Director of Middlebury School of Russian
The C.V. Starr Professor of Russian and East European Studies will start in September as director of the Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian.
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Ying Zhang wins CLTA Distinguished K-12 Chinese Program Award 2024
Chinese School graduate student Ying Zhang awarded CLTA Distinguished K-12 Chinese Program award.
Staff Spotlight: Matthew Guiffrรฉ, Assistant Director, Arabic School
The Language Schools are excited to welcome Matthew Guiffrรฉ, Assistant Director at the Arabic School.
Faculty Spotlight: Giovanni Minicucci, Italian School
Academic Year Position: University of Chicago
Hometown: Pescara, Italy
Program/Level: 7-week Italian Immersion Program/Level 1
Summers Taught at the LS: 1
I hope that my students leave my classes not only with a deeper understanding of the Italian language itself, but also with a newfound confidence in their ability to communicate effectively.
Law student in the 8-week Arabic School
| by Noor Shater
Learning Arabic has really opened up opportunities that I would not have had otherwise.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ: Language Schools Faculty and Staff Win the AATSEEL 2023 Book Award
Jason Merrill (Director), Evgeny Dengub (Associate Director), and Irina Dubinina (Instructor, STARTALK program), of the Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian, received the AATSEEL 2023 Book Award for Best Contribution to the Study of Slavic Linguistics or Second Language Acquisition for their collection ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ.
Meet Ify Okpali: French 7-week Immersion Student
At our Betty Ashbury Jones MA โ86 School of French, Marian โIfyโ Okpali gained the confidence and language proficiency she needs to pursue long-term field work studying the political communication and engagement of African youth in Senegal, Nigeria, and Morocco.
Attending the Language Schools as a Married Couple
Read about Chuck and Vanessa Nichollsโ experience attending our School of Spanish as a married couple!
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 Pledgeยฎ.
A summer at the Italian School, Perspectives from a U.S. Military Veteran
โI 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.โ