Green Mountain College, VT
Oberlin College, OH
Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Spanish
Jack Gish, studentMiddlebury, VT
I don’t think I ever really felt uncomfortable; I felt like everybody was in the same boat as me. We all had some difficulty, not being able to speak in our first language - but as soon as we started class and I realized we were learning things in one day that took months to learn in high school, that’s when I really embraced it and tried to learn all I could. I made a ton of friends. I still talk to lots of them. I ended up being able to skip 3 grades in Spanish - and it wasn’t just me. There were definitely people who were skipping grades in school.
About the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy
Middlebury College and the Monterey Institute of International Studies have long been recognized leaders in language education and international studies.
Since 1915, when it first launched an immersion program, Middlebury College has led the world in full-immersion language and cultural education. The Monterey Institute of International Studies, now in its 50th year, is renowned for its graduate education for professional careers in language teaching, translation and interpretation, and business and global policy. The Monterey Institute of International Studies affiliated with Middlebury College in 2005.
Together, Middlebury and the Monterey Institute bring their combined language expertise to the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy.
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Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont
Languages: Chinese, French, German, or Spanish
At Green Mountain College in Poultney, VT, MMLA campers choose Chinese, French, German, or Spanish at various levels. Each language group lives in a language-specific college residence accompanied by bilingual residential counselors and teaching faculty. A close community of friends develops as we live, learn, and have fun together, on campus and in the nearby Vermont countryside.
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, or Spanish
Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Languages: Chinese, French, or Spanish
MMLA partners with the John Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) to offer Chinese, French, and Spanish to students admitted through CTY's Talent Search. http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/immersion/index.html