Good Japanese Language Programs at BS

PelicanDad
Fri, 08 Nov 2013 18:54:39 +0000

Personally I would not let love of a language stand in my way of deciding whether a particular boarding school is a good fit or not. Many high schoolers, including boarding school kids, accelerate their math skills through online learning (like Khan) or summer courses and institutes. I am very skeptical of the way foreign language is taught and boarding school and college-- unless one wants to be a scholar of the history or some particular subset of the history of that nation/culture. For most learners, they will be better served by immersion experiences, audio programs like Pimsleur/Rosetta Stone, etc. Don’t dissuade your daughter from her interest in Japanese, but also don’t assume that the BS classroom is the best place to learn it. A variety of alternatives are out there.