Immersion Language Courses for Summer

intparent
Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:46:58 +0000

No specific experience personally with Japanese, but can tell you the following:


My best friend from college (20+ years ago!) went to Middlebury for their summer Japanese immersion program, and absolutely had the time of her life. She was a Japanese major in college, and works now teaching Japanese and as a translator. She did spend a year in high school there with Rotary, too.
My kids have gone to Concordia Language Villages for years, and D1 did two years as a credit villager. But neither in Japanese. They had really excellent experiences (and D1 is now studying abroad her junior year in college in the country whose language she studied at camp).
D1 went on a YFU program to a different country (not Japan) summer before senior year. There were tons (maybe 90% of the kids) going to Japan in her orientation session prior to going. I believe they have a lot of scholarships available to Japan if I remember correctly, so that is a bonus.