Summer Programs in Arabic for College Students

caymandriver07
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:28:11 +0000

youdon’tsay- my daughter did French at MMLA (Middlebury) last summer. She has taken 5 previous years of French and was using it as a prep for her AP class this year. It was an extremely well run program, complete immersion, and was geared for kids from the absolute beginner through to those taking French Literature. I believe there were 5 levels and she was in level 4. There were a fairly even number of kids going into 9th/10th grades and 11th/12th grades. They also had Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. I can’t speak for the other programs specifically but my daughter did come away with a much greater fluency level in speaking.

One word of caution-the program focuses on communication in the target language NOT grammar. I can see where this might cause issues if you were trying to use it for a substitute for a high school language level but for my daughter, a chance to increase her fluency, re-visit some of the basic grammar and learn some slang from the foreign enimes (sp?) was worth it for her. It made her more committed to learn the language.