Which colleges are really getting students fluent in foreign languages?

thumper1
Sun, 02 Dec 2018 12:19:47 +0000

@CCtoAlaska

Just checking for clarity.

1. You are a parent who is looking for a foreign language program that will help you gain fluency in RUSSIAN (I’m not yelling at you but some of the programs being suggested do not have Russian, and folks can’t seem to remember the language...so I thought caps might help).

2. A question...what level of “fluency” do you desire? Will you be living, working, perhaps teaching in Russian, which would take a higher level of fluency? Or do you want to be able to converse in Russian socially? Or do you want to be able to converse at a somewhat higher level (e.g. assisting Russian folks who immigrate here)?

3. The Middlebury summer program is a full immersion program, as you may already know. We have two relatives who did that program in French...but their actual fluency came from moving to France, and teaching there for well over a year. Both are back here and continue to use the language on a daily basis.