Every summer for the past 50 years, the Summer Intensive Language Program (SILP) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies has offered foreign language students an intensive and supportive environment that creates opportunities to gain a solid foundation or improve overall proficiency in a language.
Dates: Registration deadline is extended to May 20, 2009
Thursday, June 11 through Thursday, August 6, 2009
Registration for SILP 2009 will open January 15, 2009
*Please note that classes are subject to cancellation due to low enrollment. Students will be notified of any such cancellations by or before the original application deadline date (May 1, 2009).
2009 Intensive Language Instruction in:
The Summer Intensive Language Program (SILP) provides a highly intensive language learning environment for motivated foreign language students. Beginning, intermediate and advanced level programs comprise 40 days of instruction, or 180 hours of instruction, during the 8-week session. Classes run 4.5 hours per day, from 9:00AM to 12:00PM and 1:00PM to 2:30PM, with an hour for lunch between sessions. It is possible to receive up to 12 semester units of undergraduate credit for the program. In addition to in-class study, students are assigned between 2 to 4 hours of homework every day to review as well as preview material that will be covered in the next day's class. All of our language classes emphasize language acquisition in a cultural context and have a strong focus on communication. Many of our intermediate and advanced level programs are content-based, offering study not only of the language, but also of particular topics in the language.
To ensure that language learning continues outside of the classroom and apart from homework assignments, students have access to teaching assistants who can help with questions or will set up conversation tables to practice language acquired in classes.
In order to enable students to learn about the language and the culture of their target language, SILP provides students with a wide variety of extra-curricular activities. These activities, which often include field trips, give students the chance to experience the culture and practice the language in an authentic setting.
The Monterey Institute of International Studies provides a truly international setting in that our students, faculty, and staff come from all over the world and speak many different languages. Our SILP instructors are extremely motivated and committed to their students and seek to instill in their students an appreciation of the target language and culture.
We believe that the true measure of our success lies in the number of students who continue studying their target language after they graduate from our summer program. SILP participants use the language skills acquired during their summer study in a number of ways: they return for additional study at the Monterey Institute, go abroad to deepen their understanding of language and culture in study abroad programs, use the language to advance in their professions, or fulfill language requirements at their educational institutions. One thing all SILP students have in common is that they walk away with a new-found or deepened understanding of language and appreciation of culture.
In addition to our highly intensive summer language programs, the Monterey area also offers many opportunities to enjoy the beauties of nature. Carmel-by-the-Sea, Big Sur, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco are only a car ride away. For more information on local area attractions visit the Monterey County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau website at http://www.montereyinfo.org/.
For more information about each of the programs offered, please see the language program descriptions.
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