These are languages in which I would like to reach fluency:
-French
-Spanish
-Portuguese
-Mandarin
-Thai
These are intensive full-time immersion courses that I know of and plan to attend when I have the time to someday do it:
CHINA - MANDARIN - http://www.keatsschool.com
FRANCE - FRENCH - http://www.institutdefrancais.com
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I think it's critically important to do an intensive and concentrated immersion program if you are serious about learning a language. None of this "learn it slowly and passively over 2 years while stopping to smell the roses" bullcrap. Who has time for that?
Does anyone know of any intensive language immersion courses in Spain, Latin America, Thailand, Brazil, where one could learn the other languages?
I'm particularly interested in these locations:
-Spain (Barcelona)
-Brazil (Rio, SP, Belo)
-Colombia (Medellin, Bogota)
-Chile (Santiago)
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Obviously, feel free to compile sources for other courses/programs you may know of - Japanese, German, Indonesian, Russian, etc etc
The program should NOT be "take a two hour class two times a week and by the end of 6 months you'll be able to order coffee"
The program should be "live at the school and learn (language) for 20-40 hours per week and in 3 months you'll be totally conversationally fluent"
-French
-Spanish
-Portuguese
-Mandarin
-Thai
These are intensive full-time immersion courses that I know of and plan to attend when I have the time to someday do it:
CHINA - MANDARIN - http://www.keatsschool.com
FRANCE - FRENCH - http://www.institutdefrancais.com
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I think it's critically important to do an intensive and concentrated immersion program if you are serious about learning a language. None of this "learn it slowly and passively over 2 years while stopping to smell the roses" bullcrap. Who has time for that?
Does anyone know of any intensive language immersion courses in Spain, Latin America, Thailand, Brazil, where one could learn the other languages?
I'm particularly interested in these locations:
-Spain (Barcelona)
-Brazil (Rio, SP, Belo)
-Colombia (Medellin, Bogota)
-Chile (Santiago)
---
Obviously, feel free to compile sources for other courses/programs you may know of - Japanese, German, Indonesian, Russian, etc etc
The program should NOT be "take a two hour class two times a week and by the end of 6 months you'll be able to order coffee"
The program should be "live at the school and learn (language) for 20-40 hours per week and in 3 months you'll be totally conversationally fluent"