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Language House Final Application Deadline

Arabic | Chinese | College of Arts and Humanities | French | German Studies | Hebrew | Italian | Japanese | Korean | Language House | Persian | Russian | School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | Spanish and Portuguese Friday, March 3, 2023 1:15 am - 11:59 pm

Are you a language learner or a heritage speaker of a language who would like to live in an immersive linguistic and cultural community with students learning the same language?

You can join the Language House where living and learning are inseparable: the Language House Living-Learning Program provides students with the opportunity for daily language and cultural immersion. Students will develop communication skills in both academic and daily life settings, as well as an appreciation of the specific historical, geographical, and sociological world of the target culture(s). Students studying one of the languages/cultures offered in the Language House live together in apartments where they only speak the target language to one another. The students are also in contact with a native-speaking mentor who organizes weekly structured immersive cluster activities.

Why Join the Language House?

  •     An immersive environment for language learning
  •     Cultural immersion
  •     Interaction with native speakers
  •     Alternative and or addition to studying abroad
  •     Make friends with shared cultural interests
  •     Join a vibrant and supportive community of students, faculty, & mentors
  •     Centrally-located housing
  •     Apartment style housing
  •     Oldest Living-Learning Program at UMD


Who is eligible to join the Language House?

The program is open to sophomores and above, but second-semester freshmen with an intermediate oral proficiency in the language are also considered.
Students from any major can apply for the program. You do not need to minor or major in a language to join the program although we encourage you to do so.
Admission is determined by a faculty committee of language instructors and is based on ability, motivation, and commitment, as well as a sound academic record. A Language House student must possess and nurture a strong commitment towards improving themselves in the chosen target language.

Ten languages are available: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Russian, Spanish, and now a new addition, Korean.

Mentoring students at the Language House

Language Mentors are native speakers that lead one of the language clusters. Mentors foster linguistic and cultural learning and immersion and engage cluster students in their community through various relevant activities. Mentors are supported in this work by the Language House administration and SLLC faculty.

APPLY NOW AND BY MARCH 3rd
APPLICATION NOW OPEN FOR FALL 2023

For more information, visit the Language House website or contact the Language House Program Director, Dr. Marilyn Matar: mmatar@umd.edu

 
Add to Calendar 03/03/23 01:15:00 03/03/23 23:59:00 America/New_York Language House Final Application Deadline

Are you a language learner or a heritage speaker of a language who would like to live in an immersive linguistic and cultural community with students learning the same language?

You can join the Language House where living and learning are inseparable: the Language House Living-Learning Program provides students with the opportunity for daily language and cultural immersion. Students will develop communication skills in both academic and daily life settings, as well as an appreciation of the specific historical, geographical, and sociological world of the target culture(s). Students studying one of the languages/cultures offered in the Language House live together in apartments where they only speak the target language to one another. The students are also in contact with a native-speaking mentor who organizes weekly structured immersive cluster activities.

Why Join the Language House?

  •     An immersive environment for language learning
  •     Cultural immersion
  •     Interaction with native speakers
  •     Alternative and or addition to studying abroad
  •     Make friends with shared cultural interests
  •     Join a vibrant and supportive community of students, faculty, & mentors
  •     Centrally-located housing
  •     Apartment style housing
  •     Oldest Living-Learning Program at UMD


Who is eligible to join the Language House?

The program is open to sophomores and above, but second-semester freshmen with an intermediate oral proficiency in the language are also considered.
Students from any major can apply for the program. You do not need to minor or major in a language to join the program although we encourage you to do so.
Admission is determined by a faculty committee of language instructors and is based on ability, motivation, and commitment, as well as a sound academic record. A Language House student must possess and nurture a strong commitment towards improving themselves in the chosen target language.

Ten languages are available: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Russian, Spanish, and now a new addition, Korean.

Mentoring students at the Language House

Language Mentors are native speakers that lead one of the language clusters. Mentors foster linguistic and cultural learning and immersion and engage cluster students in their community through various relevant activities. Mentors are supported in this work by the Language House administration and SLLC faculty.

APPLY NOW AND BY MARCH 3rd
APPLICATION NOW OPEN FOR FALL 2023

For more information, visit the Language House website or contact the Language House Program Director, Dr. Marilyn Matar: mmatar@umd.edu

 
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