<link>/language-schools/</link> <description/> <language>en</language> <item> <title><a href="/language-schools/blog/college-breaks-ground-battell-park" hreflang="en">College breaks ground on Battell Park</a> /language-schools/blog/college-breaks-ground-battell-park The college recently broke ground on Battell Park, a new outdoor space designed to add more communal areas to&nbsp;campus.&nbsp; 2025-11-17T09:00:00-0500 agjackson@middlebury.edu 1916 <a href="/language-schools/blog/immersion-graduate-meet-determined-italian-school-student-amalia-mahoney" hreflang="en">From Immersion to Graduate, Meet Determined Italian School Student, Amalia Mahoney</a> /language-schools/blog/immersion-graduate-meet-determined-italian-school-student-amalia-mahoney For Florida native Amalia Mahoney, the complete immersion environment that our program offered was key. After completing an immersion summer at Level 2, the support and reassurance of Italian School faculty and staff gave her the confidence to keep studying and take on the graduate program.&nbsp;&nbsp; 2025-11-10T09:00:00-0500 agjackson@middlebury.edu 1912 <a href="/language-schools/blog/middlebury-language-schools-summer-experience-no-other" hreflang="en">Middlebury Language Schools: A Summer Experience Like No Other</a> /language-schools/blog/middlebury-language-schools-summer-experience-no-other Incumbent Gold Ancient Mariner, Capt. Patrick Culver retired in 2023. His next adventure? Our 7-week School of&nbsp;Spanish.&nbsp; 2025-11-04T09:00:00-0500 agjackson@middlebury.edu 1913 <a href="/language-schools/blog/italian-beginner-graduate-staff-arianna-contreras" hreflang="en">Italian Beginner to Graduate to Staff: Arianna Contreras</a> /language-schools/blog/italian-beginner-graduate-staff-arianna-contreras Arianna Contreras, an alumnus of our <a href="/language-schools/languages/italian/immersion">Italian Immersion</a> and <a href="/language-schools/languages/italian/graduate">MA</a> programs, spent her second summer as a Bilingual Assistant at our<a href="/language-schools/languages/italian"> Italian School</a> in&nbsp;summer&nbsp;2025.&nbsp; 2025-10-27T09:00:00-0400 agjackson@middlebury.edu 1908 <a href="/language-schools/blog/language-learning-age-ai" hreflang="en">Language Learning in the Age of AI</a> /language-schools/blog/language-learning-age-ai Drew Philp attended the <a href="/language-schools/" data-entity-type="external">Middlebury Language Schools</a> Betty Ashbury Jones MA ’86 <a href="/language-schools/languages/french" data-entity-type="external">School of French</a> in 2018 and 2019. &nbsp;In 2019 he received the <a href="/language-schools/funding/fellowships-scholarships/peace" data-entity-type="external">Fellows for Peace</a> fellowship, which covers tuition, housing, and food for a summer at the Language Schools. He is currently a journalist in&nbsp;Berlin, and writes here about <em>Language Learning in the Age of AI</em>. 2025-10-23T00:00:00-0400 mjbaker@middlebury.edu 1914 <a href="/language-schools/blog/meet-8-week-arabic-immersion-student-haley-hawkins" hreflang="en">Meet 8-week Arabic Immersion Student: Haley Hawkins</a> /language-schools/blog/meet-8-week-arabic-immersion-student-haley-hawkins Haley chose Middlebury because she knew she had a long way to go in the language, and she wanted the ability to focus solely on Arabic without any distractions. Though it was hard at first when she was forced to jump headfirst into the language, it only took a couple weeks for her to settle in and get used to communicating exclusively in&nbsp;Arabic.&nbsp; 2025-10-20T09:05:00-0400 agjackson@middlebury.edu 1909 <a href="/language-schools/blog/living-german-middlebury" hreflang="en">Living German at Middlebury</a> /language-schools/blog/living-german-middlebury From June 29 until the afternoon of August 14, it was all German, all the time for Carolyne Ulomy, whose home language is&nbsp;Swahili.&nbsp; 2025-10-13T09:00:00-0400 agjackson@middlebury.edu 1906 <a href="/language-schools/blog/appliedlanguagesFrenchInternship" hreflang="en">Paris Internship for Master in Applied Languages in French student</a> /language-schools/blog/appliedlanguagesFrenchInternship Caroline Finken,&nbsp;<a href="/language-schools/languages/french/graduate/masters-applied">Master in Applied Languages in French</a>&nbsp;student, completed a summer practicum as a conservation intern at the <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvaux-le-vicomte.com%2Fen%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmjbaker%40middlebury.edu%7C190c6dfd374c4204991908de067f1eba%7Ca1bb0a191576421dbe93b3a7d4b6dcaa%7C1%7C0%7C638955340209484984%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uM%2B8dM3WkRPktukyrnVzyKHfiQEeeCQgjzuquhlOFFc%3D&amp;reserved=0">Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte&nbsp;</a>in Maincy,&nbsp;France. 2025-10-08T09:29:00-0400 mjbaker@middlebury.edu 1911 <a href="/language-schools/blog/meet-award-winning-chinese-graduate-students-fang-bian-and-ying-zhang" hreflang="en">Meet Award-Winning Chinese Graduate Students: Fang Bian and Ying Zhang</a> /language-schools/blog/meet-award-winning-chinese-graduate-students-fang-bian-and-ying-zhang <a href="/language-schools/blog/chinese-masters-awards">Ying Zhang</a>,&nbsp;whose Chinese Program at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.montgomerybell.edu">Montgomery Bell Academy</a> was recognized as one of the 16 programs across the US to receive the 2024 CLTA Distinguished K-12 Chinese&nbsp;Program, shares about how Middlebury’s <a href="/language-schools/languages/chinese/graduate">Master’s in Chinese</a> program shaped her as an educator.&nbsp;<br><br><a href="/language-schools/languages/chinese/graduate/ambassadors#fang-bian">Fang Bian</a>, who teaches Mandarin Chinese at Bergen County Academies in&nbsp;New&nbsp;Jersey, has used the teaching methods she learned in our<a href="/language-schools/languages/chinese/graduate"> MA program</a> to integrate authentic language materials with activities that lead to more scientific, productive, and effective student&nbsp;output.&nbsp; 2025-10-06T09:00:00-0400 agjackson@middlebury.edu 1901 <a href="/language-schools/blog/meet-8-week-russian-immersion-student-maxwell-goodman" hreflang="en">Meet 8-week Russian Immersion Student: Maxwell Goodman</a> /language-schools/blog/meet-8-week-russian-immersion-student-maxwell-goodman As a historian, violinist, and someone with Belarusian roots, Max Goodman’s choice to attend the <a href="/language-schools/languages/russian">Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian</a> felt personal. He was already deeply invested in Russian culture and history, and Middlebury uniquely combined that motivation with the academic structure and immersive intensity he needed to&nbsp;grow. 2025-09-29T09:00:00-0400 agjackson@middlebury.edu 1899