--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:15:08 -0600 >From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Links to immersion Language Schools? We get a few requests each month from non-students, who are looking for short or medium-term immersion language programs in Spanish. The requestors are often professionals, who have anywhere from a week to a couple of months, and want to travel to a town in Central or South America, and study in an intensive language program. In general, they don't care about college credit, they want to go and return based on their schedule, and they are imagining a local program, perhaps staying with a family. Their available dates seldom coincide with any programs that we offer. I have often been told that there are many programs available in Cuernavaca, Mexico or Antigua, Guatemala, for example, but I don't have any specifics to offer. My impression is that our university language programs don't really want to track this information. Perhaps they see it as competition. Does anyone know of a web site with links to many language immersion programs and options? Something annotated or with a rating system would be outstanding. I am also curious if your institutions get this kind of request, and if you provide referrals or not. Thanks, Derek Derek Roff Language Learning Center Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885 Internet: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************