Dear Erica, Here at Illinois, we just offered third- and fourth- semester Spanish courses over Winter Break (3 weeks). They're fully online. I taught the fourth-semester course. They're mostly taken by students who have to meet the foreign language requirement before graduating. Our institution also offers intensive language classes (2-week non-credit courses that meet 3 hours a day) open to the public. I'm not sure which of the two would be more helpful for you to know about. Let me know, and we can communicate directly, rather than through the listserv. Florencia. Florencia G. Henshaw, Ph.D. Director of Advanced Spanish Director of the Center for Language Instruction and Coordination 4017 Foreign Languages Building University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://www.spanport.illinois.edu/people/henshaw2 http://clic.illinois.edu/ ________________________________ From: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Andree, Erica A. [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:10 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Short-term intensive language study I am seeking examples of short-format language-related courses—whether successful or unsuccessful, effective or ineffective, language or culturally focused. We are shifting our academic calendar from a 4-1-4 format with 2 week/2 credit January term to a 4-4-1 format with 3 week/4 credit May term. Our language faculty have historically eschewed teaching language courses during the 2 week January term, opting instead to offer occasional travel courses (i.e. Culinary tour of Paris). The argument is that language cannot be taught effectively in a short, intensive format. What do you think? Please share examples of short-format language courses as well as your observations or experience of their efficacy. Best regards, Erica Erica Andree | Interim Director | Tutoring and Learning Center Director | Center for Languages and International Collaboration Pacific University | 2043 College Way | Forest Grove, OR 97116