The Truth About Middlebury Italian Language School
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Our honest review of Middlebury’s 7 week total immersion Italian program: the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Thanks for your honest evaluation, very helpful
Thanks. It many ways it hurt to have to lay it out, given how much we enjoyed and respected the professors and the other students. But we certainly feel we didn’t get what we expected and paid for and want others to go in with their eyes open.
Ragazzi per 11000$ avreste trovato un insegnante del liceo italiano che vi avrebbe dato lezioni per un paio d’anni!
Purtroppo hai ragione!
That avocado phrase would be botched by at least half of the native Italians 😊
Native Italian here, lived in the US for some years, now back in Milano. Found your channel randomly on UA-cam and it’s really interesting to hear all about your avventura. 👍🏻
Grazie. Sì, questa costruzione di “se potessi trascorrere più tempo in Italia, mi piacerebbe moltissimo” e difficile per noi perché, più o meno, non abbiamo il congiuntivo in inglese. O almeno è utilizzato da un percento basso. Posso parlare abbastanza bene - fuorché le preposizioni, che creano un incubo per me - ma ogni volta devo fermare a parlare alcuni secondi per costruire queste frasi ipotetiche.
Hi, this is Randy. It’s unfortunate that your experience at Middleberry was not what you expected. I am in a similar situation and plan to enroll this coming summer for the seven week Italian in Bennington. Hopefully, Middleberry will take in to account your recommendations. I have a similar background as you, as I am retired, and also have a house in Italy. One major difference is that my wife is Italian, which actually believe it or not hinders my learning Italian to a certain extent since whatever skills I develop in Italian, are never needed when we travel there. but, I think one advantage will be that I will be conversing with my wife on a daily basis while in Vermont while she is in Italy, as I am skipping my summer trip there for Middleberry. we are going to Italy this spring, but for only two weeks. Ifyou haven’t been to Italy in the spring, it is actually one of my favorite times.
Randy
Hi, Randy. I hope they do change the program so that there is more conversation time, or as we suggested, a split learning track for those wanting to concentrate on speaking. If I were you, I’d try to pin them down, either during one of the information calls they have or over the phone on a call to the admissions people.
Spring and fall have been our favorite times, but we’re in Italy right now visiting cities to do the tourist thing. January, at least this year, is an even better time to be here.
Best, Ed
Thank you for the helpful video:)
Thanks! Are you thinking of attending?
I have thought about it from time to time but suspected it was not a good fit with my learning style. Your video, which was direct and descriptive, confirms in my mind that it is a great approach for many, but not well suited to me.
Thanks. Despite the school’s reputation, it’s not for everyone. We had an enjoyable time, but not as fruitful as we had hoped.