It would take several years to obtain full or even partial command of a foreign language through traditional methods. Emerson College, at its European location, offers in collaboration with the Eurolinguist Language Institute of Nijmegen, the Netherlands , an intensive summer language program. Emerson College undergraduate students can fulfill their General Education Foreign Language requirement and free up their academic schedules in subsequent semesters for courses in their majors. Students should check with their academic advisor or the Advising Center to determine where the credits would fit in their program of study. Non-Emerson undergraduate students can attend this program and arrange to transfer the credits back to their home institution.
Graduate students can develop a high language proficiency by attending on a non-credit basis.
The castle is located in the village of Well in the southeastern part of the country. Well is five minutes from Germany, approximately two hours from the French-speaking region of Belgium, and is easily accessible by mass transit. The language training will be held at the Eurolinguist Language Institute of Nijmegen , located about 40 minutes from the village of Well. Transportation is provided to and from the castle and Nijmegen. The strength of Eurolinguist's language training lies in the combination of private lessons on an individual basis, small group lessons, and guided self-study with highly modern multimedia computer applications that use software developed in conjunction with Dartmouth College.