Their individual responses are recorded. The professor later listens to the tapes and provides personalized evaluations to help students improve diction and pronunciation. All majors are encouraged to participate in a study-abroad program for the entire junior year, a junior semester, or a summer. Lafayette also participates in an east-west consortium that enables selected students to study in the republics of the former Soviet Union and Russian students to study here. With five other local colleges, Lafayette participates in six-week summer language study programs in France, Germany, Martinique, Mexico, and Spain.
Faculty members help students select a program and prepare for the experience.