Faculty at the Institute specialize in teaching French to non-native speakers. Participants begin their studies by participating in an intensive grammar course during the first two weeks. Students are then tested and placed at the appropriate language level at the Institute when the Spring Semester courses begin in mid-February. Classes are taught in French.
Students enroll in a combination of language and culture classes to meet thier particular needs.
Courses are taught exclusively to program participants, and class sizes remain small allowing for individual progress. Students are tested upon arrival and placed at the appropriate language level. The program begins in late September and ends in mid-December. Second and third year language students enroll in two language classes, French Phonetics, French Oral Comunication, and Topics in Francophone Culture. Third year students have the option of selecting the literature or international relations class instead of the culture couse.