<p>Do you know what college has the best foreign language program?</p>
<p>Can you recommend any really intensive programs? Like for language majors, not just as a requirement.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’ve read that Middlebury has a good foreign language program.</p>
<p>Definitely Middlebury. Other schools that are known for the extensive foreign language offerings include University of Washington and University of Indiana - Bloomington.</p>
<p>Okay, thank you!</p>
<p>My friend says that she heard that UCLA has a good language program. Has anyone else heard this?</p>
<p>Those already mentioned are good, add Wisconsin, too.</p>
<p>A lot depends on what languages and what type of school matches your abilities and is a good fits you personally.</p>
<p>Also, for intensive training, check out the language flagship programs if you’re interested in critical languages:
[The</a> Language Flagship - * Welcome *](<a href=“http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/]The”>http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/)</p>
<p>Middlebury, Stanford, Yale, UCLA, umm…if I can remember others I will let you know.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Middlebury
University of Washington
University of Indiana - Bloomington
UCLA
Wisconsin
Stanford
Yale</p>
<p>If you want to do French consider Mcgill, it’s in Montreal.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m actually interested in Japanese…</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of Barnard having a good language program?</p>
<p>I’ll put in a plug for U of Chicago, where my son is a very happy EALC major with a particular love of Japanese.</p>
<p>I don’t know about Barnard in particular, but Columbia’s Japanese program is very well-regarded. Columbia is the current coordinator of a prestigious study abroad program (Kyoto Consortium for Japanese Studies), whose member or affiliated schools are BU, Brown, Chicago, Columbia/Barnard, Cornell, Emory, Harvard, Michigan, Penn, Princeton, Stanford, UVa, Yale, and WUSTL. </p>
<p>A few other schools with very good reputations in Japanese studies that haven’t been mentioned yet are Earlham, Amherst, and Swarthmore (if you’re interested in LACs) and Ohio State, University of Hawaii, University of Arizona, and Berkeley. Georgetown and UMd also have very strong undergraduate programs for Japanese.</p>
<p>Cornell University has always been very strong in languages and linguistics and has an especially robust Asian languages program.</p>
<p>Thank you guys!!!</p>
<p>Middlebury
University of Washington
University of Indiana - Bloomington
UCLA
Wisconsin
Stanford
Yale
Columbia
U of Chicago
Earlham
Amherst
Swarthmore
Ohio State
University of Hawaii
University of Arizona
UC Berkeley
Georgetown
UMd(?)
Cornell</p>
<p>I can second that Cornell has a very strong language program. I’m taking Chinese here and although it is somewhat demanding, the unique structure of the course really makes you learn like nothing else. I would say there’s an emphasis on speaking over writing per se, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t also get drilled on characters. Anyway, all I know is that in one year of Chinese here I already feel comfortable speaking in a variety of situations, and we’ve learned a multitude of practical grammatical structures</p>
<p>^ that’s great! congrats!</p>
<p>I read about their FALCON language program… have you heard anything about it? It seems super intense.</p>
<p>If you want to study Japanese you need to go to a college that has a one year study abroad program in Japan at a Japanese university and arranges for you to live with a Japanese family. Studying and living for at least a year in Japan is the only way to really become proficient in the language.</p>
<p>Dartmouth! They have a very rigourous program for learning a language and it is really top notch.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Middlebury
University of Washington
University of Indiana - Bloomington
UCLA
Wisconsin
Stanford
Yale
Columbia
U of Chicago
Earlham
Amherst
Swarthmore
Ohio State
University of Hawaii
University of Arizona
UC Berkeley
Georgetown
UMd(?)
Cornell
Dartmouth</p>
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that’s one of my college requirements- study abroad in Japan. I’m really drawn to Temple University because it has a campus in Japan, Tokyo to be exact. I could “study abroad” for all 4 years! :D</p>
<p>This might interest you
[FALCON</a> Program Flies High | The Cornell Daily Sun](<a href=“http://cornellsun.com/node/9644]FALCON”>http://cornellsun.com/node/9644)
[-</a> Home](<a href=“http://www.lrc.cornell.edu/falcon/Home]-”>http://www.lrc.cornell.edu/falcon/Home)</p>
<p>^ Thank you! Looks great!</p>
<p>Pitt is good for Japanese. It also has a summer language institute for first and second-year Japanese as well. My daughter has a friend studying Japanese at Maryland and in their talks, they think that Pitt is better. I do not know why, however.</p>
<p>You mentioned Temple…Apparently, its program offers a dual degree from the Japanese college and Temple that is recognized in both countries.</p>