The Summer Language Institute — inside U.Va.’s language immersion program

About this episode

Vera Abbate discusses the Summer Language Institute and its impact on language fluency and community building.

Episode Notes On this episode of On Record, we sit down with Vera Abbate, director of the Summer Language Institute. Abbate discusses how the program builds fluency, confidence and community through intensive study and practice.

People in this episode

Guest: Vera Abbate

Topics covered

• language immersion
• fluency
• confidence
• community
• intensive study

Keywords

• language immersion
• U.Va.
• Summer Language Institute
• fluency
• confidence
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Summer Language Institute

Places: U.Va.

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