FOREIGN LANGUAGE SUMMER INSTITUTES
It is important for people wishing to pursue graduate
work in a foreign language to understand that Millersville’s graduate program
in languages functions almost exclusively during the summer term. Graduate
courses are offered from time to time during the academic year.
To meet the growing need on the part of foreign-language
teachers and certain other professionals for an intensive exposure to the
spoken language and to the culture of the country, Millersville University
created the Foreign Language Summer Institutes for graduate students in
1967. Graduate programs leading to the Master of Arts or Master of Education
degree are offered in French, German and Spanish. A five-day workshop in
each of the languages is also available.
The residential character of these schools does not
rest on considerations of practicality or convenience, but rather on two
principles: that fluency and correctness are essential elements in the
mastery of a foreign language and can be achieved only by intensive exposure
to the spoken language through the exclusion of English, and that although
graduate credits can be awarded only for work in the classroom, much of
the professional value in terms of information, knowledge, skills and attitudes
are acquired in out-of-class associations and activities.
The Foreign Language Summer Institutes are staffed
with native instructors and others who speak with near-native fluency.
All courses and lectures are given in the language of each Institute and
social life is carried on entirely in that language. Students live in a
campus residence assigned to the Institute and take their meals together
in the Institute’s dining room. (Exceptions are made for nondegree students,
and certain hardship cases.) The program is open only to students who are
willing to observe the no-English principle at all times.
For complete details, including the courses to be
offered in the summer and information about workshops, the prospective
student should request a copy of the summer Language Institutes and
Workshops booklet, which is available every March from the Department
of Foreign Languages.
Admission Requirements
The bachelor’s degree and at least 24 undergraduate
credits in the appropriate language area are required for admission to
the graduate program. Applicants must meet established University admission
criteria, including a satisfactory score on either the Miller Analogies
Test or the general Graduate Record Exam. Other qualified students willing
to observe the no-English principle may be admitted on a probationary basis.
Graduate Study in Germany
Students of German who wish to obtain their degree
in a program involving two summer sessions at Millersville and an academic
year at the University of Marburg in Germany should contact the chairperson
of the foreign languages department.
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