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

SLI director Vera Abbate explains the program's fast-paced immersive language learning experience and the unique opportunities studying a language in a collaborative environment provides

<p>The Summer Language Institute, founded in 1981, provides students with the ability to learn one or two years of a language within a four or eight week program.</p>

The Summer Language Institute, founded in 1981, provides students with the ability to learn one or two years of a language within a four or eight week program.

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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. 

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