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BridgeDenver's Denver-based Full Immersion Program is designed for professionals who want to improve their foreign language skills in the shortest time possible without leaving the U.S.
| Speak, think, and live your new language 40+ hours a week with the Full Immersion Program! |
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The BridgeDenver Full Immersion Program is the next best thing to studying abroad. Available for most major languages, it is our most intensive program and will have you studying eight hours per day with a private instructor. As a Full Immersion Program student, you'll be immersed in your new language with native teachers, host families, and cultural activities.
Full Immersion training goes beyond the traditional language class to create an atmosphere that closely resembles being in a foreign country. Your program will include language immersion, cultural insights, simulated business situations, and extracurricular activities. And it’s all conveniently available at our language school in Denver, CO!
Full Immersion Highlights
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Discuss current events using foreign language newspapers.
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Gain insight into the culture, business practices, and society of your target country(s).
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Simulate business meetings, participate in role-play situations, practice telephone conversations. You can even interview guests from the country where your target language is spoken, moderated by our instructors.
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Eat lunch every day with a private instructor for a chance to use your new language outside of class.
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Go on excursions with your teacher conducted in the foreign language—visit ethnic cafes, restaurants, and cultural centers, among others.
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Participate in extra-curricular activities such as learning to dance salsa or tango with native dance instructors, watching foreign language movies, and attending concerts and other cultural events. |
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| Live & Learn Activities |
To continue your learning outside of class, you can participate in our Live & Learn program. Live & Learn activities are designed to allow informal and extensive practice in the foreign language. You can choose from a number of activities, including visiting ethnic restaurants, attending cultural events, watching foreign movies, and exploring local attractions—all while speaking the new language with your instructor. Activities taken after regular class hours are billed separately, and can be chosen "a la carte." |
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| Host Families |
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If you want to truly immerse yourself in the language and the culture, you can choose to live with a host family in the Denver area. Host families enjoy having students live with them and speaking with them in their native language. These are middle class families that live within a 30- to 45-minute bus ride from the school. Host family accommodations include a private room and two meals per day. |
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| Instructors |
Our instructors are all native speakers and have been trained in the BridgeDenver methodology. They are highly trained, energetic, motivating, and enjoy teaching language students. For biographies of some of our teachers, please see our page.
As a student in our immersion program, your teachers will be rotated throughout the day. This is the best way to expose you to a variety of different accents, pronunciation, vocabulary, and teaching styles, ensuring that you understand the language in a variety of situations. Teacher rotation also keeps class fresh and interesting.
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| A Typical Full Immersion Day |
Here's a sample of a typical day of a BridgeDenver Full Immersion Program:
9:00 - 10:30: A quick review of
what you learned the previous day and then role-play a real-life
situation in the language you are learning, based on a scene from
one of BridgeDenver's in-class
videos.
10:30 - 12:00: Practice new vocabulary and verb tenses through conversation and entertaining exercises.
12:00 - 1:30: Time for lunch at a nearby restaurant with your instructor,
all in the foreign language.
1:30 - 3:30: No, it's not time for a nap! Grab a cup of coffee and watch
a segment of the movie "Como Agua para Chocolate" ("Like Water for Chocolate"). Learn new vocabulary and discuss the cultural differences between the US and Mexico, as depicted in the film.
3:30 - 5:00: A review of new material learned this morning and from yesterday's classes. As an alternative, you may elect to take a short excursion with your teacher to put what you have been learning into
use in real-life situations. |
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