Foreign language study is an important step toward becoming an educated citizen, and childhood is that time of life when language acquisition is most rapid. It is easiest to learn a foreign language when you are a child. (Most viewers of this website learned English as a foreign language when we were babies.) Here is a list of language camp facilities located in North and Central America that offer foreign-language instruction (in Spanish, French, German, English and several other languages) to children in a summer-camp setting.
Many universities recommend a semester or year abroad for their students. Many Americans abroad find teaching English as a foreign language to be financially and culturally rewarding. Cities in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America have dozens, hundreds of foreign language schools, with English receiving the most emphasis. Having learned at least one foreign language as a child is fine preparation for your child to teach English as a foreign language.
Please click to see Additional Information on some of these camps.
Name | Location | Language(s) | Contact Information |
Academy By The Sea | Carlsbad, California | French, Spanish | Web Site |
Alliance Française Summer Camp | Georgetown Lake, Montana | French | ethelmac@bresnan.net Web Site |
Arc-En-Ciel | Minneapolis, Minnesota? | French | 612-457-6778 |
Bowers Homestay Services | Toronto, Canada area | English | Web Site |
Camp Ouareau | Quebec, Canada | French and English | Web Site |
Camp Tekakwitha | Maine | French | Web Site |
Camp Wilvaken | Quebec | French / English (bilingual) | Web Site |
Casa Italiana | Rochester, New York | Italian | Web Site |
Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano | Costa Rica | Spanish? | Web Site |
Children's Arts Corner | Lexington, Massachusetts | French and Spanish | Web Site |
China Quest | China / Ridgefield, NJ | Chinese (includes travel within China) | Web Site |
Concordia Language Villages | Minnesota (several sites) | Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish | Web Site |
Crossing Borders Group | Spring, Texas, USA | English, French, Spanish | Web Site |
Ekocamp International | Quebec, Canada | French, English | Web Site |
EDPHY | Quebec, Canada | French | 888-46-EDPHY |
English Bay College | Vancouver, Canada | French, English | Web Site |
English Language Institute | Faribault, Minnesota | English | 800-421-2724 |
Forester Instituto Internacional | Costa Rica | Spanish | Web Site |
French at Home / French at Camp | Southwestern Michigan | French | Web Site |
Intercultura Language and Cultural Center | Costa Rica | Spanish | Web Site |
International School of Indiana | Indiana | French, Spanish | Web Site |
IPEE Spanish Language School | Costa Rica | Spanish | Web Site |
Kansas Wesleyan University Language Camp | Salina, Kansas | French, German, Japanese, Spanish | Web Site |
Language Conservatory | Dallas, Texas area | Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and others | Web Site |
Language Learning Centers | see description | various, see description | Web Site |
Mijas Spanish Camp | Edgewood, New Mexico | Spanish | Web Site |
Millersville University | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | French, German, Spanish | |
New School of Orlando | Orlando, Florida | German, Spanish | 407-246-0556 |
Northside College | Quebec | French | |
Play With Words | Atlanta, Georgia area | French, Spanish | Web Site |
Saint John's Prep German Camp | Collegeville, Minnesota | German | 320-363-3334 |
San Francisco State University | San Francisco, California | Esperanto | Web Site |
SpringBell Spanish School | Merida, Yucatan, Mexico | Spanish | Web Site |
Tachibana Japanese Language School | San Francisco/San Jose, California | Japanese | matsuda123@aol.com |
Teen Spanish camps (several) | San Jose, Costa Rica | Spanish | Web Site |
Wynchemna International Language Programmes | Calgary, Alberta | French, German, Spanish, English | Web Site |
Please click to see Additional Information on some of these camps.