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Intensive Summer Language Institute (ISLI)
Purpose: ISLI is a language immersion program. It offers a curriculum that enables students to
achieve the necessary proficiencies in the Spanish language at the beginning-intermediate level
and be better prepared to perform in subsequent courses in which they may enroll.
Intensive Summer Language Institute (ISLI) on the Wake Forest Campus: ISLI on campus offers
SPA 153S. Intensive Beginning and Intermediate Spanish in an Immersion Setting. (8h). This is
an accelerated five-week course in an immersion setting that is offered in the first and second
summer terms. Class size is reduced for individualized instruction. Requirements include daily
classes, six hours per day; one-hour daily lunches with instructors in the target language; twohour
extra curricular activities two evenings per week; two Saturday mornings; housing in the
language designated residence hall (optional); and a pledge to speak the target language.
Intensive Summer Language Institute (ISLI) in Italy: (8h) Wake Forest conducts a six-week
immersion program in elementary or intermediate Italian during a special summer term, five
weeks in Casa Artom in Venice and one week in another Italian location. Students enroll in
either ITA 113V or 153V.
Information on courses offered as part of the Intensive Summer Language Institute is included
in the course listings.
French (FRH)
111, 112. Elementary French. (3h, 3h) Two-semester sequence designed to help students understand
and speak French and also learn to read and write French at the elementary level. Labs
required.
113. Intensive Elementary French. (4h) Review of the material from 111-112 in one semester, intended
for students whose preparation for 153 is inadequate. Credit not given for both 113 and
111 or 112. Labs required. By placement or faculty recommendation.
113F. Intensive Elementary French in an Immersion Setting. (8h) Six-week intensive course designed
for students with a maximum of one semester of previous study in French, taught during
the summer in France or a francophone country. Students wishing to register must complete
an application early in the preceding spring semester in the Department of Romance Languages
and must be admitted to the course. Credit is not given for both FRH 113F and 112.
153. Intermediate French. (4h) Intermediate-level course covering the structure of the language,
developing students’ reading, writing, and conversation skills and preparing them for oral and
written discussion of literary texts in FRH 213. Note that 153 and other 153 marked courses
(153F, 154) are mutually exclusive. P—FRH 111-112, or 113, or placement. Labs required.
153F. Intermediate French in an Immersion Setting. (6h) Five-week course taught during the
summer in France or a francophone country. Covers the language and cultures of the francophone
world. No student may receive credit for both 153 and 153F. Students wishing to register
must complete an application for the summer study-abroad program to be admitted. P—FRH
112, 113 or POI.
154. Accelerated Intermediate French. (3h) Intensive, intermediate-level course intended for
students with a stronger background than required of 153 students. Offers the opportunity to
develop reading, writing, and conversation skills and prepare for oral and written discussion of
literary texts in FRH 213. Labs required. P—POI or placement.
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