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Current Offerings
NEW! In-person French, Italian, and Spanish Refreshers, April 26th, 2025! Registration open!
NEW! In-person Spanish for Healthcare Professionals, June 28 - July 6, 2025
Accelerated Language Program (ALPs)- Returning to campus in-person July 7-13, 2025!
Mexico! Traditions, Wisdom, Visions: An Exploration of Culture and Language, August 9-17, 2025
Rome! Rassias Language Immersion Program, September 7-14, 2025
Language Learning with Heart.
The Rassias Method® is a unique approach that speeds language learning, increases language retention and has you speaking and understanding in "A week that makes a difference." Originally developed for Peace Corps training, it has been adapted by language teachers in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
We are committed to the premise that language instruction is a humanistic pursuit intended to sensitize individuals to other cultures, to the relativity of values, to share our resources for the betterment of national and international understanding; to the appreciation of similarities and respect for differences among peoples.
The Rassias Center is committed to the effective instruction of language and culture:
- to service in the field of communication and to the belief that understanding comes through sharing of ideas, of aspirations, of convictions, of problems, and of humanity;
- to instruction in languages in the private, public, and federal sectors of our society; OR: to render service in the acquisition of languages in the private, public, and federal sectors of our society;
- to instruction that is dynamic, durable, and dedicated to changing attitudes toward learning and the teaching of language and culture;
- to the demystification of language and elimination of the word "foreign" as an alienating sign