BYU Foreign Language Student Residence

The Foreign Language Student Residence affords students the opportunity to live in language immersion; a native speaker of the target language assists in facilitating this immersion. Students pledge to only speak the target language while within the apartment.

Languages offered:
Arabic
Chinese
Hebrew
Japanese
French
Italian
German
Russian
Portuguese
Spanish


Why Participate in the FLSR Program?

Residents in each apartment study and speak the same target language.

A Language Facilitator resides in each apartment, modelling correct language usage.

They also help students to progress rapidly to higher levels of proficiency.

Participants obtain a greater understanding and appreciation of the target language culture.

Each language house (all apartments with the same target language) is supervised by a Faculty Coordinator. These members of the BYU Faculty meet regularly with the language houses, offering support and assistance within the program.

Each language house eats dinner together Monday-Thursday from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Participants enroll in a language course taught on campus, or an independent academic internship course carried out in the target language and offered through the respective language department