Launch

If you need to learn another language or plan to work cross-culturally, Launch will provide you with the skills and confidence to do so. This course will help you:

- gain insight into the nature of language and language study learn to make the sounds of many languages discover a variety of language learning techniques and activities

- begin to appreciate the amazing complexity of human cultures. 

This six-week intensive course is held in January and February each year. The course consists of the following four subjects:

- Cultural Anthropology

- Language Awareness

- Language Learning

- Phonetics

You can study the four subjects in this course as a non-accredited short course and we will issue you with an SILA certificate.

Alternatively, Language Awareness, Language Learning and Phonetics can be taken as the unit Linguistics and Language Learning, accredited through the Australian College of Theology (ACT) at graduate and undergraduate level through our partner Melbourne School of Theology (MST).

Accommodation

Self-catered onsite accommodation is available during Launch. For more information see the Accommodation page.

Course Dates

Please see course dates for scheduling of the next Launch course.

A children’s program is available during this course. Please contact us for details.