LSU Summer Language Camp 

Welcome to the LSU Summer Language Camp 2025!  We are thrilled to offer this opportunity again for your children. 

Our 2025 camp will offer Chinese, French, German, and Spanish!  This program will be for elementary-aged students (6-11 years old) and will run for two weeks:

  • June 2-6 (9 am - 4 pm)
  • June 9-13 (9 am - 4 pm)

The LSU Summer Language Camp will take place at LSU's World Language Lab & Resource Center located in Prescott Hall room 234.  Prescott Hall is located on LSU's Quad right in the heart of campus. 

The camp offers Elementary-aged students two weeks of language and cultural instruction with experienced LSU faculty. Get immersed in this unique experience where students will participate in a variety of activities, exposing them to world languages and cultures.  

Instructors

Our Chinese camp will be taught again by Wu Deyang, who had nearly two decades of experience from the Defense Language Institute in Monterrey, California.  The German language camp will be taught again by Dr. Mike Dettinger, a Senior Instructor of German at LSU.  The French camp will be taught by Zuri Jenkins, who teaches French at Port Allen High School and Rachel Overley, who teaches K-5 at the LSU Lab School.  And the Spanish camp will be taught by Dasny Hunt and Jose Rojas, both Instructors of Spanish at LSU with many years of experience.  Each language program will also have a student worker to assist with language lessons and activities with the students.  Below is a short description of the camp's activities:

Language Lessons

  • Interactive Language Activities to practice:
    • Reading
    • Writing
    • Listening
    • Speaking
  • Cooking Lessons of the wonderful cuisines from each of the languages and their cultures offered with Dr. Judy Myhand, an Instructor in LSU's School of Nutrition & Food Sciences
  • Games and Movies
  • Online Exercises and Apps

Program Cost

The two-week program cost is $550 plus a $50 registration fee.  One-week options are also available, please contact Dr. Dettinger for details ($250 plus $50 registration fee).  Program and registration costs will cover books, learning materials, and a daily snack.  Please have a lunch for your child for Monday-Thursday.  Friday lessons each week will focus on cooking lessons and lunch will be provided.  

Before and After Care

Before care will be from 7:30-9 am and after care will be from 4-5 pm in Prescott Hall. 

One week before OR aftercare: $50
One week before AND aftercare: $100
Two weeks before OR aftercare: $100
Two weeks before AND aftercare: $200

Registration for the 2025 Summer Camp is now live!!  Click here to register your child!!

If you have any questions, please contact Mike Dettinger at mbdett1@lsu.edu 

WATCH this promotional video highlighting our 2023 inaugural camp!

 

 

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