Overview
This exciting educational and recreational institute provides participants the opportunity to improve their English listening and speaking skills and enjoy some of the American West’s finest winter activities. Classes will focus on understanding and using colloquial English and common expressions, U.S. culture, and the American West. Outside of class, participants will also have numerous opportunities to practice English and learn about American culture by engaging with local community members and organizations. Institute participants will live with an American family for 14 days, interact intensively with program staff, spend time with other students at MSU, and do a brief presentation about themselves to a group of Bozeman school district students.
Institute participants will also enjoy four full days of skiing at two world-class ski resorts near Bozeman—Bridger Bowl and Moonlight Basin. Additionally, the institute will include an exciting two-day trip into the heart Yellowstone National Park. One of the world’s most beautiful and varied natural and geological landscapes, Yellowstone offers visitors exceptional opportunities to see deer, bison, elk, wolves, eagles, and even bears. Program participants will travel from West Yellowstone into the “Old Faithful” geyser basin in a snow coach, a tracked equipped to travel over snow and ice. Many people have described such full day, guided winter tours as the “experience of a lifetime.”
Per-student program costs for the institute are based on the number of participants. Typically, a three-week program will cost between US$2,500-$3,000 per person.
All of the following activities are included in the cost of the Winter Institute:
English Language Instruction
Skiing
Accommodations
Transportation
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Other Activities
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Costs NOT included in budget:
- Most meals (Please note: breakfast and dinner are provided during the homestay; various other meals also provided)
- Airline tickets
- Airport transfers or accommodations in stopover cities
- Health and other travelers insurance (all participants will be required to hold and show proof of insurance)
- Cost for escort from home country
- Personal expenses
3 Week Program |
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| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 |
Students arrive Check into hotel PM – Downtown tour and welcome dinner |
9AM – Program orientation and campus tour 12PM – Lunch 1PM – English Class |
9AM – English Class 12PM – Lunch 1PM – Pioneer Museum |
9AM – English Class 12PM – Lunch PM – Shopping |
9AM – English Class 12PM – Lunch 1PM – Depart for West Yellowstone PM – Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center; Shopping |
8:30AM – Snow coach trip into Yellowstone 12:30PM – Lunch at “old faithful” and geyser viewing 5:30PM – Arrive hotel |
9:30AM – Check out for return to Bozeman 12PM – Lunch 2PM – Homestay pickup |
| Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14 |
| FREE DAY with homestay family | 9AM – English Class 12PM – Lunch FREE AFTERNOON |
9AM – Bridger Bowl ski mountain 10AM – Ski Lesson 12:30PM – Lunch 4PM – Depart Bridger Bowl 5PM – Homestay pickup |
9AM – English Class 12PM – Lunch 3:30 PM – Museum of the Rockies 5PM Homestay pickup |
9AM – Bridger Bowl ski mountain 12:30PM – Lunch 4PM – Depart Bridger Bowl 5PM – Homestay pickup |
9AM – English Class 12PM – Lunch FREE AFTERNOON |
FREE DAY with homestay family |
| Day 15 | Day 16 | Day 17 | Day 18 | Day 19 | Day 20 | Day 21 |
| FREE DAY with homestay family | 9AM – English Class 12PM – Lunch FREE AFTERNOON 5PM – Homestay pickup |
9AM – Bridger Bowl ski mountain 10AM – Ski Lesson 12:30PM – Lunch 4PM – Depart Bridger Bowl 5PM – Homestay pickup |
9AM – English Class 12PM – Native American Lunch Presentation FREE AFTERNOON 5PM – Homestay pickup |
9AM – Moonlight Basin ski mountain 10AM – Ski Lesson 12:30PM – Lunch 4PM – Depart Bridger Bowl 5PM – Homestay pickup |
9AM – English Class 12PM – Lunch 1:30 – School Presentations 5PM – Homestay pickup |
FREE DAY with homestay family 6PM – Farewell dinner and potluck party Depart next day |
