Winter program

Overview
This exciting learning and recreational institute provides participants with an opportunity to improve their conversational English skills and enjoy some of the American West’s finest winter activities. The English language program is designed to improve listening and speaking skills. Classes will focus on understanding and using colloquial English and slang, U.S. culture, and the American West. Outside of class, participants will also have numerous opportunities to improve their English skills and their understanding of life in America. 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 middle school 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:

3 Week Program
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

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