• Summer camps give kids the oppurtunity to improve their language skills.chinese language image by peter Hires Images from Fotolia.com
  
  For parents who want their children to experience a productive and enjoyable summer, there are language summer camps located throughout the United States. These summer camps encourage kids to learn new languages and about different cultures. They also assist kids in improving their current foreign language reading, speaking, writing and comprehension skills.
  
  

Concordia Language Villages

• The Concordia Language Villages offers language summer camps to children from 7 to 18. The company offers more than 15 language camps, including Arabic, French, Russian, Swiss, Italian, Korean and Japanese. The locations of the camps vary, depending on the language. Concordia Language Villages recommends that younger students and first-time campers participate in the one-week camp, while older and more experienced campers participate in two- to four-week immersion camps. In 2010, the costs of attendance to the camps are $475 to $3,675, depending on the length and program language.
  
  Concordia Language Villages
  
  901 8th Street South
  
  Moorhead MN 56562
  
  800-222-4750
  
  concordialanguagevillages.org
  
  

The French Alliance of Chicago Summer Camp

• The French Alliance of Chicago Summer Camp offers seven weeks of summer camp during June and July. Kids from 6 to 13 attend the camp five days per week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students take French classes at several levels. They also participate in arts, games, French cooking and sports. In 2010, the cost for attendance is $256 to $1,958 for one to seven weeks of attendance.
  
  The French Alliance
  
  810 North Dearborn Street
  
  Chicago, IL 60610
  
  312-337-1070
  
  af-chicago.org
  
  

American English Studies International Summer Camp

• The American English Studies International Summer Camp offers English as a second language (ESL) summer camp to kids from 11 to 17. Northampton Community College in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, hosts the camp for the entire month of July. Campers may arrive on any Sunday in July and stay two to four weeks. They take ESL classes taught by qualified teachers who hold at least a Bachelor of Arts degree. Campers participate in social activities, crafts and team sports. The costs for the camp vary depending on the length of stay and include transportation, attendance and room and board.
  
  American English Studies
  
  4355 King George Drive
  
  Nazareth, PA 18064
  
  610-365-7351
  
  american-english-studies.com