College campuses add language immersion programs

"It’s language beyond the classroom and it increases your vocabulary," Cowell says. "To try to tell your friends about something that happened that day becomes much more personal."

Cowell says the immersion program allows students to put up their antennae and think about what they are saying.

"The first time you might not have said it very well, but you start thinking about different ways to say it," he says. "Every time you say something, you’re focusing on that elocution."

By Sherry Shephard and Icess Fernandez, USA TODAY

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