Courses of Italian language and culture

    Type of course     Participants   Hours/day      Hours/week                            
Standard group course                             4-10

3

1-2

4

3

2

20

15

10

Intensive group course 4-10

3

1-2

6

4

3

30

20

15

Individual course 1
Full immersion 1 8 40
Junior programme 1-2

3-6

4 20
Language & Cooking 4-8

3-2

1

standard course + 4 hrs cooking course standard course + 20 hrs cooking course
A Sea of Culture 4 20
Language and Culture 50+ 1 4 lessons + cultural activities for 50+ 20 lessons+ cultural activities for 50+
Language and Design 1 standard course + 2 hrs design standard course + 10 hrs design
Wine week min. 3 – max. 14 standard course + 1 activity for wine week standard course + 5 activity for wine week
Language and Art in Umbria 1 2 lessons of art history + 2 group lessons + 1 excursion 10 lessons of art history + 10 group lessons + 5 excursions
Italian online 1
Course in Italian Sign language (LIS) min.4–max.16  – 4
1

2-6

4 20

 

THE COURSES ARE BASED ON THE LEVELS OF THE  CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

– BEGINNERS COURSE (A1):For absolute beginners.  Beginners conversation, daily communication situations, grammar structures and basic vocabulary.
– ELEMENTARY COURSE (A2): For beginners with basic notions. Consolidation of basic knowledge.
– INTERMEDIATE COURSE 1 (B1): Conversation on general subjects, simple readings, more advanced grammar.
– INTERMEDIATE COURSE 2 (B2): Real life communication situations, prose and newspaper readings, more advanced grammar.
– PRE-ADVANCED COURSE (C1): For students with good levels of linguistic competence. Advanced grammar, conversation, various readings, civilisation.
– ADVANCED COURSE (C2): Advanced course in syntaxis, stylistics, and idiomatic expressions, story-telling  and discussions regarding current affairs, textual analysis.

  • Lessons are from Monday to Friday.
  • Standard group courses are held in the morning. However, for reasons of organisation, the lessons may be held in the afternoon.
  • Each lesson lasts 50 minutes.
  • On national holidays the school is closed and the lessons will not be made up or reimbursed.
  • At the end of the course a certificate of attendance will be awarded, stating the level attained.

STANDARD AND INTENSIVE GROUP COURSE

  • If only 1-2 students are enrolled in a group course at a certain level, the lessons of a standard group course will be reduced to 2 lessons a day, an intensive course will be reduced to 3 lessons a day.
  • If there are only 3 students enrolled in a group course at a given level the number of lessons in a standard or intensive course will be reduced by one lesson a day.

TAILOR MADE ONE-TO-ONE COURSES
The number of individual lessons and the programme are agreed according to the requirements of the student.

COURSES FOR ORGANISED GROUPS
Upon request  we can organise courses for groups (schools, organised groups etc.), any time during the year. The period, the number of lessons and the programme will be agreed according to the requirements of the participants.