Italian Language Courses
Learn Italian in Italy

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Italian language courses in Tuscany by the sea

Lessons are held in groups of 6 to 10 students, from Monday to Friday 09.00 - 13.50. 30 lessons are given per week. Courses begin every week, and individual starting dates are flexible. Following an assessment test on the first day, students are placed in different courses, guaranteeing the homogenity of the groups. All Italian language courses are taught in Italian.

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Italian language courses
Beginner (A1) and Elementary (A2)

Italian language courses
Intermediate I (B1) and Intermediate II (B2)

The Italian language courses for intermediate levels focus on communication with native speakers.
A wide variety of verbal exercises will aid you in learning to speak fluent Italian. More advanced and complex syntactic and grammatical constructions are examined and acquired.

Students have the opportunity to learn a diversified and advanced vocabulary, enabling them to understand abstract texts and articles from newspapers and other sources.

Minimal requirements for Intermediate 1 are the mastering of the past tense and simpler tenses;
for Intermediate 2 all indicative tenses.

Italian language courses
Advanced 1 (C1) – Advanced 2 (C2)

In the advanced Italian language courses, complex, challenging structures of the Italian language are taught.

The participant will reach a sophisticated level of comprehensions and gain the ability to summarize and present texts with complex content.
A near-native pronunciation and the ability to speak fluent Italian are the objectives of the Advanced II courses.
The main emphasis of the theoretical part will be placed on grammar-exercises.

Exam Preparatory Courses for the CELI, CIC and CILS certificates

These Italian language courses include participation in one of the above-mentioned Italian group courses (the course level depends on the level of the certificate you want to pass) and special preparation in 2 additional individual lessons daily. Alternatively, the preparation can be achieved with individual lessons, ensuring quicker progress.

Italian Grammar Course

This course offers students with a good grammatical foundation the chance to perfect their knowledge in this specific field. The aim of the language course is to reach a new and improved understanding of the language by thorough and in-depth study of Italian grammar.

The language courses will be held in July, August and September and will last for 1 to 4 weeks with four hours of teaching per day.

Combined Courses

All participants who take part in the group courses (Beginner 1 - Advanced) have the option of taking additional private or 2 on 1-lessons in the afternoon to reinforce their knowledge and/or to learn more subject-specific terminology.

Language classes on Italian history and politics

The Italian language courses on Italian history and politics are designed for students with a solid, advanced knowledge of the Italian language and who are interested in Italy's political and historical situation.
We deal with important historical events from 1860 up until today, reading articles and historical documents, and watching movies. Additionally, we analyze interviews that were conducted in Italy with politicians, historians, writers, workers, and intellectuals.

The classes take place in July and September. Duration: 1 to 4 weeks, 4 lessons a day. Exact dates of the language classes will be provided upon request.