ITALIAN  LANGUAGE COURSES

The New Village School is nationally well-known for its professional and highly qualified staff. it is recognized for its high quality standards and its strong commitment to training.  It is also renowned for its  partnership with Istituto Dante Alighieri. 

The Istituto Dante Alighieri founded in 1923 and recognized by the Ministry of Public Education, organizes Italian Language Courses for foreigners throughout the year and in all its numerous locations.

The Istituto Dante Alighieri is recognized and acclaimed in Italy and throughout the world. 

All of the schools have modern, well outfitted classrooms equipped with VCRs, TV sets, cassette players and over-head projectors.

The Istituto is staffed with highly qualified and dedicated professional teachers who are always available to the individual student to discuss, advise and solve anything that might hinder the student's studies. The didactic method is the consolidated fruition of long experience in teaching the Italian language to non-native speakers. 

The teaching approach is strictly communicative and the student is encouraged to express himself while pondering the linguistic and grammatical peculiarities of the Italian Language. The aim is to develop the diverse skills - especially expressive fluency and grammatical accuracy - so as to make it possible for our students to interact in the situations both of daily life and working world.

An initial placement test, taken before the course begins, estabilishes the student's level of Italian. At the end of the course, students are examined in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Upon appropriate completion of the exam, both regular students and outside students who have paid the required fee, are offered a "Certificate of Studies".

The "Certificate of Studies" have been calibrated on the Council of Europe Levels.

It is possible to start a course on the first working day of the month

The classes are composed of a maximum of twelve students of diverse nationalities. Each group works with two teachers, and the lessons are conducted exclusively in Italian. The hours of daily classroom time are divided between two separate courses of grammatical structure and vocabulary, and expression and conversation. One class hour has the duration of 60 minutes.

SEMI INTENSIVE COURSES IN GROUPS

The semi intensive course is designed for those students who want to learn Italian at a slower pace. Classes are held in the morning leaving the participants free to enjoy the city and the beach.

It is a 2 hour a day course for a total of 40 hours in 4 weeks. This course can focus on only grammar or conversation, according to the student's needs. This course is not recommended for beginners.

The schedule of the course is the following: Monday to Friday, from 9.00 to 11.00.

INTENSIVE COURSES

The intensive course is designed for those students who wish to accomplish the most in a short time. Classes are held in the morning or in the afternoon.

It a a 4 hour a day for a total of 80 hours in 4 weeks.* This is the standard course and is recommended for those who wish to obtain excellent results in the development of their language skills.

The schedule of the courses is the following: from Monday to Friday, from 9.00 to 13.00 or from 14.00 to 18.00*. There will be a short break after 2 hours of lesson.

Every fifteen days there is a test to assess the students’ progress, as well as to assure the continued homogeneity of each level.

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