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Information on available courses
1	The following Italian Residential courses planned for 10 days can also be taken for 5,7, 12 or 14 days. During winter it is possible to attend a 4 day course from Friday to Monday. Dates will be given on request.
2	Students arrival cannot be accepted on Sundays. For 10 days courses departure it is usually on the 11 th day
3	These courses, for a small group ( 1 to 6 students max) but more often attended by 4 max, include in their price: airport transfers from and to the airports of Rome or Termini Station, accommodation, 3 meals per day with drinks included, 40 hours Italian tuition, guided excursions to Roma and surrounding areas with entrance to museums and sites included, Italian cookery traditional lessons
4	Further dates are available on request
5	We would be happy to organize special courses for companies, airlines, Embassies.
6	Flights are not included.

Course Schedule 2012 (download PDF)

Saturday the 28th of January to Monday the 6th of February (10 days)
Courses 2012
Intermediate or Upper Intermediate level on request	Enjoy Italian winter sales in our company and Carnival
Monday the 20th of February to Wednesday the 29th of February (10 days)
Low–Intermediate or Intermediate level on request	Enjoy Italian winter sales in our company and Carnival
Friday the 2nd of March to Sunday the 11th of March (10 days)
Absolute beginners level	Enjoy an Italian for holiday course
Saturday the 24st of March to Sunday the 1st of April (9 days)
Post beginners or Low intermediate students on request	Enjoy the Camelia’s festival
Monday the 2nd of April to Wednesday the 11th of April (10 days)
Intermediate level	Enjoy Pasqua and Pasquetta with us!!!
Monday the 16th of April to Wednesday the 25th of April (10 days)
Postbeginners or Low intermediate level on request	Enjoy the spring’s blossom and longer and sunny days
Monday the 30th of April to Wednesday the 9th of May (10 days)
Intermediate level	Enjoy an old traditional festival (340 years old)and a big Fair
Monday the 14th of May to Wednesday the 23rd of May (10 days)
Upper Intermediate or Advanced course on request	Enjoy the artichokes’s Festival
Friday the 25th of May to Friday the 2nd of June (8 days)
Beginners or Postbeginners level on request	Enjoy the Historical’s groups Festival
Friday the 15th of June to Sunday the 24th of June (10 days)
Upper intermediate or Advanced level	Enjoy an old traditional Festival where flowers’s paintings will attract to the near town many tourists from the Usa, England, Japan etc
Monday the 25th of June to Wednesday the 4th of July (10 or 12 days)
Intermediate or Upper Intermediate on request	Enjoy summer sales and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables in our land. Enjoy walking and swimming by the sea in our company
Saturday the 7th of July to Friday the 13th of July (7 days)
Postbeginners or Low-Intermediate level	Enjoy summer sales and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables in our land. Enjoy walking and swimming by the sea in our company
Sunday the 15th of July to Tuesday the 24th of July (10 days)
Italian conversation course for Upper intermediate and Advanced students	Enjoy summer sales in our company
Wednesday the 25th of July to Friday the 31st of August
School Closed
Saturday the 1st of September to Tuesday the 11th of September (10 days)
Upper Intermediate level	Enjoy plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables from our land. Enjoy walking and swimming by the sea in our company and long and sunny days in September.
Thursday the 13th of September to Saturday the 22nd of September (10 days)
Intermediate level	Il palio delle decarcie. A Palio event in our region.
Wednesday the 26th of September to Friday the 5th of October (10 days)
Intermediate or Upper Intermediate level	Enjoy the wine and grape festival and the harvest of the grape in our land.
Monday the 8th of October to Wednesday the 17th of October (10 days)
Postbeginners or Low-Intermediate level	Enjoy the wine and grape festival and the harvest of the grape in our land.
Monday the 22th of October to Wednesday the 31st of October (10 days)
Upper intermediate and Advanced conversation	Enjoy the harvest of the olives and a visit to a local olive mill.
Monday the 5th of November to Monday the 12th of November (8 days)
Beginners or Postbeginners level on request	Enjoy the harvest of the olives and a visit to a local olive mill.
Wednesday the 21st of November to Friday the 30th of November (10 days)
Intermediate level	Enjoy the traditional Festival on the 23rd and a big Fair in our town.
Wednesday the 5th of December to Friday the 14th of December (10 days)
Intermediate level	Enjoy a visit to a Christmas market and doing the Christmas shopping with a personal shopper. Chestnuts by fireplace and a hot chocolate will be part of your winter experience.
Sunday the 15th of December to Friday the 21st of December (7 days)
Intermediate level	Enjoy a visit to a Christmas market and doing the Christmas shopping with a personal shopper. Chestnuts by fireplace and a hot chocolate will be part of your winter experience.
Friday the 28th of December to Tuesday the 1st of January (5,6 days)
Advanced Conversation level	Enjoy a typical Italian cenone with us and a wonderful wireworks display.

Level

- Beginners -

No previous knowledge of Italian at all.

- Post beginners -

The students have already followed 6 months or 30 hours of a beginners class.

- Low-intermediate -

The students have followed one full year of a beginners class.

- Intermediate -

Students may have already completed 2 years.

- Upper-intermediate -

Students have already studied the language for 3 years and are able to use more complicated structures and a wider vocabulary.

- Advanced -

Students have already studied the language for 4 or 5 years and are fairy fluent and confident ( though not perfect!!!) in written and spoken language. Are able to follow most of a news broadcast for example and discuss everyday topics. Eg immigration, society etc.

Events 2011
We are including in this column a list of events in our area according to the month in which they take place. For example if you choose a course in February in this column you will find Carnevale. We normally take our students to different events or concerts during their staying with us.
January	Winter sales start on the 15th of January in Rome
February	Carnival Parade on Saturdays and Sundays for 2 o 3 weeks in Velletri ( Roma)
	Winter sales in shops
March	Camellia's flower Festival in Velletri ( third week in March)
April	Via Crucis in Velletri on Good Friday the 22th of April
	Spend Easter with us (24th of April)
May	First Saturday of May "La processione della Madonna dei ceri" a 333 years old religious tradition in Velletri
	Traditional Fair/ market in Velletri. First Sunday in May
	Third week in May. The artichoke Festival in Velletri
	Classical concerts in Velletri and Nemi
May/June	Historic groups Festival at Genzano di Roma. A parade where the groups, wearing old costumes will dance and play music all around Genzano's town.
	The Corpus Domini celebration, including the Flower Decking in Genzano di Roma will take place both on Saturday the 14th and on Sunday the 15th of June 2010
July/August	Classical concerts and Opera in the open both in the Castelli Romani area and in Rome at Caracalla's baths
	Summer sales in shops
September	Classical concerts in the Castelli Romani area
	The religious Festival in Velletri " La Madonna della Carità "
October	The harvest of the grape in our land. Experience how to make wine. Wine festival in Velletri and Frascati
	Il Palio delle Decarcie. A medieval Tradition in Velletri
	Classical concerts
November and December	Visit to a local olive mill. Harvest of the olives in our land
	Classical concerts
	Enjoy your Christmas shopping in Rome with us and a visit to a Christmas market in Piazza Navona. Spend New Year's Eve and New Year's day with us. Typical Italian cenone with us followed by a firework display nearby.