Italian Residential courses calendar 2012                           A Testimonial from 2 seniors students from the Usa
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Italian FAMILY Homestay courses at your teacher's house: info , courses,dates, event:,year 2012 . 

Italian Courses in a Villa. Homestay Italian at your teacher's house. Full board Italian classes. Intensive courses  in Italian at any level all year around. An informal Italian language school  providing Italian tuition in a professional way. Italian study- holiday with a difference We offer you a specialised teacher The teacher has also a Master Degree ITALS in Teaching and promoting Italian language and culture to foreigners students (Ca Foscari University- Venezia- Italy)                                         

  Italian courses: dates, events and info for 2012

Homestay teaching. Residential school. Italian language courses at your teacher's house.
If you are interested in enrolling now on a year 2012 course, you will find a list of courses in this section. Levels and special events for each month will also appear in 2 different tables after the courses. We offer Italian courses on Homestay basis at your teacher's house at 6 different levels all year around for a minimum of 5 days to a max of 14 days. If you wish to stay longer we might have a chance to extend your course up to 21 days depending on availability do not hesitate to ask.Our complete 2012 calendar is now available also on a Pdf document below

Our Homestay school provides you an Homestay course at your teacher's house. We do not just provide Homestay accommodation to our students. Your  teacher  is highly qualified and has also obtained a specific Master degree Itals (at Ca Foscari University - Venice- Italy) that is to say an MA in Teaching and promoting Italian language and culture to foreigners students.

In this section( below)you will find a chart of Italian language Homestay courses at your teacher's house (full  board) available for the current year 2011, at 6 different levels.We run courses from January to December included so please read the charts below where many courses will be listed together with the events running at the same time in our area. Learning Italian in our School/Villa makes a difference. Enjoy the freedom of a 5000sqm garden rather than being in an apartment  or in an hotel room on your own. Practise the language with your teacher for the whole day. Guided excursions ,  shopping together, visit to local markets, Italian cookery lessons will  also be part of your days spent with us and  all already included in the course's price.

To find out about special events available in the area during your course,please consult also the charts below. Thank you!!!

Italian traditional cookery lessons are included in the price of all our Italian and specialised courses planned all year around.

Italian seniors courses (50+)Homestay (all year around) are also available in the chart below for 2012 also in a Pdf format.

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More courses are available in the Pdf below from February 2012 onwards.We have vacancies on most courses running  in winter 2012 and you will be able to enrol up to 7 days before the course starts.

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1) Italian days at Advanced level in the Uk ( Bucks)on Friday the  16th or Saturday the 17th of March 2012. Get kindly in contact for more information please.

 

 

 

 

 

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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)

Courses 2012
Saturday the 28th of January to Monday the 6th of February (10 days)
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.



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