Intensive Italian

The Italian Academy

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Het luisteren, sprekend, uitspraak, lezing, het schrijven, woordenschat, grammatica en activiteiten

Klas schema

Tijdsduur van de cursus
1-52 weken
Start data
Elke Maandag
Lessen per week
30 lessons per week (elke les duurt 45 min)
Lesdagen
maandag - vrijdag

Lestijden

Ochtendsessie
09:00 - 12:30
Middagsessie
13:00 - 14:30

Les rooster kan veranderen afhankelijk van beschikbaarheid en seizoen.

Cursus beschrijving

Our Intensive Italian course is designed to provide the opportunity to attend top quality Italian language classes, while enjoying all that the fascinating city of Siracusa has to offer.
This course is in line with the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (A1 – A2 – B1 – B2 – C1 – C2).
Whether you are an absolute beginner, or a fluent speaker, we will offer you a course which reflects your personal needs. All our courses are based on the communicative method, giving you the opportunity to practise your spoken Italian, develop your comprehension of the language, extend your use of vocabulary and enhance your understanding of grammatical structure.

All the teachers at the Italian Academy are highly qualified native speakers who aim to make the experience of studying Italian as enjoyable and productive as possible.
We also offer long-stay courses throughout the year which prepare our students for the CILS certification of the University of Siena, which is a prestigious and widely recognised certification of Italian language competence.

The Intensive Italian course features a 1 hour one-to-one class each day, on top of the General Italian classes, and gives the student the opportunity to have a more specific preparation on a list of topics he/she wants to cover with the teacher for a more targeted training.

Our Guarantee of Service states that, should the number of participants for a particular group course should not reach the minimum of three, The Italian Academy will guarantee tuition in the following manner: 2 participants: 3 lessons a day; 1 participant: 2 lessons a day.

Klasniveau

Alle niveau's, beginner tot geavanceerd
U zult een toets afleggen op je eerste dag om zo te kunnen evalueren welke uw klasniveau is. U kunt deze test ook doen voor aankomst in !Regio.

Klasgrootte

Gemiddeld 5 studenten
Maximaal 8 studenten

Studenten leeftijd

Leeftijdsgroep 18 - 99 jaar oud
Gemiddeld 34 jaren oud
(30 tijdens de zomer)

Certificaat

Een certificaat van voltooiing zal uitgereikt worden aan het einde van de cursus.
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"Studying Italian in Siracusa"

William Mahoney, student van VK

I attended The Italian Academy in Siracusa for two weeks during the off peak season.
The school was based in a historic villa with large classrooms, beautiful grounds, and a terrace - where we enjoyed our break times in the sun.
There were about 20 people in the school at this time with about 5 classes.
The teacher was very friendly and engaging and accommodated the learning requests of the group.
The school organised optional activities during the afternoons including visits to nature reserves, cooking classes, and wine tasting.
I stayed in the old town of Siracusa and the school was a little walk from the old town.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

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Studieduur
1 week
Studie datum
15 Apr 2024 - 26 Apr 2024
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"A joyful struggle with subjunctive and pronouns in a lovely environment under a sunny sky!"

Gabriela Eigensatz, student van Zwitserland

Why did I become so fond of the Italian Academy?
Annalisa is a dedicated teacher with a good sense of humor. The location of the School is superb and
I thoroughly enjoyed our small group of four women with different international backgrounds.

The Italian language course in Siracusa was a lovely pretence to escape the Swiss winter.

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Studieduur
1 week
Studie datum
5 Feb 2024 - 16 Feb 2024
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"Excellent teachers- I learned more than I could have hoped for and it was fun!"

Gabrielle Buresch-Teichmann, student van Oostenrijk

I had two weeks of studying Italian at the Italian Academy. I was surprised by the excellent teachers and about the amount we were able to cover and learn within two weeks.
In the first week we were a group of 8 international people, In the second week we were only 3, but this was even more intense.
Both teachers Agata and Luisa were excellent- I liked Agata´s sense of humour.
The villa of the school and surrounding park is wonderful for having breaks and realxing during the break.

AS I was there with my friend 'Grete we were busy exploring Sicily and participated only at one activity, which was lovely: The puppets museum and the puppets theatre

The Italian Academy offers enough activities for students to get to know each other..

My accomodation was an appartment from the school- which was a nice only 15 minutes walk away.
Personally I did not like so much the furnishing of the living room of my villa "Arancio" was a bit like a "farmhouse parlor"
Whereas the furnishing of the villa "limone" of my friend was modern and lovely.
the appartments could be cleaner when accessed and there was a strange smell.
The price for the appartment is very reasonable and nice to give to students of the school.

This was an excellent experience I would definitely recommend to everybody!

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

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Studieduur
1 week
Studie datum
22 May 2023 - 2 Jun 2023
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"Just a fantastic experience and I am so glad that I did the course"

Ýr Gunnlaugsdottir, student van IJsland

The Italian Academy is situated in a beautiful garden and I loved the location. Our teacher was superb and I just loved her and how she could make us learn and understand so much, really great.

I did the cooking class and it was really the highlight.

I can not say nothing negative from this one week

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

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Studie datum
22 May 2023 - 26 May 2023
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"A wonderful experience in a beautiful setting"

Sandy Ainsfield, student van USA

I originally registered to study for a week at the Italian Academy in Siracusa three years ago. I was finally able to attend in June this year. It was worth the wait. The school itself is in a beautiful location in a beautiful city. The staff was very helpful and friendly. My teacher, Leonora, was always prepared and spoke very clearly. I had no problem understanding her. She has a good sense of humor and I enjoyed her classes. I was placed at the Intermediate level. The class was small, four to six people a day. The students were from several different countries (France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic) as well as the USA, and always had an interesting point of view to offer. During our daily break we shared a coffee and a pastry at a nearby cafe. I enjoyed many conversations in Italian with the French student in the class. He spoke better Italian than English, and I spoke Italian better than French. I discovered that he was being hosted by a family in the same building as I was.

I was very happy with my housing situation. I had opted for a half board with an Italian family, and enjoyed conversing with my hostess, Stephania, during my meals. She was very kind and helpful, and my accommodations were very comfortable. She corrected my Italian whenever my Spanish crept into the conversation. The apartment was about a 20 minute walk to the school. It usually took me 30 minutes to get there because I got lost often, even using GPS. But I was glad to have the exercise.

Several activities were offered after class, but I was only able to participate in a visit to the nearby Catacombs. It was very interesting. On my own, I was able to book a boat excursion on the Island of Ortigia, which was very near Stephania's apartment. I took advantage of the tourist Hop Off, Hop On bus, which had a stop very close to the school, and was able to visit many interesting sites.

I have nothing negative to say about the experience. I have attended a language school in Milan and one in Rome, and this school was by far the best. My only regret is that I didn't have more time to study there. I am sure my Italian would have improved even more.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

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Studie datum
20 Jun 2022 - 24 Jun 2022
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"A good repetition of what I already knew - helped a lot"

Angelika Krabacher, student van Oostenrijk

First of all, all staff is very nice and helpful at the Academy.
The place is a pure asset - wow!

The rooms are ok; the garden is lovely. The teacher was good and even if nearly all was a repetition of what I had already known and learnt - I did improve my level.

The first week we had been 3 in the class, one - really nice - colleague however had great problems to follow and was certainly not placed in the right level.

The second week we had been 2 and thus the hours have been reduced.

I liked the methodology, did not get bored - however, it was not very challenging.

I truly liked the film-afternoon and did appreciate the Monday morning breakfast. The excursions and offer to cook was too expensive - 60 euro. I had in Naples similar offers at my school there at a much much lower price.

The school also offered a family where I stayed one week - the lady was nice, and the stay was ok.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

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Studieduur
1 week
Studie datum
6 Jun 2022 - 17 Jun 2022
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"My whole experience with Language International was excellent and I would not hesitate to book again with them."

Steve Pedder, student van VK

I would not hesitate to recommend the school. I really enjoyed my time there, learnt lots and made some good friends. The whole package was excellent. The accommodation was ideal, the teaching very good indeed and the school promoted a good atmosphere of togetherness between the students. The social activities were also very good and Francesco at the school really took time to ensure we enjoyed them and experienced something authentic of the region.

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Studie datum
16 Sep 2019 - 20 Sep 2019
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"Exellent"

Sigrid Frank, student van Duitsland

i liked the Location very much. It was a old Villa, very good situated. one could reach it very easy by bus or by Walking from the Center of Siracusa.
The School was good organised. My teacher was a very good one, she had a professione, goodl education.
In one week I improved my Italien a Little bit. Four week would have been better. So my Italien would have been perfect.....

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

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Studie datum
12 Feb 2018 - 16 Feb 2018
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
Dit is een geverifieerde recensie. Deze student heeft een opleiding aan deze school geboekt via Language International.

"The best holiday experience I've had"

Leslie Hanslow

Classes - I expected to be a class member but my lessons were one-on-one. This had advantages - shorter lesson times, direct relationship with the teacher, instant feedback, personalized instruction, additional content covered. It also had disadvantages - no social interaction with other students, no learning opportunities through hearing other students responses.

Teachers - I had two - both excellent and easy to relate to. There was a tendency to cover too much content (a common problem in teaching limited time courses). I would have liked a slower pace with much revision to ensure I could use the content that had been covered.

Location and Facilities were fine.

Housing - I stayed with a lovely host family and I would strongly recommend the experience to potential students. It made a simple language course into a great learning experience. I felt like a member of the Siracusan community.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

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Studieduur
3 weken
Studie datum
10 Aug 2015 - 4 Sep 2015
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Ja

"Fantastic - teachers and support staff at The Academy were brilliant, I was incredibly well looked after by everyone, a wonderful experience."

Judith Gelling

My class had a brilliant teacher, Louisa, very patient and clear and logical. Our lessons were very enjoyable and informative. Everyone at the school were very warm, friendly and extremely helpful.
I did feel that I might have benefited more from listening exercises as I did not really get much practice speaking Italian outside of the classroom!
I had organised my own accommodation which unfortunately turned out to be unsuitable and the school stepped in immediately and arranged a lovely apartment in Ortijia, which I was extremely grateful for.

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

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Studieduur
3 weken
Studie datum
5 Oct 2015 - 29 Oct 2015
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja

"I found more than I had expected or even hoped: a very engaging staff in teaching and socializing - it was as if I had been with good old friends."

Martina Winkelmann

I will start with what I did not like, because this will be said in one word: Nothing! What I liked were the classes and the way the Italian Academy tried to find out what I wished, hoped for even in my leisure time. The teacher met exactly what I wanted to learn, she looked for the fitting articles, books and essays. It was not only that I learned a lot and could talk a lot in Italian but I received many other ideas. During my first day at the Academy we had a talk about what I would like to do in my free time - and they created a personal program for me. And they even brought me into contact with a local lady in order to give me the opportunity to talk in Italian outside the Academy. They chose her so very well that we became friends. What can you say more about a stay at a language school where I just wanted to improve my Italian? They opened not only their teaching skills but also their culture and their hearts to us, the students. Thank you so much!!!

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Mijn waardering voor deze school

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Studieduur
1 week
Studie datum
14 Sep 2015 - 25 Sep 2015
Zou u deze school aanbevelen?
Ja
housing

Huisvesting

The Italian Academy biedt de volgende soorten huisvesting aan:
homestay

Homestay - Single-person room - Ontbijt

250 €
wekelijks

Homestay - Single-person room - Breakfast

Leeftijdsgroep: 16 jaren oud en ouder
Locatie: In the city center of Syracuse
Soort huisvesting: Homestay
Kamertype: Single-person room
Maaltijden: Ontbijt (7 maaltijden per week)
Faciliteiten: Keuken, wasserij, draadloos internet, gratis internet, en verwarming
Afstand tot school: 5 - 20 minuten met de walk
Beschikbaarheid: januari - december
Aankomstdag: zondag, altijd
Vertrekdag: zondag, altijd
250 €

Homestay - Single-person room - Ontbijt en avondeten

320 €
wekelijks

Homestay - Single-person room - Breakfast and dinner

Leeftijdsgroep: 16 jaren oud en ouder
Locatie: In the city center of Syracuse
Soort huisvesting: Homestay
Kamertype: Single-person room
Maaltijden: Ontbijt en avondeten (14 maaltijden per week)
Faciliteiten: Keuken, wasserij, draadloos internet, gratis internet, en verwarming
Afstand tot school: 5 - 20 minuten met de walk
Beschikbaarheid: januari - december
Aankomstdag: zondag, altijd
Vertrekdag: zondag, altijd
320 €
apartment

Appartement - Single-person room - Geen maaltijden

280 €
wekelijks

Premium Private Apartment - Single-person room - No meals (From November to April)

Leeftijdsgroep: 18 - 99 jaar oud
adres: Via Premuda, Siracusa, SR 96100, Siracusa
Locatie: In the city center of Syracuse
Soort huisvesting: Privé-appartement
Kamertype: Single-person room
Maaltijden: Geen maaltijden
Faciliteiten: Eigen badkamer, keuken, wasserij, draadloos internet, gratis internet, tv-kamer, airconditioning, verwarming, tuin, en ander
Afstand tot school: 5 - 15 minuten met de walk
Beschikbaarheid: 01 nov 2019 - 31 dec 2023
Aankomstdag: zaterdag, altijd
Vertrekdag: zaterdag, altijd
280 €

Appartement - Single-person room - Geen maaltijden

350 €
wekelijks

Premium Private Apartment - Single-person room - No meals (From May to October)

Leeftijdsgroep: 18 - 99 jaar oud
adres: Via Premuda, Siracusa, SR 96100, Siracusa
Locatie: In the city center of Syracuse
Soort huisvesting: Privé-appartement
Kamertype: Single-person room
Maaltijden: Geen maaltijden
Faciliteiten: Eigen badkamer, keuken, wasserij, draadloos internet, gratis internet, tv-kamer, airconditioning, verwarming, tuin, en ander
Afstand tot school: 14 minuten met de walk
Beschikbaarheid: 01 jan 2019 - 31 dec 2023
Aankomstdag: zaterdag, altijd
Vertrekdag: zaterdag, altijd
350 €
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Visa assistentie

We kunnen geen visas voor studenten aanvragen. De school kan u echter wel met alle benodigde documentatie voorzien die u nodig heeft voor uw visa aanvraag.

Uw acceptatiebrief zal gratis naar uw huisadres per post worden gestuurd.

Vlucht en airport transfer

Please note that we do not book flights for our students. If you are researching airfare costs, we recommend using Kayak.com, a search engine that lets you compare flight options from your home country to Syracuse based on your budget, schedule and preferences.

Reisverzekering

Studeer in het buitenland zonder zorgen met Language International's medische en persoonlijke effecten verzekeringsdekking. Wanneer u een cursus met ons reserveert, kunt u kiezen om een internationaal plan te kopen die niet alleen uw medische kosten dekt maar ook het verlies van persoonlijke spullen. U moet uw verzekering van te voren reserveren wanneer u registreert.

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