Italian language courses in Italy

Discover the Italian language and culture!

Intensive Italian language courses

Intensive group courses and individual courses

We offer a wide range of high quality Intensive Italian courses at every level from beginner to advanced level. Whether you are an adult, a senior, a child or an Italian teacher abroad, we always have the right course for you. Whatever reason you have for learning Italian you will benefit from our experience to teach Italian and our commitment. All our Italian courses can be taken both as classroom lessons here in Otranto and as on-line lessons via Skype.

THE STRENGTH of our Italian courses

Focus on the Italian immersion experience

Ours is an Italian immersion experiential learning opportunity, providing adults with intensive Italian language and cultural learning in its natural context. Our Italian classes always have a direct link with external reality (all aspects of life of the town and the region). All individual external experiences provide material for the courses.

Experience tangible results in your Italian speaking skills and cultural understanding while:

  • Attending small and intensive Italian classes differentiated by ability, so that you’re guaranteed to learn at your level
  • Gaining cultural understanding through living the real life of the town.
  • Exploring the beauty of Puglia while participating to our guided tours and activities and visiting beaches in your free time

Focus always on the students

The content of teaching and of the cultural activities offered by our Italian courses have also direct link with:

  • training, choices and objectives;
  • students’ sensitive, creative, artistic, intellectual and cultural reactions.

Our intensive Italian classes are just that, intense and super-relevant!

  • INTENSIVE because they are with native Italian speaking teachers specialized in second language acquisition and the class sizes are small in order to grant you an immersion in the language.
  • RELEVANT because they are designed with your goals in mind and allow for many communicative opportunities to practice the Italian that you need to know!
    If you choose the Intensive Italian language course, 4 hours of Italian classes a day will strengthen and support the foundation of a rich immersion experience.

Cultural lessons always included

Italian lessons always include some cultural and practical activities such as a lesson about the Apulian homemade pasta course (students will do 3 types of homemade pasta in the kitchen of the school) when in class we will discuss about Apulian gastronomy; a demonstration, on the school’s terrace, of Apulian folk dance (the Pizzica, a type of tarantella) when it comes to the popular tradition of Tarantism. Other practical activities will be proposed during the lessons.

Our Italian language courses in Italy focus on conversation

Bruce Lee once said:

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do”.

Being able to engage in conversation is key when speaking a new language. True mastery of the language comes when one has grasped vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar concepts, and linguistics.
Conversation will be improved by debates, round table discussions and role-plays;
You will learn how to sustain simple and also advanced conversation with natives.

All our intensive Italian language courses focus on the four abilities such us:

Comprehension will be facilitated by the use of authentic audiovisual supports, films, radio broadcasts and television and the use of multimedia programs;

Writing will be improved by the production of texts with a precise communication perspective according to the different levels.

Conversation will be improved through debates and role-play;

Reading will be deepened by newspapers, professional documents, literary texts;

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Levels of our Italian language courses

Our Italian language courses in Italy are structured according to the levels of knowledge of the Common European Framework.

Elementary level (A1 and A2 level)

Acquisition of the ability to communicate in Italian and to elaborate simple information; acquisition of general vocabulary and the use of basic grammatical construction.

Intermediate level (B1 level)

Acquisition of the ability to face daily situations and to express opinions through the consolidation of grammar and vocabulary.

Advanced level (B2 level)

Acquisition of the three fundamental abilities of language: listening, speaking and writing to express fluently own opinions about complex subjects.

Excellent level (C1/C2 level).

Level of specialization: analysis and study of the different forms of the written and oral language; lessons focusing on the most important aspects of literature, culture and Italian civilization.

All the general Intensive Italian courses

Each course lasts for a minimum of 1/2 weeks up to a maximum of 12 months and can be taken both as a classroom lessons and as on-line lessons via Skype. Each level follows its own grammar and linguistic program.

General intensive course

Attending our Intensive Italian language course you will finally be able to understand and communicate effectively in all your daily life situations or, if your level is intermediate/advanced, talk about complex subjects with ease, expressing your ideas fluently and spontaneously.

At more advanced levels conversation focuses on cultural subjets and on the Italian civilization and politics.

Open for students of all ages, at all different levels of Italian, who wish to understand, speak, read and write the Italian language correctly. This course is 4 hours of grammar and conversation per day.

Starting dates: every 2 weeks
Duration: 1 or more weeks. The 4 lessons are held daily from Monday to Friday, usually beginning at 9am.
Lessons: 4 per day, 20 per week
Offer: all 4 levels
Dates and Prices

Intensive-plus 1

The Intensive-Plus 1 Italian language course consists of 4 lessons in a group course per day plus 1 lesson per day in mini-group of 2 persons or individual. Students will be introduced not only to the language (grammar and conversation) but also to art and culture, history and folklore, press and films as well as the current political and economical situation of Italy.
Starting dates: every 2 weeks
Duration: 1 or more weeks
Lessons: 25 per week (4 lessons + 1 lesson in mini-groups or individual per day)
Offer: all 4 levels
Dates and Prices

Intensive-plus 2

The Intensive-Plus 2 Italian language course consists of 4 lessons in a group per day and 2 lessons per day in mini-group of 2 persons or individual. Students will be introduced not only to the language (grammar and conversation) but also to art and culture, history and folklore, press and films as well as the current political and economical situation of Italy.

Starting dates: every 2 weeks
Duration: 1 or more weeks
Offer: all 4 levels
Lessons: 30 per week (4 lessons + 2 lessons in mini-groups or individual per day)
Dates and Prices

Individual Italian language courses and two-to-one course

If you want to attend a course that suits your particular professional and personal requirements and your time schedule, you can choose our private tuition program.
Continual language practice, maximum concentration through intensive work with your personal teacher and, especially, active practising of your communication skills guarantee your swift progress and success in the shortest possible time.
We are able to suit your private tuition program to your wishes regarding dates and areas of interest.
The number of daily lessons can be decided by the students.
The private tuition is from absolute beginner to advanced level.
You can plan your program and your time schedule with your teacher.

Starting dates: every 2 weeks
Duration: according to the students needs
Lessons: students can decide the number of lessons. 1 lesson = 60 minutes
Offer: all 4 levels
Dates and Prices

On-line Italian courses and two-to-one course via Skype

If you want to attend a course that suits your particular professional and personal requirements and your time schedule, you can choose our on-line private classes by Skype .
Continual language practice, maximum concentration through intensive work with your personal teacher and, especially, active practising of your communication skills guarantee your swift progress and success in the shortest possible time.
We are able to suit your private tuition program to your wishes regarding dates and areas of interest.
The number of daily lessons can be decided by the students.
The private tuition is from absolute beginner to advanced level.
You can plan your program and your time schedule with your teacher.

Starting dates: every day
Duration: according to the students needs
Lessons: students can decide the number of lessons. 1 lesson = 50 minutes
Offer: all 4 levels
Dates and Prices

Advanced Italian courses (Italian language and culture – level B2 / C1 / C2)

Maximum of six to eight participants. They focus on advanced communication, group participation and interaction.

Course start: every 2 weeks
Course duration: 1 to 24 weeks
Lessons: 4 a day, 20 a week
Offer: B2, C1, C2
Dates and Prices

Italian cultural courses (level B1 / B2 / C1 / C2)

In addition to our Italian courses in Italy, we also offer Italian cultural courses:

Course start: every 2 weeks
Course duration: 1 to 24 weeks
Lessons: 4 a day, 20 a week
Offer: intermediate and advanced levels
Dates and Prices

Italian language courses for Seniors

Course start: every 2 weeks
Course duration: 1 to 24 weeks
Lessons: 4 a day, 20 a week
Offer: all 4 levels
Dates and Prices

Italian language courses for Kids

Course start: every 2 weeks
Course duration: 1 to 24 weeks
Lessons: 4 a day, 20 a week
Offer: all 4 levels
Dates and Prices

 

If you are interested to learn Italian art, cinema or literature or Italian for professional purposes we also offer special Italian courses.

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Porta d’Oriente | Italian Language School

Vico Madonna del Passo 6– 73028 Otranto – Lecce – Italy
0039 338 4562722 info@porta-doriente.com www.porta-doriente.com

The school is officially recognized by:

università di perugiaUniversity for foreigners of Perugia for Celi and Dils-pg certicates
università germaniaGerman Federal Sates as eligible for Bildungsurlaub study leave
università venezia ca foscariUniversity for foreigners of Venice like training centre for Italian teachers
csn sveziaCSN (Swedish Board of Student Finance)
programma socrate comeniusThe school is present in the Erasmus + database
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