ITALIAN LONG TERM COURSES

Starting dates: every 2 weeks
Duration: minimum 6 weeks
Lessons: 4 per day, 20 per week
Level: all 6 ability levels
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This is our new Standard Course with a 6-week minimum duration to deepen students basic knowledge of the Italian language... at a very special price!

Starting dates: every 2 weeks
Duration: minimum 12 weeks
Lessons: 4 per day, 20 per week
Level: all 6 ability levels
Extras: special long-term discount; study in different cities
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Students wishing to study Italian for longer periods are especially welcome at our schools and receive special care and attention from our staff, as well as benefiting from our long-term discounted prices. With this course, students profit from all the advantages of learning a language in the country where it is spoken. Through our experience in teaching the Italian language, we know that the ideal minimum stay for a course is 12 weeks. Not only you will have more confidence in your language skills, but instead of feeling like you are on holiday, you will be completely immersed in the Italian culture and way of life. Many of our long-term students are preparing to enter university or rounding off their Italian Long-Term Standard Course with the recognised AIL "Firenze" examination.

Starting dates: every 2 weeks
Duration: minimum 24 weeks
Lessons: 4 per day, 20 per week
Level: all 6 ability levels
Extras: special long-term discount; study in different cities
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Would you like to enjoy 6 months in Italy and travel to different cities, too? We have the right program for you! The Long-Term Semester Course is an extended version of the Long-Term Standard Course. The general structure is similar, but the objectives are targeted on a long-term basis. If you would like to live in Italy for several months, the Leonardo da Vinci schools offer you the possibility of an attractive package. You may start learning Italian in Florence, and after a few months you can move to Rome, Siena or Milan. The curricula in the semester course are the same; thus you can change the course location any time you want and you will make the most of your stay in Italy.

An excellent opportunity to attain a more in-depth and continuous study of the Italian language. You can combine learning the language and enjoying your free time. This course is also an excellent preparation for Master Courses in Art, Italian Design, Italian Fashion or Restoration.

Last abut not least, the Long-Term Semester Course has a particularly attractive price!

Starting dates for beginners:
from 07 January 2008 to 14 August 2008;
from 05 May 2008 to 12 December 2008;
from 22 September 2008 to 22 May 2009;
Duration: 32 weeks
Lessons: 650 lessons of language, culture and exam
Level: beginner and elementary levels
Class size: min. 5 - max. 12 participants in each class
Extras: Special accommodation prices
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The “academic year” is a 32 week language and culture course for students who wish to experience living and studying in Italy. The course combines not only language courses with Italian culture classes at the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci but the syllabus also incorporates the fundamental elements of level C2 of the European Language Portfolio. All in all, the course offers students the opportunity to see at first hand the various aspects of Italy’s rich history and culture. The course is composed of a linguistic element and an academic element:

1) Linguistic element:

• 480 lessons of the standard language course
• 80 lessons of preparation for the two Diploma «Firenze» AIL exams DILI (intermediate level) and DALI (advanced level)

2) Academic element (80 lessons):

• Italian Civilization and History
• Art History
• Business Italian
• History of Design and Architecture
• Introduction to Italian Gastronomy

3) Private tutoring (10 lessons):

• to prepare your essay

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For students, starting the Academic Year in September 2007 the duration of the whole stay is 35 weeks, including two weeks of Christmas Holidays where no courses are held.

This course is also an excellent preparation for Master Courses in Art, Italian Design, Italian Fashion or Restoration.

Starting dates: every 2 weeks (except Siena: every monday)
Duration: minimum 48 weeks
Lessons: 4 per day, 20 per week
Level: beginner and elementary level
Extras: special long-term discount; study in different cities
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This program has a length of 48 weeks, especially appropriate for students who want to spend a very long period in Italy and take a break from their everyday life. During these weeks you learn the Italian language from the basis to the high proficient level. Since programs are the same in each Leonardo da Vinci branch, you have the possibility to live in different cities during your stay and so to enter in the Italian Culture and way of living.