ILS, Italian Language School, is situated in a nice residential district, in a recently constructed building, 30 (thirty) Mt from the sea, 5 (five) minutes from the centre and from the station.

Students can use library and multimedia linguistic laboratory.

The school is opened during all the year for every age, level and nationality students, it offers a friendly and informal environment to study. Recently opened, it has experienced and graduated teachers that sometimes take turn with poets, local artists, teachers from other schools and, in the way to get experience from the local economy, there are also local experts about restoration, tourism, farming and sport.

With the Patronage of the City of Otranto

Our institute is recommended by O.T.T.O. (Operatori Turistici Terra d'Otranto - Terra d'Otranto Tourist Operators).

Didactic Material

The school makes use of a new course of Italian language for foreign. The handbook, that is proposed to carry the students from the level beginners to the advanced one (intermediate/high), is divided in three levels and it is made up of:

 Class book
 Home book
 Audio CD for the homeworks
 Internet applications
 A series of material collaterals that will increase the possibility
  of chosen integrated materials.

Level of courses

Beginner  Intermediate  Advanced

Typology of frequency

Low two hours of lesson in the morning 
Normal four times of lesson in the morning 
Intensive four hours in the morning + two hours in the afternoon 
 
Italian in liberty with the new formula of our school with individual lessons or in small groups in which you will decide where and whether to make lesson 
 
 
Grammatical Objective
 
This course, only additionally to one of the standard courses, will concern on the Italian grammar. Particular emphases will have the construction of the sentences, the function of the subject and the predicate in the sentence, the complement object, the transitive verbs, the construction of the periods and the conjugation in every time and ways of the principal verbs used in a discourse. 
 
Least duration of the course: 1 week x 3 weekly lessons of 50 min.
Cost of the weekly course: 20 € the week 
 

Commercial Italian 
 
In this course we will solve matters as: the layout of commercial relationships, of fax and letters. Particular emphasis is set on the oral part with exercises that aim to consolidate the language used in lectures, reunions, strategies of presentation and telephone conversations. Microsoft Windows and, Microsoft Office Professional are used for the layout of letters and statistics. PowerPoint is used for the creation of graphs and presentations. Besides the use of Internet and the electronic mail. 
 
Least duration of the course: 1 week x 20 weekly lessons of 50 min
Cost of the weekly course: 180 € the week 
 

Italian literature
 
A trip through the Italian literature. The course is organized in daily seminars each of the duration of 3 hours (two hours of reading and conversation + an hour of grammar). 
 
Cost of the share to a seminar 50 Euro
Cost of the share to 3 seminars 135 Euro
Cost of the share to 5 seminars 220 Euro
Cost of the share to 8 seminars 320 Euro
Cost of the share to 10 seminars 400 Euro
 

Course of Typical Salentina Kitchen
 
Practical lessons to learn in amusing way to prepare the dishes typical of the Salentina kitchen: "the Sagnes, Macaronies and Auricles, the Parmigiana, the Peperonata, the bruschetta" the "Pittule" her "Frisella", and so many other specialties, with abundant final tasting, accompanied by a good wine Salentino. 
 
Cost of the course 15 Euro
 

Course of computer science
 
Use of the principal packet of programs of the Microsoft: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint. 
 
Duration of the course 35 hours
Cost of the course 500 €
 

Introduction to the Wine
 
For the impassioned ones to drink, young and salento' s wine expertise, will drive to the tasting of wines pugliesi and not, with a particular look to their history and production! 
 
Least duration of the course 1 Lesson 
Cost of the course available only in the center 
 

ECDL EUROPEAN COMPUTER DRIVING LICENSE
 
the ecdl is a certificate, recognized in international levels, certify that who possesses It is able to use in adjusted way the computer in the standard applications of daily use.
To get the ECDL, the candidate has to overcome a theoretical test and six practical tests, disbursed by Center Test accredited to European level, some of which in partnership with our structure. 
 
Duration of the course 122 hours 
Cost of the course 1550 €
 

And It is possible also to frequent only one of the followings forms:
 
Base concepts of the Technology of the information 
Duration of the form 12 hours
Price of the from 150 €
 
 

Use of the computer and management of the documents 
Duration of the form 10 hours
Price of the from 150 €
 
 

Elaboration texts
Duration of the form 15 hours
Price of the from 230 €
 
 

Electronic sheet 
Duration of the form 20 hours
Price of the from 300 €
 
 
 

Filing bases of dates/System 
Duration of the form 30 hours
Price of the from 480 €
 
 

Presentation e Design
Duration of the form 20 hours
Price of the from 300 €
 
 

Informational services on line
Duration of the form 15 hours
Price of the from 250 €
 
 
 

Course Calendar:

Every course has a least duration of 1 week. Lessons start every Monday to Friday from the 9 AM to 1.00 PM o'clock and from 3 PM to 6 PM o'clock. The courses are suspended in the following days: Gen Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dic 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31                            Easter' Monday  "Registration fee: € 70  1 hour = 50 minuti Courses Prices

Type of Frequency Times per week Duration of courses Price Low 10 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks 5 weeks 6 weeks 7 weeks 8 weeks 9 weeks 10 weeks € 135 € 265 € 385 € 500 € 605 € 705 € 785 € 835 € 870 € 900 Normal 20 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks 5 weeks 6 weeks 7 weeks 8 weeks 9 weeks 10 weeks € 165 € 310 € 460 € 620 € 775 € 905 € 1015 € 1115 € 1195 € 1245 Intensive 30 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks 4 weeks 5 weeks 6 weeks 7 weeks 8 weeks 9 weeks 10 weeks € 350 € 660 € 950 € 1220 € 1470 € 1805 € 2135 € 2455 € 2770 € 3075 Italian in liberty YOU decide You decide Individual 30 € for hour Groups 20 € for hour for person