Discover the beauty of the Cinque Terre and the charm of Portofino by learning Italian with us.

Nel Blu is located in the historical town centre of Chiavari, in the region of Liguria with its unique and evocative landscape created by the fusion of land and sea. The school is modern and welcoming, and is situated just a few minutes from the beach. We are open all year round and organise group courses for all levels and individual lessons for students, tourists and professionals in order to satisfy our clients’ requirements.

The school is located on the second floor of an attractive Art Nouveau building with characteristic balconies with flowers. The classrooms are bright and spacious, each room is furnished in a different style but all have their own particular ‘marine’ atmosphere. The school uses traditional slate blackboards (slate being local to the area), and has a well-stocked library, tape recorders, a television and DVD player. Students may also enjoy a cup of Italian coffee or a light snack with the teachers during lesson breaks.
All teachers are mother tongue and their competence and professionalism guarantee lessons of the highest quality.

Learn Italian at the seaside, in Tuscany, Italy
Officially recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research

Study Italian in Italy where it is spoken — The italian language school "Giacomo Puccini Centre" organizes all the year round Italian Language and Culture Courses to learn italian in Viareggio, one of Tuscany's most beautiful beaches.

Learn italian while learning the italian culture — Take part in one of our italian language programs here in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy! We offer a wide range of different italian language programs from our popular standard language course to individual tuition and our Italian Diploma course (AIL Exams and CILS exams). People from all over the world come here to learn the italian language and to study the italian culture and way of living. The climate is excellent. We are right in Tuscan Versilia, one of the most exciting and interesting Italian seaside resorts. Viareggio is located close to Pisa, Lucca, Florence and Carrara.

The method

Direct method —There are four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking which need to be studied and developed right from the first level to achieve understanding and expression in authentic communicative situations. We use only italian language, with beginners too. Situations are simulated in the classroom using authentic teaching material. Structures and vocabulary are adapted to the lower levels and become progressively more complex. At advanced levels different types of text are used to encourage the recognition and reproduction of different language styles.

The Italian teachers

Native Italian speakers —We place great emphasis on our selection and training of teachers. We look for lively, well-educated, motivated, interesting people who will be capable of motivating all their students. They must be native Italian speakers and have a University degree; in addition, they have prepared themselves for their inter-cultural task through intensive studies covering various topic areas; they have been trained in both traditional and more modern teaching methods and frequently use role-play, rythm excercises and word games.

Italian course levels

There are 5 different levels of Italian. —Students have to pass an entry test, written and oral, to be placed in the right level.

Basic ( beginner ) - This course is designated for those students who are beginning Italian for the first time. By the end of the course, students will be able to form some of the basic structures in Italian and will have a basic knowledge of the Italian culture.

Level 2 ( elementary ) - This course is designed for those students who already have a previous knowledge of some of the basic structures in Italian. By the end of the program, students will have increased their level of grammar and vocabulary so they can express themselves functionally according to different contexts. They will also have a greater awareness of italian culture and society.

Level 3 ( intermediate ) - This course is designed for students having a general command of the more complex structures in the Italian language and a good vocabulary base. By the end of the course, students will be able to use their Italian more fluently and will have a greater understanding of the Italian way of life. The course attempts to improve the student's understanding of the linguistic and extra-linguistic structures in Italian.

Level 4 ( advanced ) - This course is designed for students possessing a solid knowledge of the Italian culture and are able to perform at a communicative level. By the end of the course, students will have gained a wider knowledge of the Italian culture and will be more proficient at expressing ideas at an abstract level.

Level 5 ( proficiency ) - This course is designated for those students with a high command of the Italian language. Special emphasis is placed on perfecting the student's oral and writing skills and also in developing a global perspective of the Italian culture in relation to the student's particular field of interest.

Teaching materials

Textbooks, excercises, homework— We developed a highly effective teaching system which has been made into a series of textbooks. These books form the basis of most of the teaching but they are also supplemented by other material drawn from radio, TV, music, magazines, newspapers etc. The textbook contains a progressive series of lessons with integrated exercises and homework, each of which are intended to form one day's work.

Teaching material used in class and the attendance certificate given at the end of the course are included in the course fee. 

WHY CHOOSE CENTRO GIACOMO PUCCINI?

There are several reasons to choose our Centre:

Founded in 1988, we have years of experience and specialise in teaching Italian in Italy
The school is recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
The school is Officially recognized by the Swedish authorities
(Vår skola är godkänd av CSN och Högskoleverket)
A young and higly motivated professional teaching facultiy all specially trained in teaching Italian to foreigners
We are members of ASILS (Association of language schools for teaching Italian as a foreign language)
All levels of Italian offered from April to October
Small study groups
Courses start every 2 weeks (including beginners)
After 3 or 6 months the AIL-exam "Firenze" (Accademia Italiana di Lingua) DELI/DILI/DALI/DALC can be taken
A whole range of activities offered for students to gain insight into the Italian culture
Meet students from all over the world while studying at Centro Giacomo Puccini
Friendly and helpful staff that give personal attention to each student
Access provided for handicapped students
Membership
AIL: Accademia Italiana di Lingua
ASILS: Association of language schools for teaching Italian as a foreign language
ELITE: Excellent Language Teaching Institutions in Europe

 

 

L'Accademia Italiana di Salerno è un Centro Linguistico e Culturale, fondato nel 1997 dalla dr.ssa Francesca Romana Memoli, laureata ed esperta in lingue e letterature straniere moderne. 

La scuola è specializzata nell’insegnamento della lingua Italiana agli stranieri e rappresenta oggi una delle strutture più valide e consolidate nel Sud Italia. 

E’ per questo che ogni anno, molti stranieri scelgono l’Accademia Italiana per imparare l’italiano, unendo l’apprendimento della lingua ad un meraviglioso soggiorno in una delle zone turistiche più belle e suggestive della Campania, vicino alla rinomata Costa d’Amalfi.

 

La scuola consente agli studenti di  imparare la lingua e la cultura italiana , vivendo un’indimenticabile vacanza studio.

 

L’ Accademia Italiana dispone di 14 aule, 1 sala multimediale con 8 computer con accesso Internet (cable e wi-fi), 1 aula cinema, 1 biblioteca e videoteca, 1 sala caffè.

 

Lo staff è altamente qualificato e gli insegnanti sono tutti specializzati ed abilitati all'insegnamento dell'italiano come L2/LS.

 

L'Accademia Italiana è anche Centro Esami DITALS, CILS e CELI ed è Autorizzata dall'Università per stranieri di Siena e l’Università Per Stranieri di Perugia.

I nostri corsi di italiano possono essere corsi di lingua ingruppo o corsi di linguaindividuali. La nostra scuola diitaliano offre dei soggiorni linguistici a partire da 1 settimana fino a 1anno! E può aiutarti a trovare l'alloggio aTaormina

Ma se sei curioso di fare - oltre ad un soggiornolinguistico - anche un'esperienza culturale, ti offriamo la possibilità diseguire a tua scelta:

· corsi di cucina
· corsi di ceramica, pittura, scultura e restauro dellegno
· corsi di letteratura
· corsi di storia
· corsi di storia dell'arte

Oppure preferisci qualcosa di più attivo, dinamico, sportivo? Allora puoi sceglierefra:

· eco-tours
· sport &avventura
· golf

Se invece hai bisogno di corso per scopi specifici e professionali, possiamooffrirti:
· corsiper business & executives
· corsi dicorrispondenza commerciale

Insieme ai corsi di italiano offriamo un programma di attivitàintegrative 

Vieni a fare un giro virtuale, con l'aiuto di alcuni mini-video, all'interno della nostra scuola diitaliano e a vedere chi sono i nostri studenti e i nostri insegnanti 

Puoi anche leggere i commenti deglistudenti dei nostri corsi di italiano e sevuoi contattarli via e.mail per sentire le loro impressioni. Sul sito troveraianche unarassegna stampa di lettere ed articoli sulla nostra scuola in Sicilia

Ma oltre ai riconoscimenti di merito ottenuti nelcorso degli anni, il programma dei corsidi italiano è ufficialmente accreditato da:

MINISTERO DELLAPUBBLICA ISTRUZIONE

A.S.I.L.S. - Associazione delle Scuole di Italiano come Lingua Seconda -, l'unicascuola a sud di Napoli

I.A.L.C - International Association of Language Centres -, l'unica a sud di Roma

e la nostra scuola ha convenzioni con:

UNIVERSITA' PERSTRANIERI DI PERUGIA come Centro autorizzato per gliesami CELI - Certificato di lingua italiana. L'esame CELI è l'esame diriferimento della ALTE- Association of Language Testers in Europe - ed èconforme alle direttive sugli standard europei fissati dal Consiglio d'Europa.Gli esami si tengono in giugno e in novembre

UNIVERSITA'"Ca' Foscari" DI VENEZIA come Centro riconosciuto per il tirocinio per il Master ITALS perinsegnanti di italiano come lingua straniera

Se vuoi scarica i documenti ufficiali

Ma conosci già la nostra città e la nostra isola?

Taormina ha antichissime origini: nella sua Baia, nel735 a. C i colonizzatori greci approdarono e fondarono la prima colonia diquella che diventerà in seguito la Magna Grecia e, da loro in poi, tutti ipopoli che hanno dominato sul Mediterraneo hanno lasciato tracce del loropassaggio sul nostro territorio. Hai voglia di conoscere la città un po'meglio? Clicca su Taormina e guarda le foto se hai tempo fai unpasseggiata virtuale in città fra i suoi monumenti, la sua storia e le sue spiagge

Ma Taormina può essere la base di partenza per un viaggio in Sicilia allascoperta delle radici della cultura e delle tradizioni dell'Italia. Comescrisse Wolfgang Goethe nel 1786: " L'Italia senza la Sicilia non suscitanello spirito immagine alcuna: in questo paese si trova la chiave di ogni cosa". La Sicilia è stata al centro del mediterraneo e quindi di tutti gliinteressi europei per più di 2.000 anni, fino alla scoperta del Nuovo Mondo.

Già al tempo di Dante Alighieri si discuteva su qualedovesse diventare la lingua nazionale: quella dei letterati e dei poeti dellacorte di Federico II o quella della corte dei Medici. Poi arrivò la DivinaCommedia e mise d'accordo tutti.... Ma è in Sicilia che ha origine il teatronazionale, con le tragedie di Eschilo, Euripide, Aristofane. E' qui che ilgenio di Archimede precorse quello di Leonardo da Vinci. Ed è la cultura dellaMagna Grecia che alimentò prima la civiltà etrusca e poi quella latina, facendodi Roma la Caput Mundi. Vuoi conoscere di più sui miti di Sicilia?

Due sono i Premi Nobel siciliani per la letteratura:Pirandello e Quasimodo. ma tanti sono i nomi di primissimo piano degliscrittori siciliani nella letteratura italiana: Verga, Capuana, Rosso di SanSecondo e Tomasi di Lampedusa. Ed immenso il contributo alla letteraturaitaliana contemporanea di Sciascia, Bufalino, Consolo e Camilleri.

E così nella musica: dai cantastorie dei paladini diFrancia a Vincenzo Bellini. E nella pittura: da Antonello di Messina a RenatoGuttuso. E nella moda: da Mariella Ferrera e Dolce & Gabbana.

Senza poi dimenticare i tesori della eno-gastronomia:dalla pasta alla Norma alla caponatina, dai cannoli siciliani alla pasta reale,dal Marsala alla Malvasia.

Fai un giro diSicilia

I nostri corsi di italiano a Taormina possono esserel'inizio di un viaggio in Sicilia. Da Taormina è facile raggiungere Siracusa,l'Etna, le Isole Eolie, Catania, Piazza Armerina e Noto. E, viaggiando un po'più a lungo: Palermo, Selinunte, Segesta, Agrigento, Erice. Ma tanti e tantiancora sono i tesori di Sicilia.
Come arrivare aTaormina?

Se decidi di iscriverti le modalità sono molto facili:

leggi il nostro regolamento attentamente

compila il modulo d'iscrizione e mandalo on-line alla nostra scuola o via fax allo (+39) 094223441 ocon un posta ordinaria.

invia un acconto di 250 € (in questo modo accettando automaticamente il regolamento).

Noi saremo felici di darti presto il benvenuto nelnostro centro di lingua e cultura italiana per un' indimenticabile esperienzapersonale, culturale e didattica.

We hope this can be for you a start for a cultural exploration of Italy. We will be pleased to endow you with an instrument capable to improve your knowledge of our country: the italian language. Look at it as a key to open the many doors of our reality. We wish you good work and a very nice trip!

Koinè is a special kind of school. In fact it was set up in 1980 as an association of teachers, all coming from personal and professional experiences in the area of teaching Italian as a foreign language. Since these teachers were dissatisfied with their experiences, they decided to create a new structure which would differ from other private schools in the style of work and teaching methods.

Our courses lay emphasis on spoken language, not disregarding grammar rules, but considering language in its actual function, that is a means of communication between people. Therefore our lessons are focused on making students communicate in italian, helping them to achieve a better expression and comprehension. In this we have always been accurate and our method has been established over a 20 years activity of constant research and applied studies.
Our school gained official recognization by the Italian Ministry of Education last year and belongs to the Asils association of Italian schools for foreigners.

The program and didactic method were developed over a 10-year period of research and testing by the didactic group of the Koinè Centre. Through this work, the Center has developed teaching materials, books, and audiovisual tools and organized seminars and teacher orientation courses.
THE PROGRAM Our courses represent a communications program based on the realities of everyday life in Italy, and include the main aspects of social and cultural reality. We have established a program which, through the selection of specific reading materials, helps the student experience Italian society in an individual, personal way and not merely though the eyes of a tourist.
THE METHOD Our program follows a method which considers different didactic methods, but is based principally on activities requiring the use of creativity and induction. These kinds of activities are aimed at developing the confidence and autonomy of the student who is required to participate actively in classes. In this way, the students become the protagonists and the teacher becomes a discussion leader. According to the best scientific research, in order to be truly effective, teaching should involve not only the rational part of the memory but also the unconscious. The goal is to conquer concrete abilities. First, talking and speaking and then reading and writing, to avoid learning blocked by the inability to communicate effectively.

 
On the first day, students take a language test to determine their level and to enable us to create homogeneous classes. There are five levels divided into two cycles. Each level takes a month to complete. Therefore, it is possible to attend for a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 5 months to complete the entire cycle.

BASE LEVEL The attainment by passing three proficiency levels of the “threshold level B1”; that is, the level of communicative ability recognized by the Common European Framework for Languages as permitting participation in an Italian language environment.
ELEMENTARY LEVEL Allows means to handle most daily situations, to satisfy basic needs, and to understand relatively simple information.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Allows means to handle most daily situations, to express one's point of view, and to explain, describe, and recount in a sufficiently precise manner.
ADVANCED LEVEL This enables one to reach the threshold level, i.e., to obtain those linguistic instruments of communication necessary to move easily within Italy and in direct contact with Italians. The entire cycle places emphasis on the spoken language.
SPECIALIZATION LEVEL At two teaching levels: the rationalization through the systematic procedures of knowledge of the language, of correctness of expression of the richer aspects of the spoken and written language.

Upper Level 1: Morphology and syntax 1st part. Analysis and in-depth study of various tone levels in the spoken language.
Upper Level 2: Morphology and syntax, 2nd part. Analysis and in-depth study of the various tone levels in written language. Introduction to dialects.