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Italian language courses in Florence: Whether you have already joined a language school and are simply looking for a few hours of complementary private italian lessons, or whether you would like a full course, we think you will find our rates attractive and our tuition at least on par with that of the larger schools (in fact, we use the same books, material, and teaching methods as the large schools
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Courses: Although individual lessons can be entirely customised to the student's requirements, it may be useful to use a background structure to guide the lessons. We have put together some courses, which can be followed in their entirety, or simply used as guidelines to aid learning.
When taking individual tuition, learning is speeded up - so our courses are designed to consist of 50 hours of tuition each. Naturally you do not have to do full courses but could pick and mix if you wished.
Our teachers can also offer specialist lessons on request, e.g. Italian literature, Italian culture, Italian history, guided visits of Florence or museums.
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Course
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Hourly rate (60min!)
per person
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Individual Lesson
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€21
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Small Group (2 students)
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€14
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Small Group (3 students)
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€11
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Specialist Lessons
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€25
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Accompaniment to museum
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€25
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BEGINNER:
1. Understand simple conversations and the general meaning of short written texts
2. Ask simple questions and give brief descriptions of personal events, including hesitation or inversions in the sentence structure in the present and past tense.
3. Write short sentences and fill forms.
ELEMENTARY:
1. Have simple conversations, allowing for occasional hesitations.
2. Understand the language spoken by a native speaker on issues of general interest.
3. Ask question and report simple events.
4. Understand the general meaning of short written passages containing simplified syntactical structures.
5. Know the main verbs, pronouns, polite forms of address and the future tense.
INTERMEDIATE I:
1. Have conversations on issues of general interest and phone conversations allowing for occasional mistakes.
2. Read short newspaper articles and understand their general meaning.
3. Express doubts and wishes.
4. Write standard texts, such as letters or summaries which reveal a satisfactory knowledge of pronouns, the conditional and the imperative tenses.
5. Know simple idiomatic expressions.
INTERMEDIATE II:
1. Have fluent conversations on issues of general interest.
2. Understand standard texts fully and the general meaning of literary texts.
3. Write standard texts providing opinions and suggestions, thus showing a satisfactory knowledge of the conjunctive.
4. Know how to use several idiomatic expressions.
ADVANCED I:
1. Have a fluent conversation with a native speaker and follow a conversation among native speakers.
2. Fully understand any text, standard or literary. Understand the general meaning of specialist texts.
3. Speak using a wide vocabulary and appropriate terminology, in order to express a personal view of facts, wishes and opinions.
4. Write medium to long texts on any subject without mistakes, thus showing a good knowledge of tenses and forms.
ADVANCED II:
1. Understand native speakers having a conversation on specific subjects and be able to take part
2. Understand specialist texts, allowing for the occasional consultation of a dictionary.
3. Write texts of any length on any subject, thus showing a good mastery of subordinate sentences and different styles.
PROFICIENCY:
1. Report and comment on facts fluently and by making use of a wide and specific vocabulary.
2. Understand different accents of the Italian language and spot nuances and shades of intonation.
3. Understand specialist texts, capturing the details and slight differences.
4. Be able to take notes and react promptly or report on written and oral messages.
5. Write long essays thus showing a good awareness of written styles.
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