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Italian Courses in Maremma, Italy

Manciano - Maremma was once a fairly important market town for the area of the Albegna and Fiora valleys, with a stronghold already recorded in the 12th century. The most important site in the commune is Saturnia, an old Etruscan town with medieval walls, remains of a Roman road, and best known for its thermal springs dating to the Roman period and still in use today.

The coast, which has developed for about twenty kilometres, is a succession of sandy shores which stretch from the Ombrone mouth to Cala di Forno, where the Uccellina mountains create cliffs which continue up to Talamone promontory. As for the covering of the soil and the vegetation, the whole territory of the park includes completely different environments, such as fields used for pasture, the Mediterranean maquis, rocky areas, pine-woods, marshes and sandy dunes.

As for the climate, in the area of the Park it is possible to experience continental, Mediterranean and subdesertic situations which explain why there is such a variety of species of vegetation. In the sides facing the inland areas, in fact, there are many arboreal species which are typically continental ( caducous leaves) mixed to typically Mediterranean species ( ever-greens), while in the sides facing south there are plants typical of north Africa environments ( dwarf palm tree, arboreal Euphorbia).

Italian Courses in Maremma, Italy - Fees

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Our Italian Language School in Maremma, Italy

Our Italian language school in Maremma, Italy is located in the medieval part of Manciano in Maremma, in the same building where the local library is. Manciano is a idyllic and lively village with Etruscan origins. Its beauty hasn't been discovered yet by mass tourism. It is located on top of a hill overlooking a large plain that gets to the sea. Tourists in Maremma are usually Italians who love nature, rich Italians looking for beautiful landscapes for relaxing far form chaotic cities, or people who love art, ancient history and archaeology. There are also young people who love sports, horse riding and hiking or adults and older people visiting Saturnia spas, where water flows at 38° form a volcano crater.

The Italian school in Maremma, Italy was founded in 1986. The teachers here are qualified, very experienced, joyful, relaxed and helpful. All our teacher have many years experience teaching Italian courses in Italy It's a very good school and relationships tend to be very familiar. Students are divided in many levels, but classes are small. During certain times of the year there are only a few students, so it's also possible to find a class consisting in only one person. If there's only one student in the class, the lesson lasts one and a half hour, plus three or four hours of homework to be done everyday. The student works on his own, and then with a teacher in a very intensive way. Italian Courses in Manciano are for people who want to be in contact only with Italians, to have very personal relationships with teachers, who love nature and prefer to live in a quiet place. An Italian course in Manciano is a perfect study-holiday where you spend time only with Italians, with lessons, walks, meetings, cooking and wine.

Our Italian Courses in Maremma, Italy

Italian Language Courses in Maremma, Italy begin on Monday with the classification test for 10 different levels. They consist of 20 lesson-hours plus 10 hours of extracurricular programs per week. The first part of the lesson is focused on grammar structure and vocabulary, the second part on expression and communication. The lesson is each of 50 minutes. Besides the normal classes of 6-12 students the school also offers small group classes with 3-5 or 2 person and individual classes. At the end of the course the participant receives a certificate valid for professional goals.

The Active Learning Classes are held by professional teachers with lots of experience in teaching Italian language courses in Italy. Classes consist of learning the forms of the Italian language, its rules and its communicative use. Particular care will be given to the usage of the language, to expression, to a good comprehension and to the ability to use the language in particular situations. Because of the intensive character, our courses require much cooperation from the participants. About 2 hours' homework per day is expected of each student. You can take the homework at home or at our Italian language school with a tutor. In case of didactic differences within a single class, the school suggests to divide the class into smaller groups and reduce the class-time as follows: 4-5 people: three lesson-hours; 2-3 people: two and a half lesson-hours; 1 person: one and a quarter lesson-hour. The work within small groups is more pleasant and even more effective than that in classes of 6-12 people. As such, they will achieve the same results.

Standard Group Course

20 hours per week 6-12 students per class

10 hours per week of extracurricular activities

2 hours per day of homework at home or at school with a tutor

Small Group Course

Same as intensive but only 3-5 participants per class

If there are no other participants at the same level, the student is free to choose either:

A. The intensive course 6-12 people of four hours a day, 20 hours a week, plus an additional individual hour each day, i.e. five hours of additional one-to-one instruction per week without any extra charge

B. The intensive course 6-12 person course of four hours a day, 20 hours a week, with the same price of the intensive course 6-12 people)

Certificate and University Diploma

At the end of the Italian language course the School confers a certificate of participation indicating the level attended. Our Italian language school in Bologna is also a recognized Centre for the preparation for Siena University 's Certificate

Specially Designed Courses

Our school in Bologna also offers the following specially designed courses. Please contact us for further details.

• Italian for Business, Marketing and Industry
• Italian for Matriculation to Italian Universities
• Italian for cooking and wine tasting
• Italian for Tourism Industry
• Italian for Art History
• Italian Literature
• Italian for Architecture
• Italian for Medicine
• Translation
• Italian Language Teaching

Program of Extracurricular Activities

The selection of the program's activities is adapted according to the students' interests and follows four general topics:

• The town
• Art, history and music
• Environment
• Current events
• Italian cooking and wine tasting

The aim of the various activities is to facilitate and encourage contacts between the participants in the course and their Italian environment, and to provide a general understanding of contemporary Italy.

Manciano-Maremma is an ideal place to learn Italian in Italy. It is easy to make contact with the people in this city, in which most Italians would prefer to live because of their respect of the quality of social relations.

Examples: a walk to discover the hidden beauty of the town, painting from the 14th century to the present day, the modern architecture, contemporary art, Etruscan town, restoration of old paintings, restoration of musical instruments, trip to medieval castle and villages, Italian opera, tenors in the 19th century, popular song, medieval music, music of the 16th, 17th and 18th century, environment, the transformation of Roman rural organization, wine producers, landscape of the plane, of the hills and of mountains, typical local wine bars, readings, film performances, events of various types, aperitifs followed by a meal and many other occasions to practice the language, meeting with members of the various political parties, as well as representatives of different professions.

A special reservation service, run by the School free of charge, finds and books rooms for the duration of the courses, i.e. from the Sunday of the arrival to the Saturday of the departure.

Please note: All prices are quoted in Euros. For the equivalent in your currency, please visit www.xe.com/ucc.