12 Italian General Courses for adults in Bologna

Includes cultural activities in the afternoons.

This is an ideal way to enjoy learning and have full benefit from practising your skills and interacting with other students. Your teacher will give you clear guidance and many opportunities to communicate effectively in Italian through a range of activities. They will work with you as a group, in pairs and individually, making your classes even more varied. Because of the small size of the groups, teachers can give personal care and attention to each student. This allows you to gain maximum benefit from the time available through intensive exposure to all aspects of the Italian language.

Each Koinè school also offers a varied program of social and cultural activities in the afternoon, including effective insights into the Italian way of life.

To all those students who can spend several months in Italy and give solid foundation to their language skills while improving the knowledge of the Italian culture, the school offers a 3, 6, 9 or 12 months program in the frame of the Italian Language and Culture Course.

The Intensive Course consists of 25 lessons of 45 minutes per week in a group (23 lessons in the classroom plus 2 lessons for the test and curricular exercises). The courses are convenient in cost-benefit. Practical communication courses enable students to reach a solid grasp of the language in a short time. You learn to use the Italian language, how to speak and understand, as well as to read and write.

The first part of the Italian lesson is devoted to the language structure, the use of grammar and vocabulary. The second part of the lesson is dedicated to Italian language expression and communication. This second part of the lesson is most effective when done in Italy where the total immersion creates the necessity to understand and to be understood in Italian. Learning just grammar and vocabulary can be done without ever coming to Italy.

Class schedule Intensive Italian language courses are held in the morning from 9:00 to 12:20, or from 10:50 to 14:10, or in the afternoon from 12:40 to 15:50, all with 20-minute coffee breaks.

One afternoon conversation lesson is provided once a week for all levels. Language classes are usually in the morning, in order to help the students’ concentration. Lower level classes are in the morning, intermediate and higher classes are in the late morning or afternoon. Less concentration, but more sleep in the morning!

After the lessons After classes there is a programme of visits, walks, meetings, aperitivos and events all around the city enabling students to meet and chat with Italian people outside of school.

20 general Italian lessons + 3 additional lessons (2 afternoons Tuesday and Thursday): 1.5 lesson of grammar workshop + 1.5 lesson of conversation or phonetics per week.
The grammar workshop is a complementary lesson where students focus on specific grammar topics, especially designed for and divided by indicated levels. With this extra class, students have the opportunity to revise and clarify the grammar they have worked with throughout the previous week. One thematic per workshop!

The phonetics & pronunciation workshop is a complementary lesson essential when learning a foreign language. Teachers often use the school's soundproof laboratory of dubbing and recording. Students get recorded so they can hear their voice and pronunciation in order to correct their mistakes and imperfections.

The conversation workshop is a complementary lesson where students practice their communicative skills through everyday life topics.

This course prepares for academic life at an Italian-speaking university. The special university preparation course combines Italian language and academic study skills and will give foreign students a good chance of success in the selection process. The preparatory course is designed for admission into the following faculties:

• Medicine
• Veterinary
• Science
• Pharmacy
• Engineering
• Biology
• Chemistry

This course is 20 group lessons and 10 hours in a mini group.
Less than 2 students with the same level: the school guarantees 5 one-to-one afternoon classes per week.
The 10 hours of mini group may run from 16:00 to 18:00 in some cases (e.g. high season).
This course is available all year round and is ideal for participants who only have 2 or 3 weeks. Here students have many chances to improve the language faster and also get the opportunity to:

• Ask all the questions about their doubts
• Put in practice everything they have learnt in the morning
• Consolidate the learning immediately
• Study more Italian though different topics and enrich their vocabulary.

20 lessons General Italian + 5 hours of private lessons.
This course is designed for those students who are already "experts" in the field of law in their own language and who are interested in the language of law in Italian for professional reasons or for study.

Since the law field is extremely broad and cannot be covered in a thorough manner in the few available lessons, students may begin the course by planning with the instructor a programme with a narrower focus on the basis of their needs.

The program focuses on different areas of law, aiming at providing students with the basic vocabulary and professional expressions that are most often used. Since it is held that a dry presentation of vocabulary on the subject matter would be of little practical use, each of the fields will be covered through the analysis of "texts". After identifying the basic technical vocabulary and expressions, the student is helped to assimilate them through targeted exercises and discussions.

Study with your teacher at their family home in Bologna, where you will improve your Italian language skills with 15 hours of lessons every week. Living with your teacher not only gives you access to easy and continual correspondence with your tutor, but you will learn about Italian culture much more quickly by being able to consult a local homestay family about anything you’re unsure about.

One of the first things locals will tell you about Bologna is that it’s much less touristy than many other Italian cities, which will give you the space to explore the city without stress or waiting in a lot of queues. Thanks to the large student population in Bologna, you’ll find a wide range of bars, clubs and other options for evening socialising during your stay. Whatever your interests are, your host family will be able to point you in the right direction.

HLI has positioned Local Organisers in Bologna for the purpose of resolving students’ issues during their studies on the home tuition programme, so you can always depend on support if you need it for any reason.

The original and most popular programme for adults. The programme completely immerses you in the target language and culture. You enjoy full board accommodation, private language lessons, and free time outside lessons and mealtimes to explore on your own or share the daily life of your host family. Your host family will show you around the area, local shops, public transport, and help you organise excursions and activities during your stay. Learn your target language fast with an intensive language programme. Choose from 15, 20, 25, or 30 hours of one-to-one language lessons with your host teacher per week. • Full board accommodation in your teacher’s home • 15 to 30 hours private language lessons per week • Recommended age 18+

The original and most popular programme for adults. The programme completely immerses you in the target language and culture. You enjoy full board accommodation, private language lessons, and free time outside lessons and mealtimes to explore on your own or share the daily life of your host family. Your host family will show you around the area, local shops, public transport, and help you organise excursions and activities during your stay. Learn your target language fast with an intensive language programme. Choose from 15, 20, 25, or 30 hours of one-to-one language lessons with your host teacher per week. • Full board accommodation in your teacher’s home • 15 to 30 hours private language lessons per week • Recommended age 18+

The original and most popular programme for adults. The programme completely immerses you in the target language and culture. You enjoy full board accommodation, private language lessons, and free time outside lessons and mealtimes to explore on your own or share the daily life of your host family. Your host family will show you around the area, local shops, public transport, and help you organise excursions and activities during your stay. Learn your target language fast with an intensive language programme. Choose from 15, 20, 25, or 30 hours of one-to-one language lessons with your host teacher per week. • Full board accommodation in your teacher’s home • 15 to 30 hours private language lessons per week • Recommended age 18+

The original and most popular programme for adults. The programme completely immerses you in the target language and culture. You enjoy full board accommodation, private language lessons, and free time outside lessons and mealtimes to explore on your own or share the daily life of your host family. Your host family will show you around the area, local shops, public transport, and help you organise excursions and activities during your stay. Learn your target language fast with an intensive language programme. Choose from 15, 20, 25, or 30 hours of one-to-one language lessons with your host teacher per week. • Full board accommodation in your teacher’s home • 15 to 30 hours private language lessons per week • Recommended age 18+