11 Italian General Courses for adults in Verona

Studying Italian in Verona could be just what you need to take your language skills to the next level, and with HLI’s home tuition programme, you can do so while living in your teacher’s home. The 15 lessons you enjoy per week on this programme will be based on materials and topics that you personally want to learn, as the classes are exclusively for you.

Verona is a small city, so it’s easy to learn where your favourite places are - and even easier with the help of your host family who will show you around this charming location. You can look forward to a culture that appreciates good food and wine, as well as one that is very welcoming to internationals who are learning the Italian language. Outdoor activities are Verona’s strong suit, offering spectacular scenes for enjoying cycling, mountain hiking, and so on - not to mention the city’s proximity to Lake Garda.

Your daily meals are included as part of the experience. HLI encourages guests to contact their Local Organiser agent within Verona in order to resolve any issues that may arise during their studies.
With this programme, you will be completely immersed in the target language and culture. The private lessons will take place at the teacher’s home and are tailored to your needs and interests. The programme also includes accommodation in a private bedroom (Sunday to Sunday) and 3 meals per day with the teacher’s family.
You can customise your stay by booking additional lessons, activities, courses for specific purposes, private bathroom, accommodation of superior standard, airport transfer and close supervision for young students.
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+

With this programme, you will be completely immersed in the target language and culture. The private lessons will take place at the teacher’s home and are tailored to your needs and interests. The programme also includes accommodation in a private bedroom (Sunday to Sunday) and 3 meals per day with the teacher’s family.
You can customise your stay by booking additional lessons, activities, courses for specific purposes, private bathroom, accommodation of superior standard, airport transfer and close supervision for young students.
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+

With this programme, you will be completely immersed in the target language and culture. The private lessons will take place at the teacher’s home and are tailored to your needs and interests. The programme also includes accommodation in a private bedroom (Sunday to Sunday) and 3 meals per day with the teacher’s family.
You can customise your stay by booking additional lessons, activities, courses for specific purposes, private bathroom, accommodation of superior standard, airport transfer and close supervision for young students.
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+

This course includes language lessons and a guided tour in Verona with an art history professor.

Classes in all Standard Language Courses are held every morning from 9.00 to 12.40 Monday to Friday for 4 50 minute lessons and 20 minute break. All students should complete an on line entrance test to evaluate their competence and ascertain which course level is most appropriate for them. The school usually run 4 levels each month. Included in all Standard Language Courses are the Tuesday-afternoon guided tours of Verona where an Art History teacher accompanies students around different parts of the city, each week focusing on a different aspect of Verona's art, architecture and history.

In the afternoons LINGUA IT offers a range of extra-curricular Cultural Courses (art history, Italian Literature, Italian history), Guided Tours and Activities that, in conjunction with language classes, expose students to all facets of Italian life, language and culture.

The schools afternoon activity programme is:

• TUESDAY: guided tour of Verona with the art history teacher (included in the course price).
• WEDNESDAY: guided tour in the surroundings discovering local and regional products (wine, olive oil) and Italian landscape beauty (Garda Lake, Valpolicella).
• THURSDAY: cooking class in their kitchen.
• FRIDAY: aperitivi italiani in their kitchen.
• SATURDAY FULL DAY TOUR: guided tours with the art history teacher to the cities near Verona.
• ART HISTORY lessons on request to know more about Italian art and artists.
• AMARONE WINE TASTING in their kitchen on request.
• OPERA LESSONS in summer on request.

The first lesson every day is based on topics related to grammar, with the second half of the morning classes being focused on oral expression while discussing aspects of Italian culture - an important part of integrating into your new life in Verona. This is the ideal course for those learners who want to speak and participate in class, as Classe favours a methodology that keeps students engaged and active throughout the lesson.

You will benefit from the small class sizes (8 maximum), as this allows the teacher to give more of their attention to each individual student in the classroom.

The Intensive Standard Course consists of 20 Italian lessons of 55 minutes every week from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 13:00 with a break of 20 minutes at 10:50. With your first teacher you’ll concentrate on Italian grammar. In the second half of the morning your second teacher will concentrate on conversation about Italian culture. Teachers use modern teaching methods and they place high importance on communication and active participation of students.

The lessons are in small groups, divided by level, with a maximum number of 8 students (the average mumber is 4 or 5).

Students are of all ages and come from all over the world.

The levels of the courses correspond to the Common European framework of reference for languages.

Recommended for: The Intensive Standard Course is suitable for students of all levels and ages. It’s particularly useful for those who wish to make the most of their stay in Italy and learn Italian.

The Espresso Intensive Course includes 10 lessons of 55 minutes every week from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 10:50 or from 11:10 to 13:00.

You can choose to take part either in the first half of the Intensive Standard Course or in the second part. Depending on your time preference.

Recommended for: It’s recommended for students who want to learn Italian but have less time at their disposal and want to join a group course.

This course includes 20 hours of Italian language and conversation lessons per week and a 2 hour guided excursion.

The courses take place at different levels, each student can develop their language and grammar skills: the goal is to give students receptive skills such as comprehension, listening and reading, and productive skills, such as writing, speaking and interacting in Italian. The group courses take place in the morning. The INTENSIVE ITALIAN course is the course suitable for submitting the application for a STUDY VISA and Idea Verona helps students fill in the paperwork required to obtain a residence permit for study purposes.

It is the most effective way to make rapid progress: you live with your teacher who will give you private language lessons and correct you at all times. It completely immerses you in the language you are learning as you put into practice what you have learnt during your lessons through social interactions and meal times with your host.

The Home Tuition Programme includes: • 15 hours private language lessons per week • Accommodation in your teacher’s home • Meals and social interaction with your host

Choose the number of language lessons you require and personalise your Programme according to your needs, interests and preferences with a multitude of options and specialisations to choose from. Some things cannot be learnt by studying in the traditional way, fluency is achieved through living the language, using the target language constantly and in your everyday life. Culture, entertainment, leisure and current events are embedded in people’s language and these are as much part of the language learning process as the lessons.

The Italian standard course is the most popular group course attended by students. It’s the perfect choice for those who want to improve their communicative competence in the Italian language and enjoy lots of free time taking part in afternoon activities.

During this Italian language course the students expand their vocabulary while learning how to communicate fluently in Italian in everyday life. The objective of the Italian classes is not the study of a different grammatical topic every day, but the daily use of the Italian language in real communicative situations. Students are stimulated first to communicate and secondly to do it in a more accurate and efficient way.

The course is available for any language level identified by the CEFR.