Italian home-tuition in Viterbo
Live & learn at your teacher home
These
full-immersion programs offer a wonderful opportunity to improve your
knowledge of the Italian language in the comfort of a welcoming Italian
home. Choosing a home tuition course is probably the best way to
improve your Italian quickly, effectively and enjoyably. Not only will
you make noticeable progress in your language skills, but you'll
actively experience day to day Italian family life. The courses are
designed specifically for you according to your needs, age, level of
Italian and personal interests. You will find yourself totally immersed
in a typical Italian-speaking environment.
Participants will have a private bedroom, study room and bathroom. We
welcome single travelers and couples. In order to give participants the
highest quality and best experience we only host one person or couple
at a time. Given the high request and availability limited to one room,
we recommend early booking to avoid disappointment.
Author Mark Leslie was so taken by his experience that after he
enrolled in this full-immersion cooking and language program, he wrote
the book "Beyond the Pasta – Recipes, Language & Life with an
Italian Family".
What better way to explain what a typical day will be like than to take
the writing from the inside cover of the book: "His teachers were
beyond his wildest dreams- he learned to cook from the grandmother, or
Nonna, of the family, who prepared every meal in a bustling, busy
household, as women in her family had done for generations. Her
daughter, Alessandra, taught him the language with patience and
precision. Besides culinary secrets and prepositions, they opened their
lives to him, and made him a real part of their extensive family."
After his first experience with us, Mark Leslie has become a regular in
our courses every year.
The city of Viterbo
The beautiful Etruscan city of Viterbo lies in a convenient position not far from Rome, many important Etruscan centers and the sea. Viterbo is on the ancient Via Cassia, built in Roman times, in the heart of the Etruscan region called Tuscia, which despite its fame and beauty, remains largely unspoilt and untouched by mass tourism. Reminders of medieval times can be seen all over the city, especially in the ancient walls that surround the historical city center. Many interesting villas and gardens, dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, can be seen around Viterbo. The region’s nature is also very varied, from hills to seaside to countryside to small lakes. .
Programs
| Type of course | Code | hours of lesson / week + specialised seminars |
Individual fees/week | mini-group fees/week |
| General Italian | VG1 - Standard | 15 | 1.150.00 € | 890.00 € / person |
| VG2 - Intensive | 15 + 8 | 1.400.00 € | 1.050.00 € / person | |
| Italian for business, commerce & tourism |
VI | 15 + 8 | 1.400.00 € | 1.050.00 € / person |
| Speak culinary (language + gastronomy) |
VC | 15 + 15 | 1.545.00 € | 1.290.00 € / person |
Registration fee: € 70,00 will be added to the total fees. It covers full placement testing and didactic material.
Speak Culinary
- Every day, from Monday to Friday
- 3 hour workshop of traditional Italian cooking in the morning
- 3 hours of language, grammar and Italian culture in the afternoon
- 1 visit to the medieval centre of Viterbo accompanied by the teacher.
- Students who book the course for more than a week will go on other guided cultural visits, one for each week of stay.
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General Italian - Standard
- 3 hours of language, grammar and culture in the morning.
- One afternoon per week students will be accompanied by the teacher on a cultural visit. The other afternoons will be free, without planned activities.
Every day from Monday to Friday
- General Italian - Intensive
- 3 hours of language, grammar and culture in the morning.
- One afternoon per week students will be accompanied by the teacher on a cultural visit.
- Every Wednesday afternoon will be free, without planned activities.
- During the other afternoons the students can choose between one of the following 2-3 hour workshops, organized to suit various levels of competence in Italian. These workshops must be chosen when booking the course and followed for the entire week, with the possibility of changing workshops at the end of each week.
- Reading workshop – 2 hours – elementary, intermediate and advanced level
- Writing workshop – 2 hours - intermediate and advanced level
- Literature workshop – 2 hours - elementary, intermediate and advanced level
- Workshop on the fine points of grammar – 2 hours - elementary, intermediate and advanced level
- Cinema workshop – 2 hours - advanced level
- Italian culture and geography workshop – 2 hours - elementary, intermediate and advanced level
- Italian history workshop – 2 hours - advanced level
- Italian opera workshop – 2 hours - advanced level
- Workshop on authentic Italian popular music, (listening, reading and comprehension) – 2 hours - intermediate and advanced level
- Art History workshop – 2 hours - intermediate and advanced level
- Language of economics workshop – 2 hours - advanced level
Every day from Monday to Friday
- During the free time students may consider:
- Visits to places of historical and cultural interest around Viterbo and the surrounding countryside, accompanied by a professional tour guide (€ 60-80 for an afternoon tour).
- Gym is 100 metres from the house.
- Beauty salon with a solarium is 100 metres from the house.
- Wellness center with indoor spa and thermal baths (Terme dei Papi di Viterbo) click here for more info http://www.termedeipapi.it
- The teacher is always available to help students who wish to organize a weekend in Rome or in another cities of interest.
- Note:
- The student has a private apartment on the third floor with:
- Large bedroom with queen size bed
- Large bathroom
- TV
- Internet connection
- air conditioning
- Some gym equipment
- Sitting room with divan, desk