Combined Italian Group and Individual Lessons in Taormina

Group courses run from 5 Feb to 20 Dec. It includes 4 group lessons a day (45 minutes each) focussing on language analysis and the communicative activities, plus 1 hour of one-to-one (55 minutes) a day especially devoted to the student's learning needs. The first session (09:30 – 11:00) is the “Global Approach” session. In this session, the students work on all 4 language abilities (listening, speaking, reading, writing) and the aim of all activities is to improve the general understanding of an oral or written text and to improve the communication skills. In this session there is no focus on grammar and all activities are “free” activities (meaning that there is no active correction by teachers) The second session (11:30 – 13:00) is the “Analytical Approach” session. In this session, the students also work on all 4 language abilities (listening, speaking, reading, writing) but the aim of all activities is to understand how this language works. In this session there is a focus on grammar and all activities are “controlled” activities (meaning that there our teachers will highlight mistakes and work on self-correction as much as possible). The "combo course" is composed of the “intensive course"(both sessions as described above) plus one extra private lesson a day, from Monday to Friday.