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ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES
Il Sillabo, school of Italian language and culture, has opened in Rome, at the RUFA its Italian language Courses for foreign students and also for foreigners not enrolled at our Academy. It will be offered to increasingly numerous foreign students who decide to have an artistic training in Italy, the opportunity to attend an Italian language Course. Another Course is focused to the acquisition of technical language for Art, and it is oriented towards those candidates who want to take the entrance exam for foreign students.
Italian
Language Courses
Length: 1, 2, 3, 4 weeks
Level: 6 possible levels (40, 60, 80 hours)
Number of participants: minimum 4 maximum 10 students
for each level
Assessment Test: yes, to
evaluate the level
Introductory course
to technical language for Art
Length: 20 hours –- 1 week
Prerequisite: Elementary level of Italian Language
(A2)
Number of participants: minimum 4 maximum 15
students
METHODS
Classes are held in Italian and the methods followed by our teachers
are based on communication, participation and student involvement
in each phase of the lesson. Students are continuously asked to
use and practise their background linguistic knowledge and what
they have learnt in class in activities of various types, so that
they can assimilate and build on their linguistic skills in an
inductive way: the teacher acts as a non intrusive guide for the
student, the student is the central protagonist of the processes
of learning.
A significant part of our early lessons is dedicated to learning
vocabulary, expressions and phrases that are useful in the situations
that students will have to cope with from their very first days in
Italy. However, from the beginning we will also look at various grammatical
structures that we come across during the lessons.
Activities in class are mainly for pairs or small groups and include
role plays, acting out short scenes, board games, small projects,
conversation and writing tasks (ranging from formal grammar exercises
to creative writing).
Our Levels
Il Sillabo offers six levels of Italian language classes. The following
introduction is a general outline subject to adjustments due because
the actual content depends on student skills, aims and group collaboration.
A1 – Breakthrough (Beginners) – This level is for those who have no or little knowledge of Italian language. During the standard course (80 hrs intensive) students will learn the basic language for social use, such as in a bar, a restaurant, in a shop, at the railway station and for introductions. Lessons will be also aimed at teaching students some vocabulary related to food, leisure time, family, jobs, animals and grammar will include definite articles, singular/plural/masculine/feminine nouns, adjectives, prepositions, present tense, the progressive form “stare + gerund” and possessive adjectives.
A2 – Waystage (Elementary) – This level is for those who already know the contents of the Beginner level. During the standard course (80 hrs intensive) students will learn to ask and give directions, to talk about themselves, about their habits and their childhood, to tell a personal experience or a story in the past, to express preferences. The increasing of the vocabulary will be related to clothes, house, holidays, weather, towns. Grammar will include reflexive verbs, “passato prossimo”, indefinite article, more prepositions, an introductions to indefinite adjectives and pronouns, “imperfetto”, direct and indirect object pronouns. Present conditional of “volere” and “potere”.
B1 – Threshold
(Intermediate I) – This
level is for those who already know the contents of the previous
levels. During the standard
course (80 hrs intensive) students will learn the language useful
in talking comprehensively and in a more complex way about themselves
in formal or work contexts, they will learn to express their opinion
about current events, to invite, how to accept or refuse an invitation
to speak about past experiences or fairy tales, to talk about future,
to give advices, orders and make requests, to compare two people,
objects or places.
Lessons will be also aimed at increasing vocabulary about character
and personality, the horoscope, fairy tales, free time, human body,
Italian towns and regions. Grammar will include future, conditional,
combined pronouns, “ci”, “ne”, comparatives
and superlatives, some conjunctions and imperative.
B2 –Vantage (Intermediate II) – This level is for those who have a good knowledge and can use properly the contents of the previous levels. During the course (80 hrs intensive) students will learn to express and support their own opinions in difficult contexts, to understand and comment on texts from newspapers, magazines and novels, to comment stereotypes and different cultures, to attend a job interview, to write their own CV. Vocabulary treated during the lessons will be related to town and countryside, advertising, superstitions, stereotypes, recipes, the mobile phone, weddings and manners. Grammar will include subjunctive, the impersonal form, relative pronouns, the hypothetical period, “passato remoto” and an introduction to consecutio temporum.
C1 – Proficiency (Advanced I) – This level is for those who already have familiarity and a good or excellent knowledge of the contents of the previous levels. During the standard course (80 hrs intensive) students will deepen and strengthen their vocabulary, language and grammar by studying different authentic materials articles from newspapers or magazines, literary texts, audio and video materials) all selected by the teacher according to the students needs and capacity. Vocabulary will be related to politics, literature, current events, music, emigration and immigration, multi ethnicity in Italy, weddings and more. Grammar will include the indirect speech, the passive form, consecutio temporum and gerund and a continue deepening of the old grammar structures. Particular attention will be paid on writing in Italian and students will be asked to work both in class and at home writing essays, articles, formal and informal letters, summaries and compositions on given or free topics.
C2 – Mastery
(Advanced II) – This
level is for those who have successfully completed the previous levels
or who have a deep knowledge
of their contents.
Students can attend the standard course of 80 hrs intensive both
in groups or in one-to-one lessons.
Students will deepen and strengthen their vocabulary, language and
grammar by studying different authentic materials articles from newspapers
or magazines, literary texts, audio and video materials) all selected
by the teacher according to the students needs and capacity. Students
will learn idiomatic expressions, slang expressions and some business
Italian, the language of journalism, TV, advertising and cinema,
literary genres, language registers, an introductions to figures
of speech and creative writing. Particular attention will be paid
on writing in Italian and students will be asked to work both in
class and at home writing correctly and cohesively complex essays
and composition on different topics.
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3 weeks Course |
4 weeks Course |
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| Length | 40 hours
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60 hours
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80 hours
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| Foreign Students | € 365
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€ 510
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€ 600
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| Students already enrolled at RUFA |
€ 290
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€ 410
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€ 480
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| Introductory course to technical language for Art | ||
1 week Course |
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| Length | 20 hours
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| Foreign Students | € 255
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| Students already enrolled at RUFA | € 200
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