For more than two decades Il Centro offers Italian language courses in Milan
Back in the 1980Â’s Enrica Cavo and Luisa Turolla started giving lessons in Italian as a second language, and quickly understood they had a passionate interest in teaching. They soon realized that even in a international city like Milan, there was no school that dealt exclusively with teaching Italian to foreigners.
More than a school was needed – the two young women envisioned a linguistic and cultural center with a human side and a welcoming familiar atmosphere. They wanted to experiment with new methods, produce learning tools and provide teacher training in the field of Italian as a second language.
(firmenpresse) - So in 1986 they decided to open the Centro di Lingua e Cultura Italiana per Stranieri, which quickly became known as Il Centro. The school’s first home was near Milan’s Public Gardens – just two classes and an office.
Gradually, thanks mostly to students spreading the word, Il Centro has grown both in terms of space and in terms of the range of courses it offers. Its current address is in an aristocratic historical building in Via Brera, 11. There, for the past decade, Il Centro has retained its warm ambience while becoming a point of reference for people who want to study Italian and for those who want to teach it.
Il Centro is certified by the Ministry of Public Education and therefore meets all health and safety standards required by the National Health Service (ASL). In 2004 Il Centro was awarded ISO 9001:2000 Quality Mark which guarantees the quality of a teaching process developed in the course of over 20 years.
Il Centro is a member of the Association of Italian Language Schools (ASILS)
Il Centro organizes Italian language courses with a range of schedules and durations. Students can choose among groups that meet 5, 3 or 2 times a week, for either 2 or 4 hours per day.
Students with time constraints related to work or other commitments can also opt for individual lessons that can be scheduled to suit their needs.
Group courses have a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 10 students per class, and course content is closely aligned with the studentsÂ’ real needs.
At the elementary levels, for example, we emphasize oral Italian over writing and grammar. The forms and vocabulary needed to deal with common situations related to shopping, public transport, bureaucracy and such are introduced.
When selecting teaching methods, we favor those that permit a modular approach to the communication needs of individual students, including differentiation of the materials employed. We try to utilize cultural differences to the advantage of all participants through the exchange of information and experiences that can be used in group activities.
Learning materials include not only the most recent Italian language textbooks, but also worksheets developed by Il CentroÂ’s staff. These use passages from authentic Italian, both spoken and written, as well as games, video-based activities and grammatical summaries extracted from real-life experience and indicative of the differences between Italian and other languages.
Outside classroom hours, students may also work on their Italian during cultural-linguistic activities organized in the afternoon or do individual work in the self-study lab.
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The Italian language school Il Centro is situated in the historic centre of Milan and staffed by highly qualified mother-tongue instructors. Lessons are conducted using the direct communicative method and utilizing materials developed by the school staff.
Il Centro
Centro di lingua e cultura italiana per stranieri
Via Brera 11
20121 Milano (MI)
Italy
Tel.: ++39-02-8690554
Fax: ++39-02-8690754
http://www.ilcentro.net
ilcentro(at)ilcentro.net
Datum: 11.05.2009 - 07:18 Uhr
Sprache: Deutsch
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Contact person: Patrizia Rubini
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Milan, Italy
Phone: ++39-02-8690554
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