Urbania is a charming medieval town situated in the Duchy of Urbino in the Marche Region. It grew out of the medieval town of "Casteldurante", where a tradition of ceramics developed during the Renaissance creating a town rich in arts and culture. This tradition continues today in art boutiques, and in the beautiful theatre that has just been restored in the town square. Urbania is surrounded by nature and embued with a friendly atmosphere. ScuolaItalia is situated in a beautiful 19th century palazzo in the historic town centre, and has a library, a reading room and a TV room.

The lodging possibilities include: family houses, apartments, and hotels.

The standard course of Italian includes 30 lessons (of 60 minutes each one) per week, in groups of a maximum of 10 students. The first day, the teacher evaluates the students to include them in one of the four levels (from beginner to advanced). Modern communicative methods of language-teaching are used, but also the traditional ones if they are appropriate. In all levels, the objective is that the student manages to speak. For that, lots of activities are made, including grammar, conversation, analysis and discussion of literary texts and newspaper articles, listening comprehension, work in group, lexical and phonetic development and projection of Italian films. The school is host for the preparation of exams suchas as the CILS of the University of Siena.

The ideal location of the school in the center of Italy allows to visit its famous cities. But also there it is possible to work in this city with Italian artists and prepare with the own hands prescriptions of the local cuisine traditions. The interested ones in the sport can take advantage of the local swimming pool, its tennis and “boccie” courts and the gymnasium. The city also has music rooms and multimedia centers and the Bramante Theater.

Scuola Italia
Via Garibaldi, 11
Urbania (Pesaro-Urbino)
Tel.: +39 722 317982
Fax: +39 722 311280
Email: info@Scuola-Italia.com
Web: www.scuola-italia.com