Description
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.
Lodging
The lodging possibilities include: family houses, apartments,
and hotels.
Academics
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.
Activities
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.
