General Courses

 

A door to Italy offers a wide range of Italian language courses, geared to the specific needs of our students.
Courses are gathered for groups or individuals.

Students come from all over the world, they are of different ages,  with different goals but joined by the passion for Italian language.  
Lessons are available all year round.




We offer:

  • General Italian language and Culture Courses
  • Italian language Courses for the Internationally recognized certification (CELI, CILS, PLIDA)
  • Long term Courses (Three months - Semester - Academic year)
  • Italian language Courses for professional use ( Italian for Interpreters, for business, for law, for healthcare,  for hoteliers and for the tourist industry etc...)
  • Specialized Courses (combining the study of the language to specific purposes such as cooking course, libretti for opera singers, photografy workshop, diving certificates)
  • Cultural Courses (combining the study of the language to specific cultural programmes: Italian Cinema, Italian songs and song writers, local culture of Genoa and the region)
 
Our Italian language courses can also be held in companies or at student's accommodation.
 
Courses start following an official calendar and are available all year round for all levels, from beginners to advanced, with the exception of courses for professional use and cultural courses, whose minimum level requested is low Intermediate (B1)
 
All these courses can be held for individual students or in small groups of minimum 3 students.
 
To deep into each course please click the below list:
 

 


Standard Course

STANDARD COURSE

 

Lessons are held in small groups (minimum 3 students)
20 hours of lessons from Monday through Friday

The Standard course is the best way for students of all six ability levels, from the beginner to the advanced, to join grammar and conversation. 
Groups are heterogeneous, multilingual and small and this helps to ensure that the students are given personal attention and the opportunity for self expression. 
The teacher, using the communicative method, succeeds in fairly comparing with every student.  

 

STANDARD COURSE - Code: SG
20 group lessons (55 min. each) per week
1 week 220,00
2 weeks 360,00
3 weeks 485,00
4 weeks 590,00
Extra week 130,00

LONG TERM COURSES
20 group lessons(55 min. each) per week
  Three Month Semester Academic Year
All-in price 1500,00 2700,00 4800,00
Extra week 120,00 110,00 100,00

 
 

Intensive Course

INTENSIVE COURSES

 

Lessons are held in small groups (minimum 3 students) in the morning and are combined with individual lessons in the afternoon. Choice is among 4, 6, 8 or 10 hours of individual lessons per week.

The intensive course is best for all students who desire to learn as much as possible in a short period of time.
The intensive programs have always been successful because the individual lessons are very good at establishing and fixing new aspects of the language.

During private lessons teachers pay attention to student's particular difficulties that can be faced during the study of the Italian language and it will be followed a tailor made program.

 

INTENSIVE COURSES
20 group lessons (55 min each) + individual lessons (60 min each)
  Code: Int4 Code: Int6 Code: Int8 Code: Int10
1 week 335,00 395,00 450,00 510,00
2 weeks 590,00 705,00 825,00 940,00
3 weeks 835,00 1005,00 1180,00 1355.00
4 weeks 1055,00 1285,00 1515,00 1750,00
Extra week 245,00 305,00 360,00 420,00

 

 
 

Individual or Duo Course

INDIVIDUAL OR DUO COURSE

 


Lessons are 'one-to-one' or in very small groups of two students with similar language ability. The program can be completely personalized.

The program is constructed around the students' knowledge and needs.
Considering the extreme flexibility of the schedule and attendance, it is particularly suitable for busy people. The individual course or duo course are also suitable for those people who attend a standard course, but having little time to stay in Italy, they desire to use the individual hours to dive as deep into the language as possible.

Individual and semi-individual classes can also focus on cultural programs or on business Italian. 

 

INDIVIDUAL COURSE
One to One Program
Code: IND
1 hour 35,00
10 hours 340,00
1 hour over 10 33,00
20 hours 640,00
1 hour over 20 30,00


DUO COURSE
Only 2 Students - Price per Person
Code: SIND
1 hour 25,00
10 hours 220,00
1 hour over 10 20,00
20 hours 360,00
1 hour over 20 16,00

 
 

Evening courses

EVENING COURSES

 

In fall and winter season extensive evening group courses are held for three levels' students : Beginners - Intermediate - Low Advanced.

Lessons are held at school on Mondays and Thursdays, from 18:30 to 20:00 for a total of 3 hours per week.

HINTS

  • Small classes from minimum 3 students
  • Mixed nationalities 
  • Evening schedule to let workers attend lessons

CALENDAR OF thE COURSES 

Tuesday 9th Oct. 2012 - Ending date : Tuesday 18th Dec. 2012

Tuesday 8th Jan. 2013 - Ending date : thursday 14th Mar. 2013

Tuesday 19th Mar. 2013 - Ending date : Tuesday 28th May 2013

PRICES

295,00 Euro - Each further 10 weeks session (after the first) 260,00 euro

Note: As group course, lost lessons are not recovered
 

Certification courses CELI, CIC, CILS, PLIDA

PREPARATION TO ITALIAN CERTIFICATION EXAMS

We propose specific courses, individual or in groups, which aim is to prepare the student to the exam through the study of the past papers.

Individual lessons are available all year round depending on student's needs and plans.

Group lessons are available every 2 weeks just before exam sessions.
Lessons are held in the afternoon so that the preparation course can be easily combined to the standard language course in the morning.



PREPARATION TO CELI - CIC - CILS - PLIDA
Group Course* Individual Course Code: PRIND
12 h/week group lessons 1 hour 35,00
Code PRG 10 hours 340,00
1 week --------- 1 h. over 10  33,00
2 weeks 410,00 20 hours 640,00
  1 h. over 20 30,0
*Note: Starting dates: two weeks before the exam
 

Sectorial languages

SECTORIAL LANGUAGES

These courses are designed for students who already have a good knowledge of Italian language and need to improve a specific language such as law, marketing, medicine, tourism, engineering, architecture or other specific languages.

The program is tailored upon students' needs. 





 

SECTORIAL LANGUAGES
Inividual Course (60 min. lessons) Minimum B1 level
1 lesson 40,00
10 lessons 390,00
1 lesson over 10 37,00
20 lessons 720,00
1 lessons over 20 34,00

 
 

Long term courses

 

LONG TERM COURSES:
THREE MONTH COURSE - SEMESTER COURSE - ROUND YEAR COURSE

Lessons are held in small groups of minimum 3 students.
20 hours of lessons from Monday through Friday.
The ideal minimum stay for a language course should be 12 weeks: during this period the student will have more confidence in the language skills throughout a complete full immersion in the Italian culture and way of life. With a long-term course students acquire the minimum level necessary to enter Italian University if they need and they can also take advantage of their Italian Long-Term course by taking an internationally recognized certification (CELI, CILS, PLIDA) while living in Italy.
 
 

LONG TERM COURSES
20 group lessons (55 min each)/ week general language and culture
  Three months Semester Academic Year
All-in price 1500,00 2700,00 4800,00
Extra week 120,00 110,00 100,00

 
 

50+ Program

50+ PROGRAM


This course is thought for over-fifties that desire to get deeper into italian language and discover Genoa and its surroundings.

It is a 2 weeks intensive program which includes Italian lessons and cultural and gastronomic actvities:

 

• 40 lessons in the morning, in small groups of different ages*

• welcome cocktail

• 1 guided tour in the historical centre in Genoa 

• 2 cultural seminar with discussion 

• 2 half day excursion in Genoa surroundings (Nervi, Portofino, Camogli)

• 1 full day trip to Cinque Terre or Portofino

• 1 wine tasting

• 1 dinner in typical genoese restaurant 

All of these activities are in italian language, accompanied by a one person from A Door to Italy's staff.
*course starting on Tuesday 2nd April 2013 is of 36 lessons in the morning instead of 40.

50 + SPECIAL PROGRAM
20 Group lessons per week+seminars+activities
2 weeks 645,00

 

Price includes:
Enrolment fee
Books and certificate of attendance
welcome kit with map and guide of the town
Internet point and free Wi-Fi at school
Student's card offering many discounts in shops and restaurants in town
Accommodation booking service


2013 Starting dates for 50+ Program:

Monday 4th March 2013
Tuesday 2nd April 2013**
** price of the course that starts on Tuesday 2nd April 2013: 595,00 euro
Monday 27th May 2013
Monday 16th Sept. 2013
Monday 14th Oct. 2013
 

Weekend Courses

WEEK END COURSES


The week end course is a very good opportunity to improve the language and the conversation in a very short time.
There are different possibilities to study from Friday afternoon or from Saturday until Sunday afternoon.
Lessons can take place at the school, at the student's accommodation or outdoor around the city centre, at the market, at the bars or maybe walking across the streets and the characteristic "vicoli" of Genoa as per your preference.



 

WEEK END COURSES
LONG WE - FRI/SUN SHORT WE - SAT-SUN
  STANDARD CRASH STANDARD CRASH
12 h 16 h* 8 h 12 h*
1 Person 450,00 650,00 300,00 500,00
2 People 600,00 880,00 400,00 680,00