Italian Courses in Italy - Learn Italian at Sorrento lingue

COURSE STRUCTURE
The semester academic program is designed to help students acquire fluency and sufficient communication skills to cope with everyday situations. All Italian courses in Italy at Sorrento Lingue are organized into 4-week sessions. There are 3 sessions in each semester, and semesters are offered in the fall, winter and spring for a period of 12 weeks each. In addition to the Italian courses, students may complement their language classes with 1 elective course taught in English - (archaeology or marine biology) or Italian (advanced only).The elective courses are taught for the duration of the 12-week semester. Therefore, students typically take 1 elective and 3 Italian language courses during their semester.

Students participate in class with other international students for a max. of 10 students per class. This enables the teacher and student to have more individual personalized attention.

ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES
Each Italian course consists of 20 hours of coursework per week for a total of 80 contact hours per 4-week session. Students are in Italian class in the morning for 4 hours per day (Monday through Friday). Students can receive up to 5 credits per each course. In order to ascertain a student’s actual level of proficiency in Italian, a placement exam is administered on the first day of class. Based on this exam, students are then assigned to one of six levels: Beginner (I & II), Intermediate (I & II), or Advanced (I & II). All levels work on a wide range of activities in order to develop reading comprehension, listening, writing and oral skills. The beginner levels focus on verbal communication and grammar while the intermediate and advanced levels work more in-depth on the writing process. Students are revaluated at the beginning of each 4-week session, thus enabling them to move up at their own pace throughout the semester.

ELECTIVES
Each elective course consists of 4 hours of coursework per week for a total of 48 contact hours per 12-week semester.

Courses are held twice a week in the afternoon or early evening. Students generally receive 3-4 for each elective course. Students of all language levels may take 1 English elective per semester. Italian electives are open to advanced students only.

Schedules are released one month in advance and final elective course offering is based on sufficient enrolment.

Courses (All levels)	Contact Hours	Credits
3 Italian Courses (5 credits each)	240	15
1 English or Italian Elective	48	3
Total	288	18

CREDITS
U.S. Academic students who enroll in an Italian language program and want to garner academic credits for their study abroad program, should have their Italian language courses reviewed for college and academic credits.

Since each university and/or college also has its own method for determining numbers of credits earned for courses taken, students should contact their institution for the needed information.

Our Academic Advisor will be happy to supply your institution with any and all necessary documents for garnering credit approval.

INTENSIVE MONTH/ SUMMER or INTER SESSIONS
The intensive sessions focus on language acquisition and help to develop the student’s grammatical and conversational skills. The intensive sessions range from 2 to 6 weeks in length and are offered all year around.

Students may enroll in one or more consecutive intensive sessions. Students enrol in 1 Italian language class for 80 contact hours and generally receive 5 credits for each session. Students are in class 4 hours per day in the morning (Monday through Friday).

ELECTIVE COURSES - IN ITALIAN OR ENGLISH (all levels)
Contact hours: 45; credits: 3 for each of them

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