Study Italian in Milan, Italy

Accademia Di Italiano, Milan:
Accademia di Italiano, the Italian language school in the city centre of Milan, northern Italy offers all you need to study the Italian language in Italy. AI provides you with much more than just a simple Italian language course. Founded in 2003 by Pinuccia Cipullo and Sergio Serra, AI is a private language school with the aim to teach Italian as a Foreign Language and has established itself as one of the most prestigious Italian Language Schools in the city today. We have a wide experience in language teaching, company training, translating and interpreting, and we offer our services for both companies and private individuals. Located in an elegant building Accademia di Italiano offers a variety of services, including accommodation, in-house free internet café, movie room, the interactive multimedia language laboratory and a very efficient help desk: all in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. We also offer courses in English, Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Japanese.

* Highly qualified expert Italian language courses teachers
Our mother tongue, continuously trained Italian language teachers will help you make rapid progress in the most efficient and enjoyable way.
* State of the art direct/communicative teaching method
All of our Italian language courses in Italy fit the Common European Framework, the Council of Europe guidelines applicable to Italian language learning.
* Competitive prices of our Italian courses in Italy
High quality offered at very affordable costs, including an Italian language budget course for students with very limited funds and comparatively inexpensive long term courses suitable for study visa application.
* Courses small group classes
Learn Italian in Italy easily and effectively: Italian language courses in small group classes made up of an average of 6 students to maximise efficiency and flexibility.
* School in very central location in Milan
The Italian language school right in the centre of the city, near the Castle and the Brera popular artists' area, 10 minutes walk from the Duomo and the shopping and business districts.
* Accommodation service in Milan for our courses students
Wide choice of carefully selected and constantly checked accommodation solutions.

The state of the art direct/communicative teaching method guarantees faster results compared to traditional approaches.

This method, based on the discovery that any foreign language is learned in the same way as the mother tongue is absorbed, involves necessarily the use of mother tongue teachers and of the Italian language right from the very beginning of the course.

Amongst the principal techniques and procedures employed in class are: communicative tasks, group work, and dramatisation. The accent is on activity rather than on passive receptivity.

Following the direct/communicative method adopted, which guarantees comparatively faster and more durable results, AI teachers make use of course books, but employ also other materials and exercises, within a set of teaching techniques (such as role-plays, dramatization, games, Q&A, class discussion, slide-shows, computer projections, film showings) that make language learning easier, more effective and more enjoyable.

* Full Immersion Italian
* General Italian
* Intensive Italian
* Part-time and Long-term Courses
* Italian for University Entrance
* Exam preparation CELI, CIC, CILS
* Professional Italian
* Corporate Training
* Italian for Banking
* Italian for Economics
* Italian for Marketing
* Italian for Hospitality
* Italian for Law
* Italian for Medicine
* Italian for Fashion and Design
* Italian for Cooking
* Group Courses
* Individual Tuition
* We also offer Courses in English, Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Japanese

The minimum age is 18

Accommodation:
All our accommodations are of high quality and close to our schools - often just a 15 minutes walk, or well connected by nearby bus/tramway/metro stations to reach the school in less than 30 minutes public transport.

We take great care in selecting accommodation. We visit it before we use it, and continue to visit regularly. We are in constant touch with our hosts, many of whom have been working with us for many years: we know them very well and they understand the needs of our students. We also carefully check student feedback to make sure that students who stay there are happy. You may choose from the following solutions:

- Host-family
- Shared flat
- Independent flat
- Apartment
- Hotel
- B&B

Milan is both a world business centre and an important cultural centre. The Brera National Art Gallery, the la Scala Opera House, the Sforzesco Castle, Leonardo's Last Supper and the Duomo, the impressive cathedral that towers over the heart of the city, make Milan one of Europe's culture capitals. Italy's financial district and stock exchange are within walking distance of the School. The two most famous streets for international fashion, via Montenapoleone and via della Spiga, are also close by. So is Brera, the artists' neighbourood with its sophisticated boutiques and cosy restaurants. Furthermore, the worldwide renown football clubs Inter Milan and A.C. Milan play their home matches at the San Siro stadium, within close distance of the School.

Evenings in Milan offer countless opportunities for cultural and leisure activities: happy hours in friendly bars, followed by visits to auditoriums, theatres, trendy clubs, discos and concert halls regularly hosting symphony and rock concerts, operas and contemporary music events by internationally renowned artists.

Or, if you are a movie fan, you can choose from club filmmaker offerings and multiplex movies, often showing films in the original version. Every year a selection of titles from top international film festivals like Venice, Cannes and Locarno is presented to the public