Group courses

This is a combination of grammar and conversation. Our classes are fun, and as interactive as possible. During grammar lessons new structures are presented, drilled and reinforced, with reading, doing exercises and writing compositions. Teachers bring in materials of their choice, to be used in addition to exercises and drills contained in the school textbook. During conversation sessions teachers put forward current topics with audiocassettes, written materials, group activities, vocabulary building, dialogues, commentaries, thus encouraging learners to take part in discussions and make their own contributions. Language workshop lessons are a combination of applied grammar and conversation. Role plays and class games are used to simulate daily situations, in which relevant vocabulary is constantly elicited, presented and drilled.

Italian with themed workshops and courses.

Italian and art history, culture, fashion, or artisan crafts (furniture restoration, painting restoration, goldsmith's and jeweller's art, leather goods manufacture )

They are organised together with the Association of Artisans of Florence and are available to beginners as well as to those students who are already familiar with artisan skills.

In the arts and crafts workshops students learn these ancient skills in a typical Florentine artisan shop (bottega). Courses comprise of Italian lessons focused on technical terminology as well as craftsmanship training. After a first theoretic approach, students start using tools and work objects manually with the precious advices of the artisan. Courses can have a duration of 1, 3 or 9 months. 

Each package of a complete course includes:

• conversation group lessons in the morning
• one-to-one lessons on the subject's history (16 hour lessons)
• one-to-one lessons on the subject's technical terminology (24 hour lessons)
• theory and training in the workshop
• insurance

Schedule and dates of workshop lessons are arranged between learners and staff. A maximum of 3 students can participate in each workshop lesson. At the end of the course students receive their certificate of attendance by the Association. 

One-to-one lessons

The school offers a choice of one-to-one tutorials on Italian language and on a number of topics and subjects, such as Architecture, Art history, Fashion, Business Italian, Italian Cooking and wines, Drawing, Painting, Literature, and so on. On request, the school also organizes lessons for couples. In both cases tutorials can be held any time from Monday to Saturday.
Students arrange schedule and contents of tutorials together with the school administrative and teaching staff.

Preparation for the C.I.L.S.-exam

The C.I.L.S. (Certificate of Italian as a Second Language) is the certificate of knowledge of the Italian language issued by the Università per Stranieri di Siena (University for Foreign Students of Siena). The C.I.L.S. is the most important Italian certificate and it is acknowledged by the Italian Ministry of Public Education, by all public bodies, by all international schools and by many national and international companies. The Istituto Il David prepares learners for the four levels of competence required to take the C.I.L.S.- examination.

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