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Florence is known all over the world as the city of art, the capital of the Renaissance and one of the most important centers of literary and scientific culture. Florence is the capital city of Tuscany; it is located in the north-central part of Italy, between Rome and Milan. Florence, for many reasons, is the ideal place to learn Italian or to improve your knowledge of the language. It is the city where the Italian language was born and where it evolved. Studying Italian at...  |
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| The Istituto Il David is a school specialized in teaching the Italian language and culture to foreign learners. Our Italian language school, which owes its name to Michelangelo's famous sculpture, is open all year round. It is located in the historical center of Florence, 5 minutes walk from the central railway station and from the most important monuments like the Cathedral, Piazza della Signoria and Ponte Vecchio. The school was set up in 1983 and it is one of the first Italian language schools in Italy. |
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| Our Italian language school in Florence offers: Group courses: part-time (2 hours a day), standard (4 hours a day), intensive (6 hours a day). Combined courses: group lessons and one-to-one lessons. One-to-one lessons and lessons for couples. Preparation for the C.I.L.S.-exam. During grammar lessons at our Italian language school new structures are presented, drilled and reinforced with reading, doing exercises and writing... |
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Additional short courses of Italian Cooking, Business Italian, Italian Fashion, Art history enable foreign students to deepen various aspects of the Italian culture and to acquire a general knowledge of the subject they are interested in. These courses are held in the afternoons twice a week. Each lesson is made up of two hours. They can be one-to-one or group courses. On students' request it is possible to deepen or widen
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| The art and craft courses are made of practical lessons of various artistic and hand-crafted techniques. Art courses are: drawing, pencil and charcoal portrait, pottery, small sculptures in wax and in synthetic pastes, decoupage, Florentine marbled paper, wood decoration, glass cutting, glass decoration, tempera or oil painting, trompe l’oeil, fresco painting. Craft courses are: furniture restoration, painting restoration, jewellery, leatherworking... |
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The Italian Language School offers students a free accommodation search for any kind of request and for the duration of the stay in Florence. The different types of accommodation available are: single or double rooms in student apartments with use of kitchen or in a family home with use of kitchen, breakfast or half board (breakfast and dinner).
Private apartments (one or two rooms) or hotel rooms (1, 2, 3 or 4 stars) are also available. ...  |
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In addition to the Istituto Il David courses, available in Florence
throughout the year and for any duration, during the summer period
(May-October) it is possible to attend the courses for one or two weeks in Florence and one or two weeks in Orbetello. Orbetello is a small town by the sea situated in the south of Tuscany, in one of the most beautiful and untouched areas of Italy. In a short time, attending the courses in two different Italian language schools in Tuscany... |
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