Italian Courses in Italy - Otranto Language School Programs

Scuola Porta D'Oriente, Otranto, Lecce:
The school is situated in Otranto, one of the most beautiful seaside resorts in the South of Italy. Why study italian in Otranto?

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Here everything is on a human scale: the town, the school, the people; you will not find the mass foreign tourism there is in the big cities. Studying in a small town means that you can speak Italian everywhere and that you will not feel like a "stranger" because people are full of human warmth and special attention to the newcomers.

The most important point to understand about our Italian language school is the emphasis we place on personalised attention, which means that you are guaranteed a rewarding Italian-immersion experience in the classroom and through our comprehensive extra-curricular activities. Our school offers a friendly, personal and attentive approach to learn Italian. Our school was founded 7 years ago and was one of the first Italian language schools in Apulia region.

Italian for children; Business Italian; Legal Italian; Italian courses for medicine; Italian of art; Italian literature; Italian cinema; Cooking courses in Italian; Courses for teachers of Italian; Socrates/Comenius programs for foreign teachers; Italian for computer; Italian for theologians; C.I.L.S. Certificate; C.E.L.I. Certificate; Certificazione DITALS; Corsi DITALS (didattica dell'italiano).

The teaching staff consists of experienced, university-trained professionals with a solid experience in the teaching of Italian as a foreign language. Some teachers have worked abroad with students of very different nationalities and levels and have acquired a particular sensitivity to the specific demands of every participant.

The service of reception and didactic orientation offered by the tutors is based on the didactic principles of the "project work": upon their arrival the students will determine with the teachers the level of their linguistic knowledge. The teachers will help the students clarify their real purposes and they will plan together the stages of "the learning-project".

On a basis of a standard program, some grammatical and conversational subjects can be decided and planned together with the students. staffed with experienced teachers having a sincere desire to help you to learn in an atmosphere of relaxed, but attentive, individual support.

The coastline is dented with narrow strips of sandy shore, once bordered with sand hillocks covered by a glory of psammophyious (sand vegetation) plants. Lying at the feet of precipitous cliffs are enchanting little beaches that change shape according to the irregular and impulsive rhythm of the waves beaten back by the cliffs. These cliffs are often lofty and inaccessible, yet they teem with caves and gorges that form a jagged coastline.

Salento offers a varied coastline: narrow sandy shores give way to precipitous cliffs with marine caves and intimate and inviting coves.