Italian Language Classes in Northern Italy

Reggio Lingua, Reggio Emilia:
Reggio Lingua is a specialized language center in Reggio Emilia, north of Italy, teaching Italian language and culture to people of all ages and nationalities. We organize Italian courses for groups, individuals, and businesses (for managers, technicians and employees), as well as for high school and university groups, homestay programs in an instructor’s home, and courses in preparation for the CILS and CELI exams.

- Reggio Emilia is conveniently located for tourists. From here you can make day-trips to Parma, Modena, Bologna, Florence, Mantua, Ferrara, Padua, Ravenna, Venice, Verona, and Milan. Both the Mediterranean and Adriatic coasts can be easily reached as well as Lake Garda.
- Reggio Emilia is renowned for the hospitality and warmth of its people.
- In addition to our language courses, the centre also offers cooking courses, literature seminars and other courses for art lovers. It offers the possibility to meet new people, with organized evenings in local hot spots, afternoons making homemade pasta, trips to trade fairs, guided tours of the town, nature hikes, as well as visits to local wineries and cheese and balsamic vinegar producers.

Our method is based on a communicative-situational approach that aims to acquire communicative competence through the promotion of four basic skills simultaneously (the ability to listen, speak, read, and write in order to understand and be understood), as outlined by the Council of Europe in the Common European Framework of Reference. Classes are limited to 3-8 people, to allow for active participation by all students and to encourage a peaceful, relaxed atmosphere. The students will participate actively, creating a welcoming, informal and relaxed atmosphere. Our goal is to teach the living, up-to-date language and to spread Italian culture through role-playing and dramatization activities, discussions on current topics and films, analysis of literary texts and newspaper articles, and listening to songs.

Intensive Italian Homestay Programs; Group Italian Courses; Private Italian lessons; Preparatory Courses for the CILS and CELI exams; Specialized Business Courses; Italian cooking classes

Our school offers free assistance in finding accommodation. All types of accommodation, homestay, flat, youth hostel, except farmhouses, are located near the school and can be reached with public transport. Accommodation is reserved starting from the Sunday before the beginning of the course until the Saturday morning following the end of the course, unless students request a different time period.

The opportunity to get to know each other and to practice Italian in their free time.

Activities include:
- Lunches with the teachers
- Tours of Parmesan cheese and balsamic vinegar producers
- Showing of Italian films at the school
- End-of-course celebrations
- Excursions into the mountains and northern Italy’s cities (Bologna, Florence, Parma, Venice, etc.)
- Attending local celebrations and festivals
- Evenings at the theatre or cinema

Reggio Emilia is a very lively town that offers a wide range of cultural activities year round, from ballet to opera, jazz concerts to ethnic or classical music, and evenings at poetry readings or cabarets to those spent in little antique markets. Let’s not forget theatre performances, activities for children, festivals with typical folk dances, feasts celebrating historical events, fairs and various celebrations in and around the city. Reggio Emilia has something for everyone.

Reggio Emilia and its surrounding area offer a great variety of leisure time activities. Among the many cultural events, the most important ones are “Reggio Emilia e oltre”, jazz and ethnic music performances, the international festival of ballet and the “REC”, a festival of contemporary art (music, dance, drama, jazz, exhibitions and films).

There are also various small towns near Reggio Emilia of historic-artistic interest, such as Sabbioneta, Guastalla, Correggio, Scandiano, Novellara, as well as very interesting itineraries and visits to castles located in the land once owned by Matilde di Canossa.

Nature lovers can make fascinating excursions to both the Emilian Apennines and along the Po River. Those wishing to know more about Italian folklore can visit several fairs and markets selling local products.

For sportspersons, the province of Reggio Emilia offers mountain biking and road cycling routes, swimming, tennis, horseback riding, athletics, golf, climbing at Pietra di Bismantova, skiing in the Emilian Apennines, and canoeing on the Enza River.

On a day trip you can also reach towns such as Modena, Parma, Bologna, Ferrara, Mantua, Ravenna, Padua, Verona, Venice, Florence, seaside resorts (both on the Adriatic and Ligurian coasts) and tourist locations on Lake Garda.