Combined Courses
Combined courses allow the student to have a standard course combined with additional classes in the afternoon. It is possible to have a combination with private lessons, business Italian, literature, architecture, arts or with more practical activities such as tango or skiing.
L'Italiano Porticando offers the following combined courses
A) Standard + Individual
B) Standard + Literature
C) Standard + Architecture
D) Standard + History of Art
E) Standard + Tango
F) Standard + Business Italian
G) Standard + Skiing
The standard courses is combined with 1 private lesson per day. The additional private lessons help the student to work on his own personal problems with the Italian language revising grammar or having conversation.
In the literature course students will get to know Italian and Piedmontese authors. They will read and analyze together with the teacher some of their most important works.
Literature classes are group classes. If there aren’t enough people interested in the course the number of hours per week will be reduced from 3 to 2 leaving the price unchanged.
The architecture classes will give a survey of the most important Italian architectural styles and will analyze some of the most important works. Furthermore the course will give a lot of information on the history of Turin’s architecture, from Roman Turin to Baroque Turin, to Turin first Capital of Italy to contemporary Turin.
The architecture classes are group classes. If there aren’t enough people interested in the course the number of hours per meeting will be reduced from 3 to 2 leaving the price unchanged.
The History of Art course gives a survey of the most important Italian tendencies in art and analyzes some of the most significant works. The topics of the course will be chosen also according to the art events in Turin.
The History of Art classes are group classes. If there aren’t enough people interested in the course the number of hours per meeting will be reduced from 3 to 2 leaving the price unchanged.
In the last years Turin has become Italy’s capital of Argentine Tango. L’Italiano Porticando collaborates with one of Turin’s most important tango schools, with teachers who can boast more than ten years of experience in teaching Argentine Tango Techniques, Milonga and Vals.
The courses are held in the evenings during the week and in the afternoon during the week-end. Tango classes are held from middle of September to middle of December and from January to July. Classes are open to "experts" as well as to complete beginners.
F) Standard + Business Italian
This combined course is for those who work in Italy with Italian companies.
In this course the student will, for example, learn to speak about the organization and the different departments of a company and will learn to handle in Italian the relations with customers and suppliers, with banks and insurance companies.
Business Italian classes are private lessons. If there is more than one person interested in these classes there will be a discount on the prices.
To those who love winter sports, L’Italiano Porticando offers the possibility to combine a language course with skiing excursions to the nearby "olympic mountains". These courses can be booked in January, February and March. The prices include the language course, and one day (Saturday or Sunday) or week-end in a ski resort. Included are also an insurance, bus transport, ski pass, ski equipment rental, overnight stay (for week-end) and administration fee.
Prices can be subject to changes depending on the ski resort chosen. It is advisable to contact the school to confirm prices, dates and ski resort.
