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Welcome to the Centro Studi
Italiani, the first school of Italian
language and culture for
international students in the
Marche, founded by Carlo_
Amedeo_Pasotto in 1986. Since
then students from over 120
countries throughout the world have
attended the school.
Urbania is a charming town, rich in
art and history, friendly and safe,
where everyone speaks Italian and
it is easy to make friends with the
locals and practise the language;
an alternative to big towns that are
invaded by mass tourism.
Furthermore the territory, between
Tuscany and the Adriatic sea, is
one of the most beautiful and best
preserved in Italy: mountains, sea,
hills, and near to the famous art
cities of Central Italy.
Our courses in Italian language and
culture are unique in their kind. Our
standard intensive course is 25
hours per week (and not 20, which
is normally considered intensive),
with a rich and varied programme
including conversation and
cultural subjects (included in
course fees). We also offer a varied
programme of special courses,
including arts and handicrafts and
traditional Italian cooking.

General Italian language and culture courses


The class groups are formed based upon the results of the entrance test and upon the total number of students. In all the courses - taking into consideration the characteristics of each level - we aim for the same objective: to make the student capable of understanding, speaking, reading and writing the living language fluently; we obtain really special results also with the beginners.
In order to reach these objectives we guarantee each student a special individual attention (tutorial) throughout the whole week and especially on Saturday morning.

EXAMPLE OF WEEKLY TIMETABLE FOR INTERMEDIATE (1° e 2°): 14 hours language and conversation, 11 hours culture. Can always be adapted to suit specific requirement

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MORNING
AFTERNOON
EVENING
MON.: language & conversation
(3 hours)		 arts & handicrafts
(3 hours), optional		 cultural evening
TUES.: language & conversation
(3 hours)		 conversation and/or culture
(4 hours)		 .
WED.: language or culture (3 hours) afternoon excursion (optional) .
THUR.: language & conversation
(3 hours)		 conversation and/or culture
(4 hours)		 .
FRI.: language & conversation
(3 hours)		 arts & handicrafts
(3 hours), optional		 cultural evening
SAT.: special tutorial (2 hours) . .
SUN.: full day excursion (optional)

* Lesson hours:
morning: 8.50 - 10.50 (break) and 11.20 - 12.20;
Saturday tuition: 9.00 - 11.00;
afternoon conversation and culture: 14.30 - 16.30/18.30;
arts & handicrafts: 14.30 - 17.30;
Italian cookery course: ore 18.30 - 21.30.

We have studied a very varied and balanced weekly dose between language lessons, conversation and culture according to the needs of each level. All the courses have 25 hours of lessons weekly. The courses for beginners and pre-intermediates have 17 hours of language and conversation, plus 4 hours of supplementary conversation and 4 hours of culture; the courses for intermediates have 17 hours of language and conversation and 8 of culture; the courses for advanced have 14 hours of language and conversation and 11 of culture. The superior course for Italian teachers abroad has its own specific programme, very rich in cultural subjects: 11 hours of language and conversation and 14 hours of culture.
All the cultural subjects are included in the enrolment fees for the courses and they are divided in curriculum and optional subjects. The curriculum subjects (in the morning) are those which are designed to give basic cultural knowledge to all the class group, and they vary, naturally, from class to class; The optional subjects (in the afternoon) are designed to carefully look into individual interests and they can be attended by all who are interested. In order to include them in the programme there must be at least 10 interested students.

Curriculum subjects: Optional subjects  
  • Anthological literature of 20th century Italy and linguistic and stylistic observations;
  • Topics of recent Italian events;
  • Italian institutions;
  • The Italian State system;
  • The Italian educational system;
  • Evolution of Italian society;
  • Evolution of modern day Italy.
  • History of Italy;
  • History of the Duchy of Urbino;
  • History of Italian literature (general course);
  • Literature and commentary of Italian classics;
  • Twentieth-century Italian literature;
  • Lectura Dantis (supplementary course);
  • Italian philology;
  • History of Italian political parties;
  • History of the Italian language;
  • Italian philosophy of the 20th century;
  • History of Art (general course);
  • History of the Renaissance;
  • The Italian economy of today;
  • Italian economic geography;
  • Italian musical culture.
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Contacts: Via Boscarini, 1 61049 Urbania (PU) Italia - P.IVA 02040841005 - Tel. +39 0722 318950 - Fax +39 0722 317286 - E-mail urbania@centrostuditaliani.org