CENTRO STUDI ITALIANI, the Italian language school in Urbania

Ital.Cook Higher Institute of Gastronomy of Jesi and Centro Studi Italiani of Urbania (Pesaro e Urbino) organize

A Special Course of
Italian Culture and Language
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A Special Course of
Traditional Italian Cooking
for 30 international Students

(from October 31^st 2011 to September 9^th June 2012)

Requirements
The course is reserved for 30 Chinese students, adults, men or women, who have completed high school in their country. The enrollment requires knowledge of the Italian language at A2 Level (European framework). It is not necessary to have “Gao Kao”.

Course Structure
The course is in two parts:

1. Italian Culture and Language Course, from October 31^st 2011 to April 20^th 2012;
2. Traditional Italian Cookery Course, from April 30^th 2012 to June 11^st 2012.

Italian Culture and Language Course
The course lasts 6 months and takes place in Urbania at the Centro Studi Italiani (www.centrostuditaliani.org). It includes language, conversation and culture, for a total of 600 hours, aimed to reach B2 level of proficiency and costs € 2.190 (including teaching materials and other services: finding of suitable housing, pick up at Ancona Airport, help with bureaucratic aspects including registration for permit to stay in Italy. Students are housed in comfortable furnished apartments with fully equipped kitchen. The housing has to be paid in advance, € 53 per week for a double room, for a single room there is a 50% supplement. Utilities are not included in this price, and so electricity, water and gas costs will be charged extra, according to consumption, shared between all students living in the same apartment).
All students will receive a certificate of attendance. Students also have the opportunity to sit for an examination at Centro Studi Italiani di Urbania to get the CELI Diploma of the University for foreigners of Perugia, because Urbania is an examination centre for these certifications.

Cookery Course
The course takes place in Jesi at Italcook (Higher Institute of Gastronomy www.italcook.it). It is based on 4 hour lessons from Monday to Friday for 7 weeks. It aims to give professional training for the restaurant industry. Cost 2.980 Euro/person.
(It includes: room and board, in double or triple rooms with shared toilet, at Youth hostel Villa Borgognoni www.ostellojesi.it in Jesi. Price includes following services: internet connection and shared kitchen. For personalized lodging, estimates on request).
The school supplies teaching materials and working uniform. The course is based on the realization of Italian traditional cooking recipes bread-making, natural leavening, pizza, pasta, main courses, etc...
After every lesson students can taste all dishes they have prepared. The course also includes single-topic lessons with tastings of wine, extra virgin olive oil, cheese and cured meats.
At the end of the course all participants will receive a Diploma authorized by the Marche
region (*).

Course enrolment
To enrol students must to fill in both on-line forms, first the language and culture one and then the cookery one and make both payments: advanced payment for Language Course entrance fee of € 2.190 and a deposit of € 990 for the cookery course (the balance of € 1,990 has to be paid in Italy before March 4^th 2011).
Students will immediately receive a letter of acceptance for the course, together with two invoices for the payments they have made, plus the declaration of the house owner where they will be staying (all documentation necessary for obtaining their visa).
If, for any reason, a student is not granted a visa, the payments will be fully refunded, less bank charges.

FOR FURTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Master of Italian traditional Cookery
Students who have passed the course will have the opportunity to enrol for a Master of Italian Traditional Cookery Course the following year at the Italcook Institute of Gastronomy in order to become a Professional Chef. They will be given a special discount of 10%. Lessons are given by Professional chefs and teachers or restaurant owners belonging to the Slow Food circuit. Following this course there is also the possibility to do a 4 month internship. This is an excellent opportunity for students to improve their cooking and language skills, working side by side with the best Italian chefs.

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