Italy summer programs (high school)

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Our Italy summer program is located at Florence, one of the most beautiful city in Europe and is the center of Italian Renaissance. This program provides a safe and healthy environment for students to learn the language and experience the culture. It features an intensive 20 lessons per week language study, different activities each and a stay with a local host family.
Dates and fees:
July 2, 2016-July 23, 2016 (3 weeks)
Program fee: 2995 USD
Application deadline: April 30, 2016

Classes:
Italian language lessons are 4 lessons a day from Monday to Friday. The instruction covers all four areas of the language, speaking, listening, writing and reading. The teachers are all native speakers who conduct the classes in a professional and interactive ways. Depends on your level, your language classes will be either in the morning or afternoon.

Activities:

The activities focuses on develop the students’ knowledge and interest in the Italian culture and daily life style. A wide variety of activities are covered from sports to tourist attractions, especially in the weekends on Saturday and Sundays.

Schedule:

Below is a sample weekly schedule.

Day Morning Afternoon Evening
Monday Language Classes Discovering Florence
Tuesday Treasure hunt
Wednesday Trip to Fiesole
Thursday Free Film at school
Friday Swimming
Friday Trip to a Tuscan city
Friday At a local beach

 

Homestay
One of the features about this program is homestay, which lets students to stay with a local family to experience the Italian culture and local life. All of our host families are carefully selected and we have worked with them for many years. The host families have to meet certain standard including provide a safe and comfortable living to the students. Usually two students are placed in one bedroom in one family. If a student wants to stay in a single room, it can possibly be arranged with a surcharge.

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