Language course Italian in Trieste

Piccola Università Italiana

Our Italian partnerschool in Trieste, Piccola Università Italiana, is situated in a beautiful 18th century Venetian style building. The boutique school is located in the historical city centre of Trieste, close to the sea. The school is a warm and welcoming place where the interaction between people from all over the world encourages linguistic and cultural exchange. The small school setting and personal atmosphere offers the ideal environment to learn Italian.

The school offers 6 classrooms, a reception, library, cinema room and coffee area. There's airconditioning and WIFI in the whole school building.

Key features of our Italian partnerschool in Trieste

  • 20 years of experience
  • Boutique school
  • Small class sizes, from 3 to 8 students
  • Many different language levels
  • Flexible course schedule, starting every Monday
  • Qualified by IALC and EDUITALIA
  • Social and cultural activities

Social programme

The school in Trieste offers you many activities to immerse in Italian culture and Italian lifestyle. Examples of activities are: guided city tours, visiting museums, castle tours, Italian movie nights, seminars on Italian culture and history and excursions to interesting points of view in the area and other cities / villages.

Intensive

The intensive course offers 20 Italian group lessons per week, in small groups with a maximum of 8 students. Lessons take place from Monday through Friday, 4 lessons per week. All important aspects of the Italian language will be offered during this course and the main subjects are grammar and conversation. The course has a communicate approach.

Minimum age is 16 years.

One-to-One

This course is completely adjusted to the student's linguistic skills and his or her personal and/or professional needs. This course is mainly recommended for students with only a short amount of time available. The course consists of 20 lessons per week.

Minimum age is 16 years.

Combined

The combined course is a combination of the intensive course (20 group lessons per week) and 6 individual lessons per week. During the intensive course all aspects of the Italian language will be taught. During the individual lessons, you can focus on specific subjects. 

Minimum age is 16 years.

Semi-intensive

The semi-intensive course offers 10 conversation lessons per week. There will be 2 lessons per day, Monday through Friday. There is not much attention for grammar and students are expected to speak Italian from the start, that's why this course is not suitable for absolute beginners.

Minimum age is 16 years.

Italian & Cooking

Italian and cooking is a combination of the intensive course of 20 Italian lessons per week + 3 cooking lessons per week. Each cooking lesson has a duration of approximately 3,5 hours. The cooking lessons take place in the evenings, 3 evenings per week. You will learn to make a typical Italian menu by an Italian chef, followed by a dinner.

Minimum age is 16 years.

Italian & Painting

This course consists of the intensive course of 20 group lessons Italian per week and a painting course of 5 lessons per week. The painting lessons have a duration of approximately 2 hours, so in total you will have 10 hours of painting lessons per week. The painting lessons take place at the Fine Arts School of Trieste. You can choose between different techniques, such as water painting or oil painting.

Minimum age is 16 years.