Summer School
Summer School – intensive italian courses
Palermo: a town where you can travel, a town where you can study
At the center of the Mediterranean Sea there is an island that has been the meeting point for people, languages and cultures for three thousand years. That island is Sicily.
In Sicily there is a town, Palermo, that, more than any other, has witnessed a long history.
Palermo is the ideal place where you can study and also enjoy your summer thanks to its climate, its geographical position, its history, its artistic and natural treasures and its food.
In addition to a rich artistic heritage (in Palermo you can find the largest historical center in Italy) Palermo offers the opportunity to relax on Mondello beach or among the rocks of Capo Gallo and Sferracavallo.
Palermo is one of the world capitals of street food. The town also has an important gastronomic tradition that reveals its multicultural past and present.
Studying Italian in Palermo is an opportunity to discover art, culture, the most popular beaches and also the food tradition, which is one of the most important in Italy and a model imitated all over the world.
Studying Italian in the Summer School of ItaStra
Intensive courses of the Summer School of Italian Language School for Foreigners of the University of Palermo (ItaStra) are divided into two-week modules (40 hours of lessons per module) and are led by teachers specialized in teaching Italian as a second and foreign language.
Courses run from Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 13.00.
This year you plan your own Summer
From this year, the Summer School offers the opportunity to attend optional afternoon workshops thanks to our special teaching programmes “Italian &” (see below).
You can also participate in our evening activities (mostly cultural and gastronomic walks) organized by our tutors, who are Italian students attending courses at the University of Palermo.
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Module 1 29/06-10/07 |
Module 213/07-24/07 |
Module 3 27/07- 07/08 |
Module 4 17/08- 28/08 |
Module 5 14/09-25/09 |
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Morning: Standard course Afternoon: – Italian & Art Free cultural activities organized by our tutors |
Morning: Standard course Afternoon: Optional activities –Italiano & Pupi Free cultural activities organized by our tutors |
Morning: Standard course
–Italiano & Cookery Free cultural activities organized by our tutors |
Morning: Standard course 300 euros Afternoon: Italiano & theatre Free cultural activities organized by our tutors |
Morning: Standard course Afternoon: -Italiano & Video #ImmaginPalermo –Italiano & Pupi Free cultural activities organized by our tutors |
SUMMER SCHOOL 2015 (July– September)
COURSES
Standard Language and Culture Courses (morning classes)
Levels: from Beginners to Advanced
Dates: all modules
Cost: 300 Euros (including registration, learning materials and recreational activities*)
Hours of lesson: 40 (including entry and final tests)
Description: the classes take place in the mornings from Monday to Friday for 2 weeks. Each class has a maximum of 15 students and 2 teachers work every day with the same group of students to develop different skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, learning vocabulary and culture. The methods and the teaching materials follow a communicative approach.
Special advanced course – Literature, grammar, textuality, sociolinguistics of contemporary Italy (morning classes)
Levels: Advanced
Dates: 17/08- 28/08; 14/09 – 25/09
Cost: 300 Euros (including registration, learning materials, recreational activities*
Description: The course focuses on the Italian language structures and textuality in relation to the linguistic variation. Following the guidelines of the most advanced language teaching methods, the course combines the communicative dimension of language with pragmatics, grammar and syntax.
The texts are the real focus of the course and they are chosen from literary, academic and specialised texts on the basis of a selection that looks at the linguistic functions. Part of the course aims at enhancing the speaking and writing skills in specialised contexts through targeted workshops.
Areas of teaching: Advanced grammar, sociolinguistics and literature.
Italian &….*
Italian and Art
Level: from Intermediate to Advanced
Dates: 29/06-10/07
Cost: (standard course + workshop): € 350 (entrance fees not included)
Lesson hours: 12
Description: Worldwide, Italy is synonymous with art and style: the course aims to improve the Italian language focusing on a teaching a specialized language in a direct and engaging way. The student will immerse himself/herself in the artistic tradition of the country. A teacher specialized in Art History and Language Teaching will lead students to discovering the great past tradition and the current strength of the “Made in Italy”. During the lessons students will visit important historic sites in Palermo.
Italian and cookery
Level: from intermediate to advanced
Dates: 27/07- 07/08; 14/09- 25/09
Cost (standard course + workshop): € 340 (plus other € 50 to pay later for the practical lessons)
Lesson hours: 50 (40 standard course + 10 workshop)
Description: A perfect combination for enjoying the Italian culture through one of its most important components: food! The practical cooking lessons are taught by qualified chefs and during the lesson a specialized teacher will provide an overview of the most famous Sicilian cooking traditions and dishes in the world. Participants will be able to experience the preparation of recipes with quality ingredients and taste all food prepared in an relaxing and fun atmosphere. Activities include two hours for studying the culture and the traditions of Sicilian food and 8 hours of practical workshops.
Italian and theatre. Scenic Improvisations and Creative Storytelling
Levels: from Elementary to Intermediate
Dates: 17/08 – 28/08
Cost (standard course + theater workshop): € 350 (registration, materials and activities included*)
Lesson hours: 50 (40 standard course + 10 workshop)
Description: This course aims at improving the ability of managing the unpredictability of oral interactions through techniques of Improvisational Theatre. You will be guided to perform scenes from the simple to more complex and unpredictable interactions with the introduction of paradoxical, conflicting or non-frequent elements. In order to give more spontaneity to the scenes, make the most authentic emotional involvement and give more credibility to the characters, we start from the narration of stories invented or actually experienced by students or stories provided by the teacher. During the course the students will also watch scenes form Italian movies. Finally, during the course, students will discover characteristic aspects of Italian culture, such as comedy, proxemics, gesticulation, expression of the voice.
“Italiano & Video: #ImaginePalermo”
Level: from Elementary to Intermediate
Dates: 14/09 – 25/09
Cost (standard course + workshop): € 350 (registration, materials and activities included*)
Lesson hours: 50 (40 standard course + 10 workshop)
Description: This workshop aims at helping students to make a documentary video based on Palermo, a town where more and more people, coming from all around the world, meet each other. A video on how you imagine the town when you are far from it and how you discover it when you are finally living there. Thanks to a professional director, students and their stories will be the main character of the video. They also will be involved in the technical production.
The result of the final editing will be recorded on a DVD and delivered to all students. The course does not require any specific skills. You just need to see Palermo through the eyes of those who live there.
“Italiano & L’opera dei Pupi”
Levels: from Beginners to Advanced
Dates: 13/07 – 24/07; 14/09 – 25/09
Cost (standard course + workshop): € 380 (registration, materials and activities included*)
Lesson hours: 50 (40 standard course + 10 workshop)
Description: The puppet theater is by definition the traditional puppet theater of the South of Italy. During the workshop, we will study the puppet theater form a theoretical and a practical point a view. We will concentrate on issues related to the education of legality and active citizenship.
The course aims to develop oral skills and learn specialized vocabulary, through the puppet theater. All students interested in learning more about the puppet theater can participate. The workshop will focus on both the repertoire of the theater of the Sicilian puppets and the experience in the education of legality of the company Marionettistica Popolare Siciliana.
* “Italian & …” workshops will be activated provided that a minimum number of 5 participants is reached.
CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES*
A “Street food” walk: Panelle, crocché, arancine, sfincione, cannoli are the symbols of a thousand-year old gastronomic tradition that brings together Arabs, Jews, Spaniards, Normans and other populations who used to live in Sicily. A gastronomic walk in Palermo, capital of Street Food.
Walks, days out and excursions: In collaboration with Italian trainees, the School organises activities in the afternoon, in the evening and during the weekends, including walks and excursions in and out of the city, aperitivi, beach trips, visits to malls, sport events, and so forth.
* Extra charges for transportation, food and drinks, entrance fees to museums and historic sites have to be paid for by the student.
Services for the students
Food and accommodation:
At the student’s request, the School can suggest accommodation in the center of the town and close to the school:
– B & B, family rooms, hostels with prices starting from € 12 per night
– Taverns and traditional restaurants
Teaching materials
Courses will be held in the monumental complex of S. Antonino, very close to the central station. All classrooms are equipped for language courses.
The teaching material will be provided in the classroom by our teachers. Students will also use the reading room of the library of the Department of Humanities.
Special offers
Discounts are available for both each single student and for groups:
– Discounts from 10% will be applied to students who purchase more than one course;
– Discounts from 15% will be applied to groups of at least five people
– All students who enroll to the Summer school 2015 will receive a discount to use for the Winter and Summer School 2016.
Visit our Facebook page (click here) and our Youtube channel (click here) to see pictures and videos of our courses and activities.
How to enroll and how to pay
Fill in the application form (available at www.italianlanguageschoolpalermo.wordpress.com/summer-school/)
and send it to scuolaitalianostranieri@unipa.it
Payments shall be made before the beginning of the course by wire transfer.
For further information, please visit the our website www.itastra.unipa.it or send an email to scuolaitalianostranieri@unipa.it
