In Berlin to Learn Italian
The smaller the group, the greater the personal learning success. Therefore, your Italian course will have a maximum of six participants. If even this is too big for you, you can learn Italian in a mini-group or have individual (one-to-one) tuition.
We base our Italian tuition on the four core competencies: speaking and listening comprehension, reading and writing. Conversation during the course, role-plays and group discussions all play their parts in improving language structures, broadening vocabulary and enhancing accuracy of expression.
The quality of any Italian course depends completely on the competence of the teacher. It's for this reason that all of our teachers are native Italian speakers. They have all amassed considerable teaching experience in the field of adult education.
Italian Courses all year round at IH Berlin PROLOG
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For whatever reasons you have decided to discover the Italian language and culture: we will put together a detailed course profile which meets your expectations and suits your level and interests.
Our evening courses can be booked in blocks of between 12 and 48 weeks. Learning is even quicker on our Italian Intensive courses. This course profile covers a wide spectrum; from our four-week-long, evening based, semi-intensive courses, to our two-week, daytime super-intensive courses.
At the end of your Italian course you will receive a certificate from IH Berlin PROLOG. This is widely recognised as proof of your Italian language skills.
You can find up-to-date details of our Italian language course schedule at the bottom of this page. From the 30-lesson-hour Super-Intensive courses to the two-lesson-hour-per-week Standard-Light courses, you can choose the best Italian language course profile to fit your timetable and level.
We also offer bespoke Business Italian courses for our corporate clients. We will tailor the course to suit your field of business or special interest topics you specify. Then, just tell us where and when your Italian classes should start.
The Italian Language - A brief History
Italian belongs to the Romance languages, an offshoot of the Indo-European language group. Within the Romance language grouping, Italian belongs to a sub-group called Italo-Romance languages.
Of the major Romance languages, Italian is closest to Latin in its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammatical structure. Italian is spoken by roughly 70 million native and second language speakers, most of whom live in Italy.
Italian is the official language of Italy (with 55 million speakers), one of the official languages of Switzerland, spoken mainly in Ticino and Grigioni cantons (390,000 speakers), in San Marino and in Vatican City. Outside Italy, Italian, or variations thereof, is also used in the following regions: Ticino and Grisons cantons, Corsica, Istria and Dalmatia in Croatia, Nice, Monaco, as well as in Somalia and Eritrea where Italian serves as the language of commerce. Farther afield are enclaves in America, Argentina and Brazil where Italian is used.
Italian can also be found as a second language amongst German speakers in South Tirol, in Slovenia around the Gulf of Trieste, and in parts of Albania. In addition, Italian has greatly influenced the terminology associated with music and banking.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
Current Italian Courses
