When Italian is not just a passion, but also your profession, linguistic preparation is no longer enough and you want to achieve excellence in your job: perfecting teaching techniques, examining in depth the different ways of learning languages and keeping continuously up to date with developments in the teaching of Italian as a foreign or second language.
Our partner school is recognized as an exam centre for the DITALS exam. This preparation course is accredited by the University of Siena and provides the necessary requirements, to take the first level DITALS exam and the teaching training, to take the second level DITALS exam.
Duration: 1 or 2 weeks
Levels: advanced (6)
Participants: min.5, max. 14 per class
Attendance certificate: at the end of the course students will receive an attendance certificate. RECOMMENDED FOR: those who want to turn their passion for the Italian language into a job, or those who are already professional teachers and want to keep updated, develop new ideas and study new techniques to always keep up with the times.
Our partner school aim for a cooperation in the framework of Erasmus+ with European schools. Under the new programme, applications will need to come from an organisation rather than an individual. Schools can apply for staff mobility funding to support the professional development of teachers, school leaders and other school education staff.
Please find more details at the following website: Erasmus+ Scheme.
Florence School
Course description: the course is divided into 30 hours of lessons, and aims to acquire those teaching skills necessary to fit into various contexts of teaching Italian as a second / foreign language. The theoretical bases are accompanied by the presentation of the most modern teaching techniques for the development of language skills, followed by workshops in which the participants work on the analysis and teaching of linguistic materials. Starting from the second week of the course, a free 60-hour internship is offered, in which the participants work alongside the teachers of the school and, under the guidance of a tutor, prepare activities to be presented in classes of different levels of linguistic competence. Exam simulations follow which are corrected . The course takes place three times a year and is held by teachers specialized in teaching Italian to foreigners.
Milan school
The Milan School offers courses aimed at taking the first and second level Ditals exam, for anyone wishing to obtain a recognized certification attesting a professional competence in teaching Italian as a foreign language. It is also an exam center for both Ditals I and Ditals II, also providing the possibility to prepare for module D for the oral exam of Ditals II. In addition to the preparation for certification, it is possible to choose a free 60-hour internship , suitable for those who have never approached the teaching profession, in order to combine exam preparation with a pratical training course oriented to communicative teaching of Italian L2. The course is daytime intensive, lasting one or two weeks and include, in addition to all materials, examples of exam tests and personalized feedback on the tests carried out and the 60 hours of internship required to access the Ditals I exam.
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ROME SCHOOL
LEVEL I DITALS EXAM- 24 hours- 1 week
Section A: Analysis techniques of didactic material. Analysis of tests from previous years and exercises in small groups.
Section B: Construction of work units and related activities. Analysis of tests from previous years and exercises in small groups.
Section C: Glottodidactives ; communicative approach and grammar; the mechanisms of language acquisition. Exam simulation
LEVEL II DITALS EXAM- 12 hours- 1 week
Note. The course is designed as a supplement to the first level certification for the theoretical part (section C). For the practical parts (sections A, B and D) it provides for analysis and practice on second level tests.
Section A: Analysis techniques of didactic material: analysis of level II tests of previous years and exercises in small groups.
Section B: Construction of the teaching unit and related activities: analysis of level II tests from previous years and exercises in small groups.
Section D: Oral practical test: analysis of the tests and indications on how to register. Simulation of exam and correction.
Exam simulation
OBSERVATION AND INTERNSHIP
A free 60-hour internship is offered, in which the participants work alongside the teachers of the school and, under the guidance of a tutor, prepare activities to be presented in classes of different levels of linguistic competence.
