Eurolingua Italian Homestay - Reggio Emilia

  Italy

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Reggio Emilia

Dates: Year round

Description: One-to-One Homestays: Personalised one-to-one tuition, learning and living on a full-board basis in your tutor's private residence. Language immersion programmes available throughout Europe, Russian States, North America, Australia, New Zealand and the Caribbean. You share meals and all aspects of social and cultural life en famille in the country of your choice.

These Eurolingua Rapid-Results Language Acquisition Programmes are available all year and are suitable for students of any age (16 - 75 years) and language level (beginner to advanced). Ideal for personal interest, business, travel or examination revision purposes. All Eurolingua tutors are fully-qualified teachers and native speakers, experienced in teaching their mother tongue as a foreign language.

The unique Eurolingua One-to-One Homestay Programme will ensure that you make maximum progress in the shortest possible time, whatever your starting level, beginner to advanced. You live full-board in the home of your fully-qualified foreign language tutor, receiving 4 hours per day (20 hours per week) of individual language tuition, specifically adapted to your own level, learning pace and interests, whether for business or pleasure!! The rest of the time you benefit from lots of conversational practice by participating in the usual everyday family activities of your personal tutor and family and by meeting people in the local community. You may, of course, have as much independent time as you wish. You acquire an authentic accent, total confidence and real fluency in the language.

Highlights: Hobbies and Interests
Teaching Italian cooking. I am a friendly and a hearty person, I like to see friends and I have many interests: going to the cinema, watching films at home, reading, going out with friends in haunts and restaurants of the city and of the surroundings, walking in the park and short trips during the weekend.

Excursions and Local Attractions
Of particular natural and historical interest is the Mathildic road, that takes its name from Mathilda Duchess of Canossa: medieval castles, fortresses and towers on top of hills that dominate gentle valleys. The most famous one is the Castle of Canossa (X century), the Castle of Carpineti, of Garzano of Rossena, of Bianello. Every year from May to September there are historical parades in medieval costume. The River Po, the main Italian river, flows for 20 kilometers through Reggio Emilia territory, offering beautiful landscapes and pictureque boat tours. In the city of Reggio Emilia, there are very important and beautifull theatres, many art galleries, exibitions, museums, old churces and monuments. Many shops of fashion and antiques, pubs and good restaurants. Lovers of agro-industrial culture may visit the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese factory, Lambrusco wineries and Balsamico vinegar factories. A study holiday in Reggio Emilia allows you not only to make local trips in the city and its surroundings but also day trips to other beautiful and famous Italian cities, rich in charme, art and history, such as Bologna, Parma, Ravenna, Verona and many others.

Accommodation, Facilities and Local Area
An elegant apartment in a quiet area well served by public transport, only a pleasant 10 minutes walk to the town centre where you can do some shopping or visit museum and exhibitions. Accommodation consists of a bedroom with adjacent wardrobe and private bathroom with shower. The bedroom is furnished with a comfortable double sofa bed, a comfortable desk, a bookshelf, a television and a stereo. If you have a laptop you can connect to internet whenever you want. In the common living room, there is a comfortable lounge area and a dining area, a television, a stereo, a DVD player and a video recorder all of these also useful for the study activities. The kitchen is modern and well equipped. In spring and summer it is pleasant to eat outside on the balcony. The house is well heated and air conditioned in summer. Nearby there is a beautiful park, very popular for pleasant walks and bicycle rides along the river.

Cost in US$: please refer to the Eurolingua web site

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Job and Internship Network

Eurolingua Institute's Mission Statement: The Eurolingua Institute provides group and individual customized tuition in modern languages, paid work experience programmes, internships, and unique immersion programmes living in the teacher's own home. The Eurolingua Institute currently teaches 11 languages at over 70 schools in 40 countries and at over 150 homestay locations worldwide.

Year Founded: 1993