A PRIVATE LANGUAGE IMMERSION
Exclusive Italian
designed around you.
A private language immersion and a life experience – designed around you.
Exclusive Italian is our most effective and personal way of learning the language.
You tell us what you would like to know, learn and discover in Venice – we create an entirely private programme based on that, completely adequate to your level.
A private programme for one to four participants
An Exclusive Italian Tutor with 25Plus years of teaching experience
Meetings with specialists from our Venetian network
YOUR INTERESTS
What would you like to do in Venice – and to talk about it all in Italian?
Venetian cuisine
The secrets of Venetian cuisine – cooking with a local chef
Local artisans
Meeting (and shopping) with the most local of the city’s artisans
Venetian life today
How Venetians live today – in a city shaped by over-tourism – their traditions and everyday life
Voga veneta
How to row the Venetian way – learning ‘voga veneta’ on the lagoon
Venetian history
The fascinating history of Venice – from its rise as a maritime power to the fall of the Republic and the city we know today
Art & architecture
The extraordinary richness of Venetian art and architecture – from the Middle Ages to today
Or something completely different?
All of this can become part of your Italian course.
Your Tutor stays with you throughout the day, helping you build your conversational skills and supporting you as you experience Italian in real life situations.
‘Everything you see, hear and talk about becomes part of your Exclusive Italian experience.’
HOW IT WORKS
Three simple steps
01
Built around you
We start with a thorough analysis of your current level of Italian and discuss the subjects that interest you the most – the time you want to spend in Venice with us will also be relevant, as there are different events at different times of the year. Led by your preferences and drawing from our experience, we develop a personalised programme exclusively for you.
02
Your Italian Tutor
Before each visit, meeting or activity, your tutor prepares the language and the cultural background information that will help you fully benefit from your course days. He will be with you throughout the programme, assessing the best way you interact and learn, and where you need more support. Thus, when a question, a new word or a pronunciation hurdle ‘emerges’ during the day’s conversational activities, it becomes part of your lesson – immediately implemented and put into practice.
03
Our Venice, our network
We are Venetians and we love our city. More importantly, we know the people who know Venice from the inside and want to share their knowledge about the city, its history, traditions and contemporary life with our students. Depending on the subject, you may meet a historian, a chef, a local artisan, a tour guide, a sports trainer or other specialists whose knowledge – combined with your tutor’s expert guidance – will add another dimension to your knowledge of Venice and your mastery of Italian.
TOPICS
Where could your Italian take you?
These are some ideas from our ‘Exclusive Italian’ pupils so far:
Food & cooking
Art & architecture
Voga & life on the lagoon
Local craftsmanship
Sport
Venetian history & hidden places
Venetian culture & everyday life
Your choice?
What’s included
Half-day, full-day or multi-day programmes for one to four participants.
A personal consultation with your Tutor before your programme
A carefully crafted programme based on your interests, available time and – of course – current level of Italian
Your Tutor with you throughout every hour of every day of the programme
Lessons and materials prepared specifically for your programme
Daily feedback and exercises based specifically on the language ‘emerged’ from your programme
Selected activities and visits in and around Venice
Meetings with specialists from our Venetian network
End of the course report based on your language progress
Optional follow-up lessons online or in Venice
We plan and quote each programme individually. External costs such as guides, specialists, entrance fees, transport, meals or specially arranged activities are quoted separately.
Do you have any further questions?
Get in touch, tell us about your Italian, what interests you and when you will be in Venice.
We will take it from there and put the programme together for you.
Tell us what interests you