Learn Italian & live in your private teacher's home around Pisa with Home Language International! Home Language International (HLI) is a family-run business offering language courses in more than 20 languages in over 30 countries worldwide, including Italian lessons at an experienced private teacher's home in Italy. More than 5,000 students take advantage of our services every year. Ian Josephs, Danielle Josephs, their 5 adult children and an expert team of dedicated staff all put in very long hours for HLI. You stay in an experienced teacher's family home, have one-to-one Italian lessons and then continue to use the language during the rest of your stay in Pisa. Because you are the only student, you are guaranteed individual attention. The lessons are completely designed for you, so the teacher will focus exactly on what you need. Mealtime conversation, television and social contacts are all in Italian. All of our teachers in Italy have a university degree (or equivalent) and/or a recognised teaching certificate. All teachers have been visited by one of our local organisers. Their qualifications have been checked and their homes throughly inspected. During your stay in Pisa, a local organiser will monitor your progress and make sure your experience is both happy and successful. Home Language International (HLI) is accredited by the Accreditation Body for Language Services (ABLS), Association of Language Travel Organisations (ALTO), and UNOSEL.
The host are located in Pisa and surrounding areas.
Our school has free time activities to compensate for Easter Monday and International Labour day holidays. Istituto Linguistico Mediterraneo is located in Pisa centre, a few steps away from a primary train station, an international airport and the main commercial street, also just 15-25 minutes by bus you can reach the Mediterranean coast. Pisa is a small city located in Tuscany, so it makes easier to practice the language outside the classrooms. This is due to 2 main reasons: first Pisa is full of university students, so our students can easily get in touch with the young city life and second Tuscany doesn't have a specific dialect so the language spoken is mainly the neo-standard Italian, the same students deal with during their lessons. The Insitute has facilities that include computers, free wi-fi connection and, on request, it is possible to have access to self study material and an interesting library on various subjects related to the Italian culture. The school is located very close to several seaside resorts, students can easily reach (15/25 minutes by public transports), so during summer courses it is possible to add leisure vacation time to your learning schedule . Pisa is also very well loacted so to enable to reach the main art cities in the whole country.
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In the class we were 7 students, one American, two Mexicans, one Spanish, one Brazilian, one Japanese and me from Norway. It was very difficult to understand some of the other students, especially the mix of spanish and italian. One of the students... more
Whether you are a student, a business professional, or a traveler, there is a language course in Pisa that is right for you. There are Italian courses available for all fluency levels, ages and time durations. Just select a course type from the list below to get started.