Centro Fiorenza

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• Accommodation with host families / private homes
• Single or double room with breakfast or half board (breakfast + dinner), without use of kitchen.
• Shared student apartments
• Single or double rooms in an apartment with other students, or with the landlord (usually a young person who studies or works). The kitchen and bathroom are shared with the other occupants.
• Apartments are usually equipped with WIFI, TV and washing machine.
• Student Apartments
• Independent apartments for 1-2 people, fully furnished, with kitchenette and bathroom, located in the city centre, usually equipped with WIFI and TV.
• Hotels & Residences
• The school's office can book rooms in hotels of all categories and studios in Residences.

A rich historical legacy as well as vibrant contemporary developments make FLORENCE one of the most famous cities in the world. Here was born and continued to evolve the Italian language…

During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance FLORENCE became a world cultural centre where artists, architects, writers and scholars did things rarely, if ever, equalled. The evidence of these achievements is still present all over FLORENCE in its palaces, squares, churches, monuments and museums.

Today FLORENCE is an active commercial centre for business and banking, to produce leather goods and clothing, as well as for fashion design. The perfect dimension of a "town made to man's measure", FLORENCE counts about 400.000 inhabitants. At the same time its innumerable artistic treasures and the natural beauties of the Tuscan countryside attract many people from all over the world to come to FLORENCE as their place for an unforgettable combination of learning and pleasure.

After a busy day, the numerous and characteristic restaurants, bars, and discos of FLORENCE offer both residents and visitors a pleasant and animated way to meet people and make new friendships.

CILS Examination

(Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera)

The CILS certification is a diploma officially recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is based on the Common European Framework of Reference of the Council of Europe.

CENTRO FIORENZA has been accredited by the "Università per Stranieri di Siena" and is an official examination centre for the CILS certification.

The CILS certification attests to the student's degree of linguistic and communicative competence in Italian as a second language LS / L2. There are four CILS levels: CILS UNO (B1), CILS DUE (B2), CILS TRE (C1), CILS QUATTRO (C2). To obtain the Certificate of one of the four levels it is necessary to pass a written and oral exam consisting of five parts: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, analysis of communication structures, written expression, oral expression

Other Exams:

Centro Fiorenza also prepares students for other Certificates issued by different Italian Universities as the CELI examination (Università per Stranieri di Perugia) or IT examination (Univeristà di Roma Tre) or other institutions.

Our Certificates:

Centro Fiorenza issues a certificate of attendance to all students who have regularly attended classes. The certificate describes the type of the Italian language course, the number of hours attended, duration of stay and final level attained

Class Schedule: From Monday to Friday

Timetable: 9.10am-12.50pm or 2.10pm-5.50pm

Student Capacity: 10 per class (average 5/8)

Duration of a lesson: 50 minutes

Course-levels: all levels, from complete beginners/A1 to proficiency/C1

School books: are not included in the course-fee for group language courses and can be bought directly at the reception. Cost: approx. EUR 25

Classes for absolutely beginners start on specific days (usually every other Monday), students with some knowledge of Italian can start on any given Monday.

Free time: For each course the school organizes guided visits to museums, monuments and places of special historic and artistic interest; Pizza-evenings, get together in coffeehouses or bookstores for conversations, cinema at school or outdoor movies during the summer, a way to learn Italian and the Italian way-of-life through a rich selection of famous Italian films; concerts of classical, jazz and rock music, ballets, opera and theatre, and the famous Maggio Musicale Fiorentino at the Opera di Firenze

Excursions on the weeks-ends to find out more about the many famous places near Florence - Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Volterra, S.Gimignano and the beautiful Chianti hills, as well as day trips to Venice, Rome, Cinque Terre, the Opera in Verona, etc. are organized in cooperation with a tour operator.