Italian Language and Culture Homestays

  Italy

• Florence: 
Florence

Dates: All year round

Description: New Itineraries is not a language school, it is a Cultural Association of Italian language teachers offering Italian language homestay programs. The student will not go to school and will have 1-to-1 tuition in the home of a teacher.

Italian language homestays are suitable for adult students, such as professionals, business and opera singers. As a guest, the student will live in the home as one of the family and have daily tuition from one of the hosts who is a qualified and experienced teacher.

Accommodation is in comfortable homes of excellent quality, in or near Florence and in the Chianti Wine Area. All meals are taken in the family and you will have a private room and private bath.

Host families live in Florence, or in large country villas just outside the city in the Chianti wine area, or in other parts of Tuscany. The homes are excellent for comfort and quality. The teaching families in the Association host all year round.

All teachers are qualified, have experience in hosting guests and teaching Italian to foreign students.

The hosts will make the student feel at home, give tuition in the Italian language and culture for the chosen hours, prepare meals, introduce the student to social activities and try to make all efforts rewarding and worthwhile.

The Programs include:

Italian language and culture tuition - 15 hours a week
Italian language and cooking- total 20 hours per week
Italian language during cultural excursions - total 20 hours per week
Italian language and history of art - 20 hours per week of guided visits to Florence and other historical sites in Tuscany
Italian language based on Libretti of Opera - 20 hours per week

Only one student in each home.

Highlights:
Accommodation is in comfortable homes of excellent quality, in or near
Florence and in the Chianti Wine Area. All meals are taken in the family and
you will have a private room and private bath.

Cost in US$: Minimum 1,115 USD per week

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian and European Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

New Itineraries Cultural Association's Mission Statement: Since 1972 New Itineraries has hosted students of all ages interested in learning the Italian language and culture. The guest lives in a host family and has daily one-to-one tuition in the home from a member of the family who is a qualified Italian teacher, has all meals in the family and a private room and private bath. Our host families live in Florence, or in large country villas just outside the city, in the Chianti wine area, or in other parts of Tuscany. The homes are excellent for comfort and quality. Learn acgtively, naturally and thoroughly. Daily one-to-one personally-planned tuition is given for 15 or 20 hours weekly, from Monday to Friday. Living in a family environment, the student is compelled to learn and use the language actively at every moment of the homestay.

Year Founded: 1971