Blog and Student Reviews: Italian

Katie Allen : 4 weeks July/August I had done a week’s course in Florence before so I knew roughly what to expect from that side of things. I wasn’t sure what living with a host family would be like but I was hoping for a relaxed friendly atmosphere.  Thankfully I felt that my expectations were […]

Meredith spent 4 weeks last summer in Italy with CESA: I honestly had no idea what to expect from my Italian course in Sorrento. I was prepared (as best I could mentally) for the culture shock but beyond that I had no idea what I was getting myself in to. Absolutely I was very happy […]

I was hoping for an intensive course with a lot of practice in listening and speaking and ideally a nice friendly atmosphere and some enjoyable tours with like-minded people.  Thankfully I can say that all of these goals were realised! I was exceedingly challenged by the standard of the lessons and it took 2 to […]

Sarah (20 yrs old): “Here I am at the end of week 2 with a number of things to catch you up on. I had a great start to my weekend, the school planned a trip to see two towns along the Amalfi Coast on Saturday. We met bright and early in front of the school, from […]

I have an Italian background but I had little knowledge of the language.  I was looking forward to the linguistic challenge, but  was very nervous and excited.  Definitely felt better prepared for the experience after talking to the CESA staff. Having lessons solidly in Italian was the real challenge – but it made learning the […]

Friends, Emma  (22) and Adam  (22) spent 5 weeks on a Standard course in Viareggio from July to September with CESA, hear what they both thought of their time in Viareggio: EMMA: “I expected to learn quite a bit of Italian whilst having a really good time! I expected it to be quite hard work […]

Three week Standard programme. Julia, in her early 20’s, had low intermediate Italian, and knew exactly what she wanted… to combine some serious beaching with a fun Italian language programme!    “I needed to refresh my Italian, but didn’t want to hit a city like Florence or Rome over the summer, the temperatures would have […]

Isobel : 11 wk Gap Year programme – from beginner level.  Having studied French at school she felt confident in tackling Italian from scatch: I had no idea what to expect and I had never heard or spoken to anyone who had taken a language course abroad in their Gap Year. Katherine at CESA was very […]

Adrian is a Doctor, in his early 60’s, who speaks some German and wanted to improve his Italian and he loves Italy and wanted to get the most from his visits to the country. He decided to follow a two week programme at elementary level in the wonderful mediaeval city of Siena.          “I […]

David, in his early 60’s was looking for a short Italian course week programme, suitable for a beginner. He was studying a language abroad for the first time.          “I found the whole experience very enjoyable. It was the first time I had taken this type of trip and I would definitely go again, […]