If you want to brush up or improve your Italian, there are various ways to achieve your goal. One of the best known and certainly most effective ways to learn a foreign language is through language courses. If you would also like to take a solid Italian course, it is important to choose a good language school with a suitable range of courses. This decision is often not easy and it is important that the basis for the decision is well thought out. This checklist will help you to focus on the key points when looking for the right Italian course. You will soon be able to find and book the perfect course for you.
If you attend an Italian course, in the vast majority of cases you are not investing a small amount of money. The free time invested in the course is also very considerable, depending on the course. As time and money are probably our most valuable assets, it is very important that the course enables rapid learning progress. Therefore, neither boredom nor excessive demands should occur in the Italian course - both are a guarantee that no linguistic progress will be made. To ensure that you find a course that suits your learning level, please complete theItalian placement test. The test is offered on Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch free of charge and without obligation for beginners and advanced learners in two versions and provides a reliable basis for deciding on the appropriate language level to be chosen in the course.
Please note: Cheating with aids or guessing answers will distort the result!
The way the Italian course is taught depends heavily on the school, the teacher and the teaching material and has a huge impact on the students' motivation to learn and their progress. It is important to note that the different types of course design cannot be divided into good and bad or right and wrong. Just as the learners differ, so do the preferred teaching and instruction methods.
To ensure that your Italian course is a success, check in advance which requirements are important so that you can learn well and easily. Find out about the course structure and organization of the individual language schools.
If you know which learning type suits you best, you will intuitively sign up for the right Italian course. Below we have listed the different types of learner with the appropriate course types:
| The best way to learn... | This type of course suits you: |
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... independent ... independent ... at your own pace ... without pressure, otherwise you will react with counter-pressure or blockage |
Distance learning, apps, e-learning, loosely organized language courses combined with fun, self-learning, language trips |
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... under pressure to perform ... for high requirements ... with clear orders ... with homework |
Courses leading to a diploma (DELI, DILI etc.) |
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... under structured management ... with clear orders ... for group work ... with homework |
Frontal teaching Organized teaching materials Teacher present Homework control |
Do you recognize yourself anywhere in the table? Then you will certainly be aware of the right "Italian course" offers.
Few arguments for or against a school are as powerful as those of former course participants. Would you like to know what others say about their course providers who attended an Italian course before you?
Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch collects interesting and meaningful information in various surveys. Former participants of Italian courses have also left feedback and unanimously say that they have no regrets about the Italian course and would book it again in a heartbeat. Half of those surveyed said that the Italian language skills they gained were of great practical benefit in their everyday working life and that their career had therefore been positively influenced by the Italian course.
The schools themselves also allow former course participants to voice their opinions on their homepages. Social networks such as Facebook offer students the opportunity to rate their course providers with stars and leave a comment. Google's customer reviews (also a star rating) can be a well-founded criterion when choosing a language school. The formulated comments show how satisfied former language students are with a school.
These issues are often the most important criteria and unfortunately often form the only basis for a decision when choosing a language school. Although this is easy to understand (time and money are our most precious assets), these arguments should only be considered once the above issues have been clarified and the circle of possible schools has been narrowed down.
The questions below should only be clarified in the fourth instance when choosing an Italian course:
Once the previous four points have been clarified, the choice of schools will no longer be too great. Now it's time to find out more about individual Italian courses and language schools by searching viaEducation-Further-Education.chorder detailed documents with comprehensive information. This service is free of charge and non-binding. You can also use the inquiry form of the individual schools to register for an information event or a personal consultation. At information events, you can talk to teachers and perhaps even former course participants and get to know the philosophy and mission statement of a school better. Individual consultations with course leaders will also clarify any remaining questions you may have and help you make the right choice of Italian course.
We wish you lots of fun and success in learning Italian!
Linda, deine Weiterbildungsfinderin
