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CILS Italian Exams: Enrollment Deadline Approaching!

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If you’re still mulling over certifying your level in Italian with a CILS exam, the moment has arrived to make a decision!

CILS exams, Bologna

CILS Italian language exams

The enrollment deadline for the next bi-annual exam session is in a week or so.

For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, here are two recent articles:

Or see our regular CILS page.

Exam fees can be paid conveniently and cheaply through our online shop, in the same way as course/accommodation deposits.

For more information:

Contact Us | Italian Courses | Prices | CILS Exams | Online Lessons

Buona Pasqua (Happy Easter) from Madrelingua!

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‘Buona Pasqua’ (Happy Easter) from all of us here at Madrelingua Italian Language school in Bologna!

Easter chicks at Madrelingua, Italian language school in Bologna

The school will be open throughout the Easter period, except for Monday 28th March, which is an Italian national holiday.

If you’re hoping to learn or brush up your Italian over the holidays, here are the links you need to find out more:

Italian courses | Prices | How to Book | Contact us

And in case you were wondering, Italian courses lasting one or two weeks will be discounted to compensate for the missing day on Easter Monday.

See you soon in Bologna!

Take an Italian course, get an A1 or A2 CILS exam FREE!

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It’s that time of the year when I suggest boosting your resume, or just motivating yourself to study, by signing up for a CILS Italian language exam.

And, as usual, we have a special promotion!

Book a group Italian course of any length, even just a week, at the same time as registering for a CILS exam at our center and we will discount your course by the cost of the A1 or A2 exam (€40).

In effect, you pay for your course, and get an A1 or A2 exam for FREE!

Or, if you’d prefer to take one of the more costly, higher-level exams, you still qualify for a €40 discount on your course.

(Please note that this offer does not apply to individual Italian lessons, only group courses.)

For the next session of CILS, on June 9th, the enrollment deadline is Thursday 7th April 2016.

It’s possible to enrol directly at our school in Bologna, or online through our shop. Here are the links:

View all levels
CILS A1 (elementary) €40
CILS A2 (pre-intermediate) €40
CILS B1 (intermediate) €90
CILS B2 (upper-intermediate) €105
CILS C1 (advanced) €135
CILS C2 (proficiency) €160

If unsure about your level, or anything else for that matter, here’s how to contact us with your question.

So, that’s the exam enrollment sorted… What about an Italian course, to get you up to speed before the exam?

Here are the links to the different options we offer (remember, the offer detailed above only applies to group courses, not individual or online Italian lessons):

For more information:

CILS exams | download practice papers | how to book | contact us

What’s the best way to learn Italian?

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Sue likes taking Italian courses. She signs up for them annually, listens carefully in class, participates with enthusiasm, and does her homework diligently. She values her teachers’ efforts on her behalf, and wouldn’t dream of questioning the way they organize the lessons.

Pat is very different to Sue. She enjoys being in control and so prefers making her own decisions regarding what to study, when, and how. She doesn’t mind at all that her more autonomous approach sometimes involves a steeper learning curve. In fact, that’s what she likes about it!

So what about you? What sort of language-learner are you? More like Sue, or more like Pat?

Knowing your language-learning preferences and habits is a big help when choosing an Italian course, or deciding to eschew courses altogether and go it alone.

But many of us are neither at one extreme nor the other.

Fortunately, signing up for an Italian course in a professional language school, as Sue does, doesn’t actually preclude studying the language independently with online materials like Pat.

And even the most enthusiastically self-taught student of Italian can benefit from a little structured practice now and then, along with the chance to get feedback from an experienced teacher.

I could go on…

Autonomous study is a great way to keep on learning between courses and so make the best of your investment.

Courses are perfect for making the friends with whom you’ll speak Italian for many years to come.

And so on…

The obvious conclusion is that the best way to learn Italian probably involves a combination of good quality courses AND regular self-study.

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Or contact us with your question.

 

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