Piccola Università Italiana offers an Italian language course for senior students in its school in Trieste.
This special course is addressed to senior students belonging to the age group 6o+
Our school will offer you the great possibility to learn Italian along with a broad range of activities such as social activities, excursions and cultural field trips. We will provide you with a comfortable accommodation as well!
Studying Italian in the great atmosphere of Trieste will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Don’t miss our Italian language course for senior students in Tropea!
Course start and duration
Students can choose to start this course between the following dates:
- Winter programme: from 22/01/2023 to 05/02/2023
- Spring programme: from 12/03/2023 to 26/03/2023
- Autumn programme: from 22/10/2023 to 05/11/2023
Arrival and departure day is on Sunday.
Our Active Silver 60+ programme lasts 2 weeks (40 lessons).
Detailed programme (1st week)
Sunday:
Monday:
- 8:00-8:30 Written grading test
- 8:30-10:00 Oral grading test
- 11:00-13:00 Italian course
- 18:00 Introduction to the extracurricular programme
- 19:00 Eating Italian Pizza (to get to know the group, not included)
Tuesday:
- 09:00-13:00 Italian course (with 20 min. break)
- 15:00-17:00 Guided historical city tour through Trieste, followed by a coffee in a famous historical cafe
Wednesday:
- 09:00-13:00 Italian course (with 20 min. break)
- 14:00 Half-day excursion: Visit of a wine estate with wine and oil tasting
Thursday:
- 09:00-13:00 Italian course (with 20 min.break)
- 14:00-19:00 Half-day excursion to Cividale
Friday:
- 09:00-13:00 Italian course (with 20 min.break)
- Free afternoon
- 16:00-18:00 Watching an Italian classic movie
Saturday:
- 09:00-18:00 Full-day excursion to Udine with guided tour. Visit of the Fresco from the famous painter Tiepolo/Possibility to have lunch in a typical Osteria
Detailed programme (2nd week)
Sunday:
Monday:
- 9:00-13:00 Italian course (with 20 min.break)
- 15:00-17:00 Guided visiting tour of the museum Revoltella
Tuesday:
- 09:00-13:00 Italian course (with 20 min. break)
- 15:00-17:00 Guided historical city tour through Trieste, followed by an Aperitivo Spritz in a famous historical cafe
Wednesday:
- 09:00-13:00 Italian course (with 20 min. break)
- 13:30-20:00 Half-day excursion to Aquileia
Thursday:
- 09:00-13:00 Italian course (with 20 min.break)
- Free afternoon
- 16:00-18:00 Watching an Italian classic movie
Friday:
- 09:00-13:00 Italian course (with 20 min.break)
- 15:00-19:00 Guided visiting tour of the Castle of Duino, followed by the visit of a traditional Osmiza in the Karst mountain range (with wine and snack)
Saturday:
Objective
Developing speaking, writing, listening and reading skills while being immersed in a magical atmosphere.
Size of groups
This course will be carried out in small groups of 3 to 8 participants. In case a group of 3-8 cannot be formed, the student will be placed in a 1-2 student to teacher ratio setting. If this occurs, the number of lessons will be reduced by 50%.
Minimum amount of participants is 6 students per course date.
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Certificate
On the last day of course students receive a certificate confirming participation of the course.
Read more details about the participation certificate.
Price details
The price includes:
- Special senior group course (40 lessons of 55 minutes) according to the course regulation
- Extracurricular programme (1 welcome drink, 1 aperitivo, 1 guided city tour + coffee, 1 museum visit, 4 half-day excursions, 1 full-day excursion, 1 afternoon excursion with snack + watching an Italian classic movie)
- Inscription fee (Return transfer airport – Trieste, schoolbag, pen, writing pad, course book and teaching material, written and oral grading test, participation certificate, city map and information about Trieste)
- Accommodation as booked
PROGRAMME RATE including indicated accommodation option
| Single room (Residenza PUI - Shared apartment) |
Single room (Studio flat in a residence) |
Double room (Residenza PUI - Shared apartment) |
Double room (Studio flat in a Residence) |
| 1100€ |
1320€ |
990€ |
1080€ |