Take part in our tradition, we have been teaching Italian for the past 40 years.
Registration are now open!!
Centro Scuola was started in 1976 for the purpose of promoting Italian language courses for students from the community. In co-operation with school boards across the GTA, Centro Scuola has provided in-service training, resources, and program development for the International Languages classes in Italian. For more information about in-school classes contact your local school board. Centro Scuola also organizes a variety of Italian classes at the Columbus Centre to help children and adult learners broaden their language skills in a variety of settings. Through sports, music, dance, drama, cooking, and travel opportunities, students gain fluency in Italian as they enjoy the activities of the particular class.
Please refer to Programming for the pricing.
Asilo Nido, 2 to 4 years old
Using games, song, storybooks, and play, teachers introduce spoken Italian language skills to our youngest students in delightful Saturday morning classes at the Centro Scuola.
Junior kindergarten through grade 8
The basic goal of the program is to promote interest and enthusiasm for theItalian language and culture among children of elementary school age.The teachers use different activities to help students gain Italianlanguage skills while pursuing their interests.
Please refer to Programming for the pricing.
Saturday morning is a busy time at the Columbus Centre. Centro Scuola e Cultura Italiana provides classes in Italian language and culture to a wide array of age groups and interests. It is the oldest and largest provider of Italian classes in Ontario.
Experienced teachers use up-to-date resources and educational storybooks, games, music, and videos from Italy to introduce language skills and Italian vocabulary to students at every learning level.
The goal of the Centro Scuola Saturday program is to promote interest and enthusiasm for the Italian language and culture among young people.
Take advantage of our early bird discount, $80 off if you register before August 16, 2023.
Please refer to Programming for the pricing.
We have two session a year: Fall and Spring session lasting from September till June.
Every session is 15 classes.
The adult Italian language program consists of consecutive levels of instruction that will allow the students to move from basic skills to comfortable conversation levels.
Grammatical structures, vocabulary and conversation are an integral part of each class.
Each course is 15 weeks in duration for a total of 30 hours of instruction.
The chosen text ( “Nuovo progetto Italiano” ) will be used through the different levels of the language program.
Level 1 – 2 – 3
The first three levels are intended to give the students a basic knowledge of the language.
The grammatical content will allow the student to express themselves in the present, the future and past tenses. Some of the most common irregular verbs will be introduced at each level.
Level 4 – 5 – 6
In these levels the students will continue the progressive acquisition of the grammatical content that will enable them to use the conditional and subjunctive modes in a written and oral form.
Emphasis will continue to be on conversation skills.
Advanced
Conversation, composition and study of the grammar will be the focus of these classes. The teacher will also provide some texts to be read in class, which will give the opportunity to the students to enrich their overall skills.
Please note that private lessons could be arranged (for inquiry please e-mail us: centroscuola@gmail.com.
Placement test:
At the beginning of every course an oral and written placement test may be given to determine which level is more adequate for the student.