I was in the same La Dolce Vita class as the most recent reviewer and agree this school does a great job making students feel comfortable with the Italian language. You're challenged, but in positive ways. I'd had some trauma with langua ... Weiterlesen
I was in the same La Dolce Vita class as the most recent reviewer and agree this school does a great job making students feel comfortable with the Italian language. You're challenged, but in positive ways. I'd had some trauma with language classes in the past - so I had anxiety on the first day - but it soon felt good and comfortable to be here. And it was great to learn some of the language, and to be set up for success in future studies both at home and hopefully in Turin again. After a week with Stefania and the school, I left a really happy student of Italian.
We had hoped these studies would help us as we traveled another week in Italy, and indeed the school prepared us well - we were OK even when communicating with people who didn't speak English.
La Dolce Vita includes after-school activities which were also amazing and enriching. I'd encourage you to look at the images and videos on the Turin FB page. Not all students speak the same language, so of course the activities are in the native tongue taught at the school. The activities are entirely in Italian, and so for five evenings I was cognizant that I was missing 90 percent of the content. That didn't matter as much as you might think because my wife and I had at least 80 percent of the fun. You don't get experiences like those at home.
And the sights you get to see both at school and in Turin - wow. I included a couple of photos, first of the plaza where the school is located and then a view from a classroom. The rest are a few photos from some of the activities in town.
That reminds me of a final point. Turin is not on the top of every English-speaking visitor's list; that's one reason why you should go. It's plenty busy, but it's not over-touristed. We found ourselves often surrounded by locals, not packs of tourists. Turin has as many or more cool buildings and sites as any major Italian city, and an incredibly rich history that rewards you at every turn. Yet we paid less here for accommodations than we would have paid in many other cities where people study Italian. Turin is a bargain with rich rewards.
