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NO : 200 Date : Aug/16/04 12:20
Name : gohomestay/ E-mail : <info@gohomestay.com>
Subject : Year 2005 HOMESTAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM ONE ITALIAN LANGUAGE and CULTURE TUITION
Euro 870,oo for 15 hours of tuition per week.
Euro 920,oo for 20 hours of tuition per week.
One-to-one personalised tuition for absolute beginners, intermediate or
advanced students. Grammar with practical day-to-day conversation.
On request, intermediate and advanced tuition and conversation on literature, business and music.

PROGRAM TWO
ITALIAN for OPERA SINGERS based on LIBRETTI
La Traviata - Cavalleria Rusticana - Rigoletto
La Bohème - Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Tosca -
Le Nozze di Figaro - Don Giovanni Così fan tutte - Otello
Euro 1.150,oo for 20 hours of tuition per week
Fee includes two free libretti

PROGRAM THREE
CERTIFICATO IT exam
A thorough training course for the Certificato IT exam
at the University of Roma Tre. Advanced grade, corresponding
to grade C2 of the European Council.

Certificato IT exams can also be taken at the Italian Cultural Institute
in your own country.

Euro 1.150,oo for 20 hours of tuition per week.

Further information at Italian L2
http://host.uniroma3.it/dipartimenti/linguistica/homepage.html

PROGRAM FOUR
ITALIAN LANGUAGE and CULTURAL EXCURSIONS and WALKS
Euro 995,00 per week.
20 hours weekly of on-site Italian language tuition during excursions and visits
to local towns and historical attractions with your teacher as your guide.
Visits, according to family-based program, to Florence, the Chianti Wine Area, Fiesole, San Gimignano, Siena
and other Tuscan towns. Homestay and excursions also available in Sicily.
Visits are conducted either entirely on foot, or both by car and on foot, or by bus and train and on foot,
according to the program chosen.
During the excursions and walks, your teacher will adapt her level of language to conform to, and improve, your current knowledge of Italian.

PROGRAM FIVE
ITALIAN LANGUAGE and COOKING ACTIVITIES
Euro 995,00 per week.
Total of 20 hours weekly shared between language tuition and cooking..
You will be taught the art of interpreting the language of Italian recipes, the technique used in preparing the ingredients for cooking, tasting and setting the table in the traditional Tuscan manner. You will visit the local stores and weekly market with your teacher to identify and select the appropriate ingredients recipes.

PROGRAM SIX
ITALIAN LANGUAGE and ART IN FLORENCE
in a splendid 5-star villa in Florence
Euro 1.215,oo per week
20 hours weekly of introductory work on drawing, watercolour and tempera.
Practical work in the large studio of the host teacher who is an internationally
acclaimed artist.


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Italian language in Florence

FEES IN ALL HOMESTAYS INCLUDE
Accommodation in a private room with private bath.
Hours of weekly tuition as chosen.
All meals in the family.
Social activities with the family.
Excursions.

FEES DO NOT INCLUDE
Flight, train, taxi, bus tickets to and from host's home.
All personal transportation tickets within Italy, if any,
including museums, theatre and cinema tickets.
The teacher will pay her own entrance fees and transportation.
Not included are also telephone calls and Internet connections.
Also not included are wine-tasting and restaurant bills, if any.

5-STAR ACCOMMODATION
A small number of host families can offer 5-star accommodation
in characteristic villas or large country houses near Florence.
Euro 110,oo per week extra on above fees

ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE
arrivals and departures on Saturday or Sunday

MEETING POINTS FOR FLORENCE and CHIANTI HOMESTAYS
- Amerigo Vespucci airport at exit gate.
- Central railway station, Santa Maria Novella. When you get off the train, walk to the end of the track and turn left. Walk towards the exit. Just before the exit, on the right, is a pharmacy-FARMACIA-with a green cross over the door. A member of the host family will be there to meet you.


MEETING POINTS FOR SIENA HOMESTAYS
- Amerigo Vespucci airport in Florence, or Santa Maria Novella central railway station, as above.
- Siena railway station. A member of the family will meet you there at your arrival platform.
- By bus from Florence to Siena. The SITA bus service to Siena leaves regularly from the station square in Florence. Enquire at the SITA bus office.


MEETING POINT FOR SICILY HOMESTAYS
- Catania airport.


TWO-WAY TRANSFER FEES FROM/TO ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE POINT TO HOST'S HOME
Florence area Euro 65,00
Florence to/from Siena Euro 105,oo
Sicily from/to Catania airport Euro 105,oo

All year round. Minimum age. 18. Minimum homestay 1 week.

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