NOTE: this site is based on the Italian language. Translations into other languages are purely indicative, being made automatically without intellectual control.
| COURSES 2022/2023  | The courses of the next school year 2022/2023 will start on 19 September 2022 and will end on Friday 23 June 2023. The list forecast some days, times and levels of courses is indicated at this link. New courses can be organized wherever there is a sufficient number of requests. In particular, the Rotterdam courses have also been reactivated, Utrecht, Almere, Delft. ESI also organizes individual courses for each need. Thanks to the experience gained, ESI also offers courses “at a distance”, with modalities to be agreed according to requests. Registration forms |
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COURSES ED EXAMS FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF ITALIAN | The next CILS exams for all levels they will take place THURSDAY’ 15 DECEMBER 2022 (deadline for registrations: 2 November) . More information TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY A2-Integration and B1-Citizenship TUESDAY THURSDAY’ 20 OCTOBER 2022 (deadline for registrations: 18 September) at the ESI headquarters in Den Haag. More information ESI also organizes PREPARATION COURSES online for the B1-Citizenship exams. More information |
ITALIAN THEATER  | Continuing a long tradition, this year ESI organized two Italian theater tours in the Netherlands, one for children and one for adults. The "Teatro La Baracca" in Prato proposed the show "The True Story of ... Meatballs”, a funny story where prof. Pagliaccia told how and when ... meatballs were born! For adults, the same company presented the show “We do not understand one another“, on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Read more |
PANDEMIC COVID19 | In the current school year 2022/2023, for all courses regularly held in-person there are currently no particular restrictive rules. However, it is recommended to follow all precautionary recommendations and procedures indicated by the competent authorities (hygiene, distance, gatherings, parents' access to the classrooms, quarantines, cold or flu symptoms,…). For the rules in case of contagion from Covid: Read more |
TEACHING  | The training offer is developed on the three levels of education, of teaching, and the organization, and is aimed at students, to teachers, to families and all personnel involved in the training process. An eclectic approach is used that favors the acquisition of communicative competence through the fundamental moments of listening, of speaking, of reading and writing. Read more |
CLASS PROJECTS | As an integral part of the Italian language and culture learning courses, the students (adults and children) they are encouraged and guided by teachers to develop specific teaching projects, such as projects to facilitate the approach to Italian literature and the analysis of the text, or the ideation and writing of fantastic stories. Go to Projetti |
WORKING FOR ESI | ESI is a Stichting (Non-profit organization) under Dutch law, which organizes Italian language and culture courses throughout the Dutch territory. In choosing teachers, we turn to native teachers who have a specific degree and / or experience or certification in teaching Italian LS or L2. Read more |