The Language Centre of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia offers Italian Language Courses for foreign language students. These courses are designed to improve students’ general language skills and to help prepare them for participation in the academic and other activities important to them during their stay in Modena.

Courses are offered at three levels: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. At the beginning of each semester students take a Placement Test and are assigned to a course. Complete beginners can attend extra lessons before the start of both semesters.

Courses run over two semesters for a total of 70 hours per semester: Semester I (September – December); Semester II (January – May). In each semester courses start with three 3-hour-lessons per week for the first two weeks, and continue with two 2-hour-lessons per week. Each course comprises 50 hours of language work (grammar consolidation and skills improvement) and 10 hours dedicated to “cultural” aspects of life in Modena (history, music, cooking).

At the end of each semester students can take an examination comprising a written and oral component.

Students are expected to attend classes regularly. Attendance is compulsory for students wishing to receive a credit certificate.

Other language resources available at the Language Centre include:

• a Language Advisor;
• multimedia and paper base language resources in the Self-Access Room, open from 10.00 to 17.00 Monday to Friday;
• enrolment in the Tandem Language Study Programme which organises one-to-one language exchanges between Italian and foreign language students.

Courses are free and open to University students (undergraduates and postgraduates) and researchers studying as part of Overseas Research Programmes at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Please download the register form (Erasmus/Socrates only); for students already enrolled at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, please download this specific form. Then fill-out your register form and send it back to Ms. Rosaria Tosco, no later than:

• Semester I: End of July
• Semester II: End of October