Italian classes in San Diego

Children classes 2023-2024

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Accredited Italian classes for kids in 6th-12th grade

We offer classes for kids between 6th grade and 12th grade that provide High School graduation credits for public High Schools in the San Dieguito and San Diego Unified districts. See the dedicated page for more information

Italian Heritage classes for kids K-6

La lingua e' l’ultima proprieta' di chi parte per sempre” (Erri de Luca, I pesci non chiudono gli occhi)

Italian Heritage classes allow kids that are already advanced or fluent in Italian, not necessarily mother-tongue, to deepen their knowledge of the Italian language and learn many of the topics taught to their peers in Italy, starting from the four basic language skills: comprehension, reading , writing and oral production. Beginning in 3rd grade, the program will be enriched with the study of history and geography topics from the Italian public school curriculum. All classes are taught in Italian by a mother-tongue Italian instructor.

Classes will have between 5 and 10 students and held in person. Our classes are suitable to prepare the students for accredited classes, which generally start in 6th or 7th grade.

Location

We have 2 locations:

Calendar

In-person classes are 2 hours per week, 4-6pm on Thursdays, first class on September 7th, last class on May 30th for a total of 33 weeks of instruction (+1 week for backup in case of cancellations).

See the Italian school of San Diego calendar for our Google Calendar schedule.

Books

We will send information about the necessary books after we have assigned students to classes.

Italian as a Foreign Language (IFL) classes for kids (K-12) and adults

Classes open for enrollment: Wednesday 4pm-6pm - in person - first class January 24th, last class March 27th, 10 classes, see “Italian as a Foreign Language” classes for kids

Italian as a Foreign Language (IFL) classes are devoted to prospective students which haven’t started to learn Italian yet or are beginners. Instruction will be in English, it will first cover the basics of Italian, using a conversation-first approach and engaging the students through language-reinforcing activities.

Classes will have between 4 and 8 students online or in-person.

For kids in grade K to 12 we offer 2-hour in-person classes or 1.5-hour Zoom classes once a week, please click the button below to submit a pre-enrollment, we will get back to you with more details.

Italian classes for home-schooled kids

We can organize Italian group classes in the morning for kids which are home-schooled or for preschoolers, either at our location or on-site. These classes use play time and games to introduce kids to a foreign language starting from 3 years old.

Get in touch with us to schedule a call to discuss the options.