ELLCI Milano
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ELLCI Milano is an Italian language school for foreigners in Milano (Lombardia): intensive courses of about 20 hours per week plus lighter options, usually starting every Monday. The school also helps you find accommodation. Below you will find the key facts, a mini guide to Milano to plan your stay, and a form to write to the school directly.
The school
The course
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Prices
Arrive ready.
With the ti app you read graded stories with support in 14 languages. Five minutes a day between now and departure.
Half of the A1 path is open, no sign-up
€5,83 a month on the yearly plan
★★★★★(6)by Alessio, a teacher since 2018
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Why choose this school
- Classes of no more than 12 studentsbelow the industry average, so more time to speak
- 20 timetabled hours are 15 real hoursa lesson lasts 45 minutes, not 60
- Exam centre on siteyou can sit CELI where you study
- The school arranges your accommodationthe search service costs €50
- Course materials included
Where you'll be
schoolsnot to be missedairport
Metro lines M1–M5, historic trams and buses: the city ticket is valid for 90 minutes across the whole network.
From the school to the three places above it is usually a short walk: the schools are in or near the centre.
Milano Linate (LIN), 6 km away · Milano Malpensa (MXP), 41 km away
What is worth knowing before you book
Prices, enrolment fee, real lesson hours, accommodation and cancellation: the same questions apply to every school. Read the full guide →
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Milano at a glance
ELLCI Milano is in Milano (Lombardia). Outside the classroom this is where the language gets practised: at the coffee counter, in the square, at the market.
Events this year
The city's big festivals, food fairs and cultural seasons through the year. They're not just entertainment: they're the best training ground for your Italian. At a local festival you end up ordering, asking directions, chatting with locals: the real language, the kind books don't teach. If you can, line up a week of your course with one of these.
Fuorisalone / Design Week In April Milan becomes the world capital of design: installations, exhibitions and parties in every district. An immersion in the vocabulary of design, art and creative, professional Italian. | April |
Prima della Scala On 7 December La Scala opens the opera season: Italy's most elegant cultural event. Even just soaking up the atmosphere around town helps with the language of opera, music and formal Italian. | 7 December |
Settimana della Moda Milan Fashion Week fills the city with shows and events twice a year. Vocabulary of fashion, colours and style: perfect if you want Italian tied to the fashion world. | February and September |
MiTo SettembreMusica In September Milan and Turin join forces for a festival of classical and contemporary music. Concerts are often free: a refined way to train your listening and your musical vocabulary. | September |
Frequently asked questions
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Good to know before you enrol
What not to miss in Milano
- Duomo e terrazzeThe cathedral has over three thousand statues, and you walk the terraces among its Candoglia marble spires. Begun in 1386, its façade was only completed in the nineteenth century.
- Cenacolo di LeonardoThe Last Supper in Santa Maria delle Grazie: visitors go in groups of twenty-five for fifteen minutes, and tickets sell out months ahead.
- Brera e NavigliBrera's picture gallery and artists' streets, then the canals where the city has its aperitivo. The Navigli were built to carry Candoglia marble by water to the cathedral works.
Planning your Italian course in Milano: fly into Milano Linate (LIN) or Malpensa (MXP), book the course 2–3 weeks ahead (classes fill up faster in high season, June–September) and, if you can, match your study week with one of the city events listed below: using your Italian at a local festival is worth a week of lessons.
Before you leave for Milano, start from home.
With the ti app you arrive in Milano already understanding what you hear: graded stories with translation in 14 languages, exercises and an A1–C2 path.
Half of the A1 path is open, no sign-up
★★★★★(6)by Alessio, a teacher since 2018
Start with A1 ↗︎Search for amo Italian
