Italian language schools in Calabria
3 selected schools in Calabria, across 2 towns. Compare them on the three numbers that decide what a course is really worth: real hours per week, how many people are in the room, and how long a lesson actually lasts.
Calabria at a glance
The towns where you can study in Calabria: the streets you'll walk every morning and the places where you'll need real Italian.
Where the schools are
schools
The 3 schools in Calabria
| School | Town | Real hours a week | Students per class | Lesson length | Google reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Università per Stranieri Dante Alighieri | Reggio Calabria | 15 hours | max 12 | 45 min | — |
| Caffè Italiano Club | Tropea | 15 hours | max 12 | 45 min | — |
| Piccola Università Italiana Tropea | Tropea | 15 hours | max 12 | 45 min | — |
The towns
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Studying Italian in Calabria
Calabria is the region where you meet the fewest foreigners studying Italian, and therefore the one where you speak it most. Three schools, between Reggio Calabria and Tropea: the first a real city, the second a village by the sea.
Reggio has the Università per Stranieri Dante Alighieri, which gives the region an academic anchor that small regions usually lack.
What nobody mentions is the linguistic variety: Calabria still speaks Griko, descended from ancient Greek, and Arbëresh, the Albanian that arrived in the fifteenth century and was never lost. Two living minority languages, in villages you can visit.
Costs are the lowest in Italy. The best period runs from April to June and from September to October; summer is very hot.
Calabria in numbers
- 3 selected schools
- in 2 cities
- exam centres for CELI, CILS
- the oldest has been teaching since 1993
- 12 students per class on average
- all count lessons of 45 or 50 minutes
Why «hours» are not hours, and what the price really includes: the guide