Italian Course Bildungsurlaub

In addition to pure pleasure, Scuola Virgilio students can take an Italian course in Sicily for business purposes. There are special programs, maybe even in your country, for companies and their workers.
This is the case for example in Germany, where the law allows all employees of both private and public entities (both full-time and part-time) to request an extra week’s holiday per year (or two weeks consecutively every two years) to participate in refresher courses thus continuing the professional training activity. These courses can be in Germany or abroad, such as Scuola Virgilio’s Italian language courses by the sea. These are intensive or super-intensive courses which usually consist of a total of 30 hours of 45 minutes.

How the Bildungsurlaub course works

Our super-intensive course approved for Bildungsurlaub in many German Bundesländer (federal states) is the Standard Plus course (20 hours of 60 minutes per week) plus at least 3 hours of cultural activities each week, including:
– 1h30 guided tour of the city in Italian;
– 1h30 conversation in Italian guided by the teachers of the school;
– 45′ meeting with a craftsman;
– 45′ food and wine tastings

The total hours (of 60 minutes) exceed the 30 scheduled lessons of 45 minutes (22h30′). For those who need to comply with the relevant regulations requiring 30 hours per week in addition to the regular courses, for an extra fee there will be cultural lessons about history, politics, social life to come up to 30 full hours per week. Please contact the school for more details.

To personalize the experience

For an up-to-date list of German regional education ministries that accept our Italian courses as Bildungsurlaub, check out our German partner’s page.

Good to know

Niedersachsen and Hessen require another 7 hours supervised by a teacher with homework, film discussion, newspaper reading, language lab

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Italian language certificate

All year round, Scuola Virgilio offers private courses in general or specialized Italian, even at home with the teacher; intensive weeks for closed groups and schools; remote Italian lessons; preparation for the CELI Italian language exams (including the B1 for citizenship) of which Scuola Virgilio is the only exam center in the province of Trapani. Click below to take a free level test and, without obligation, we will contact you to propose the most suitable exam for you!

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Italian language certificate

Come and study Italian in Sicily

Scuola Virgilio is proud to have a multifaceted and cosmopolitan identity, having hosted in Trapani since 2006 over a thousand students of all ages, young people, adults and seniors, coming from over 50 countries of the world and from 5 continents.

To attend Italian courses at Scuola Virgilio (and/or sit any exams) you must enroll by completing the enrollment form and paying the €70 fee.
Enrollment at Scuola Virgilio is valid for two years and includes:

BEFORE THE COURSE