L’Italiano Porticando

L'Italiano Porticando is a family-run Italian language and culture school that has operated in Turin since 2005. The school occupies a 19th-century building at Via Pietro Micca 20, 10122 Torino — third floor, staircase B — in the historic city centre near Piazza Castello and the Egyptian Museum.

Courses

The school is open year-round and offers standard group courses, mini-group and intensive formats, individual tuition, and cultural combination courses covering Italian literature, art, architecture and the history of Turin. Business Italian and long-term study-visa qualifying programmes are also available. Special 50+ programme weeks run several times per year. The school prepares students for CILS (Università per Stranieri di Siena), CELI and PLIDA certification examinations. Maximum class size is 8 students; lessons last 55 minutes.

Location

Via Pietro Micca is a central Turin artery connecting Piazza Castello to Piazza Solferino, served by multiple bus lines and close to the Porta Susa and Porta Nuova railway stations. The ASILS accreditation (Italy's national association for Italian as a foreign language schools) and Eduitalia and Bildungsurlaub recognitions confirm the school's standing. The school also partners for courses in Milan, Genoa, Langhe and Monferrato.

The choice between a standard group and a mini-group changes how much classroom time each learner can spend speaking. A learner who would like a more personal focus can choose individual tuition, while the cultural options combine language work with subjects connected to life in Turin and the surrounding region.