These days Lingua Sì is pleased to welcome 30 Australian students who come from St. John’s College of Lismore. Students chose Orvieto and Lingua Sì for an intensive course of the Italian language. Thanks to a program that teachers have specially made for them, the lessons are made up of games, authentic listening, reading and [...]
What do you think about Italy? Send us your story (maximum length 200 words) about Italy. The most beautiful ones will be published on our website and the best one will be awarded a group Italian course of a standard set for one week (20 hours – excluding registration fee and accommodation) at LINGUASI’. If [...]
One of the treasures of the town of Orvieto, home of the School of Italian Language and Culture Lingua Sì, is undoubtedly the Teatro Mancinelli. Our students have often taken advantage of the opportunity to visit, along with their teacher, one of the most beautiful theaters in Umbria. They have also watched the shows on [...]
Learning a foreign language also means learning about the culture and traditions of a country, and among them the music. For this reason teachers of the School of Italian Language and Culture “Lingua Sì” in Orvieto love to enrich their lessons with playing authentic Italian songs: enjoyable, relaxing and also very useful for developing listening [...]
Orvieto (Urbs Vetus, the “old city”) and Viterbo (Vetus Urbs, the “city old”) are two beautiful cities in central Italy, which have in common not only the etymology of the name; Orvieto, home of the School of Italian Language and Culture “Lingua Sì”, offers foreign students who come here to study Italian unforgettable precious images, [...]
One of the most popular places in Orvieto of the students of the School of Italian Language and Culture “Lingua Sì” is undoubtedly the ring walk around the cliff. It is a pedestrian promenade which can be accessed by several doors that open around the city, such as the Porta della Rocca, next to the [...]
On Monday, September 26, Europe celebrated the European Day of Languages. At the Lingua Sì School of languages in Orvieto, students from around the world (Austria, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Brazil, Romania, USA..) took part in a special lesson devoted not only to Italian, but to all languages. Together, the students and teachers reflected on [...]
Students of Italian at Lingua Sì learn pretty soon that Etruscans played an important role in the town of Orvieto; right in front of the school there is one of the many remainders of this ancient population: the ruins of Belvedere temple. The Etruscans still influence the town: many places, shops and products names are [...]
What is it that foreigners love about Italy? Sun, “Dolce Vita”, friendliness, food, and last but not least … wine! That’s why Lingua Sì, Orvieto, organized on July 27th wine tasting at the “Le Velette” wine cellar. The traditional family business has a unique setting in the east of Orvieto with a beautiful view of [...]
During the summer months, it’s “Sagra” time in Italy. The Sagra is a rural festival held in the open air with folk music, dancing and games. Many sagre are based around one or more culinary specialities, which can usually be sampled in the various booths. There is Pizza’s Sagra, maccheroni’s, mushrooms’, ice-cream, gnocchi… The students [...]
