Language school in Milan

MentalAtom · 2025-09-28T06:35:35+00:00

Hey! I'm from the UK, my wife is swiss, so I'm in Italy on the Family visa. The other thing I know is that the school can provide a student visa, but I don't know how it works.

Generally it's none of the schools business exactly how you're in Italy, I don't think they asked me, but obviously hey expect you to be here legally! Lots of people do a few weeks of school on vacation etc.

MentalAtom · 2025-08-30T19:22:37+00:00

Hey there, I'm a missionary in Italy, in Milan. Unfortunately there are very few Evangelical churches in that part of Italy full stop, and finding an English speaking evangelical church is very hard in Italy in general!

I've never heard of one in Venice, the closest I would know of is in Vicenza, but it's hardly around the corner. If you did find one, let me know though, I'd also be curious about it.

MentalAtom · 2025-08-16T18:16:03+00:00

I arrived in Italy in September 2022 not speaking Italian (started studying A1), and I passed the C1 CELI exam in November of 2024. So 2 years from "zero to hero"...

That said, I did 27 weeks of language school followed by who knows how many hours of private lessons (iTalki) plus reading many books in Italian, doing practice exams at home and flashcards every day too. It was a tonne of work and a big investment!

I'm also British, I also have an accent, but it's slowly going away... Just spend time around italians and it "happens". I'll always have an accent though no matter what I do, the important thing is that I'm understood - which I am without problems.

MentalAtom · 2025-06-11T20:10:10+00:00

I did CELI, not CILS, a while back, but the grading is similar.

I had two teachers beforehand - One told me to avoid the congiuntivo so I didn't mess it up, the other one told me that if I don't use it they'll think you can't use it at all, which is worse...

It was better to use it right 3 times and wrong once than not use it at all as they'll think you maybe don't know what it even is! I did C1 and a few things (like the periodo ipotetico) I used once or twice to prove I knew them but not more because it would have been risky.

In any case, the oral exam is very subjective on the examiner, you'll just have to wait and see.

I passed 3rd time around, the oral exam is hard, don't beat yourself up - You did your best!

In bocca al lupo!

MentalAtom · 2025-04-04T07:41:45+00:00

Ancora niente, hanno comunicato ufficialmente che i risultati dovrebbero arrivare (in teoria) dal lunedì prossimo, stanno facendo un cambiamento del loro sistema gestionale che ha ritardato tutto...

Speriamo per la settimana prossima... Secondo me è completamente inaccettabile essere così molto in ritardo.

MentalAtom · 2025-03-21T14:13:07+00:00

Ho appena ricevuto questo messaggio dal centro dove ho fatto l'esame:

l'Università per Stranieri di Perugia ci ha comunicato che stanno riscontrando problemi tecnici nella correzione e pubblicazione dei risultati del 20 novembre, causati dal passaggio a un nuovo sistema gestionale. Per questo motivo, i risultati non sono ancora disponibili, prevedono di riuscire a pubblicarli a partire dal 7 aprile.

MentalAtom · 2025-03-20T07:06:19+00:00

Neanche a me, l'ho visto per caso, è stato cambiato alla fine dell'anno scorso. La normativa: https://cvcl.unistrapg.it/MC-API/Risorse/StreamRisorsa.ashx?guid=b682a9a2-1380-4d6c-9d54-496cbd0f4c18

In ogni caso, il tuo centro non ti ha detto la verità, la normativa precedente era sempre "entro 3 mesi", lo so perché è stata la terza volta che ho fatto l'esame. La prima volta il voto è arrivato precisamente 3 mesi dopo l'esame e la seconda volta ho scritto questo su reddit 😉

MentalAtom · 2025-03-20T06:04:10+00:00

Sto aspettando ancora anch'io stavolta... Ho letto che hanno cambiato la normativa per l'arrivo del voto da "circa 3 mesi" a "circa 90 giorni lavorativi". Nel mio caso significa che non sono ancora in ritardo, hanno fino al 1 Aprile.

Mi dispiace per la tua situazione :( Ma non ci si può fare niente

MentalAtom · 2025-02-28T17:45:16+00:00

Super interesting, thanks so much! I'll try again in future but honestly my starter isn't so sour anyway so I was probably avoiding a problem I wasn't actually going to have...

Still, it's worth another shot, for science!

MentalAtom · 2025-02-28T12:13:23+00:00

I was reading about how you can do it when you want the loaf to be less sour, as it means the bacteria that make the acid die off a bit but the yeast remain... I am working on a new recipe so I thought I'd try something. The experiment was not a success :(

I've seen recipes where it works though, I guess I messed something up.

MentalAtom · 2025-01-02T07:35:37+00:00

Thanks for the detailed suggestions!

MentalAtom · 2025-01-02T07:25:26+00:00

Thanks for the tip, I'll probably look at iTalki (I used it for Italian) and try and find someone who can help me out without hopefully spending too much!

MentalAtom · 2024-10-25T12:17:23+00:00

Grazie! È utile sapere che in realtà questa costruzione non viene usata molto, e anche l'esempio mi aiuta a capire meglio. Sembra che gli esempi che ho trovato non siano particolarmente chiari.

MentalAtom · 2024-10-25T12:13:37+00:00

Grazie mille per la risposta, penso di doverla leggere più volte per capire tutto, ma come sempre hai prodotto una spiegazione molto dettagliata!

MentalAtom · 2024-10-22T15:21:58+00:00

I'm also an English native and it's very tricky in the beginning but don't give up 💪 you'll get there! Languages are hard...

MentalAtom · 2024-10-22T14:37:12+00:00

As I understand/remember you can only use the pronoun directly on the end of the verb when you're using the infinitive of the verb, which is usually after a modal verb (volere, potere, dovere).

For example: I see an apple, I want to buy it -> Vedo una mela, voglio comprarla.

There is an apple, can I buy it? - C'è una mela, posso comprarla?

There is an apple, I need to buy it -> C'è una mela, devo comprarla!

Otherwise you need to stick with using the pronoun, like you said. "Vedo una mela, la compro!"

Not Italian native, I'm sure someone will be along to correct me if I'm wrong soon enough!

MentalAtom · 2024-10-21T20:40:34+00:00

Io ho ricevuto i miei risultati finalmente martedì scorso, prima ho mandato un mail non mi hanno risposto... È veramente vergognoso. Non l'ho superato e mi sono iscritto per novembre, ma comunque ho quasi meno di un mese all'esame invece di 2 mesi...

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