Pixel International Conferences

Language Lab offers English and German online courses mainly addressed to Italian students. Our commitment is to provide participants with appropriate language teaching aimed at achieving the level of language required by the country of destination. Our online intensive courses are module-based and divided into four levels (A1/A2/B1/B2/C1/C2) corresponding to the internationally recognized standard knowledge levels. Each level consists of 25 lessons of increasing complexity. These online lessons are made available to everyone through a computer platform (Moodle Cloud) which allows participants to freely follow the lessons at any time and gives them the possibility to repeat the same lessons repeatedly. The platform Moodle Cloud becomes an integral component of the language training. It is an organized system which includes online tests, review exercises and detailed corrections to allow the teacher to monitor the progresses of the participants and provide them with immediate feedback. Each participant is required to send the written exercises required in each unit (5 per level) to a specific email address. Corrections are made within two days. Each level also includes 10 tutorial hours during which the main issues will be examined, and personal abilities will be tested. The tutorial hours are necessary to improve the speaking abilities. The completion of a level normally requires a period of six weeks. Each lesson is based on a specific topic and consists of grammar explanation videos, audio comments and tests that allow the students to identify immediately any mistakes made. Teaching material can be downloaded and stored separately, and the exercises can be done iteratively. The relationship between teachers and participants as well as review and written exercises highlights a high-quality level of the results achieved by each participant (very good speaking, understanding and writing skills). The learning contents made available are clear and comprehensive and don’t require any updating. This course is intended for students who are eager to make efforts and to achieve excellent results, in a short time, by understanding and using the foreign language. The course is focused on the cultural aspects. Language and culture are inseparable: language is the mirror of culture, in the sense that language and people can see a culture through its language. Learners are supported not only from a merely linguistic point of view, but from a psychological point of view as well. All the aspects associated with an important change of life are considered and promptly transmitted to the learners. We prepare them to effectively integrate in a new country and make them feel like part of it.

Keywords: e-learning, online language learning, European mobility, multiculturalism;