Language courses
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The courses and all other teaching activities included in the Diploma and Master in Advanced European Studies are held in three languages: English, French and Italian. Reaching good language standards in these three languages is, therefore, an essential step to complete the study programme successfully.
For this reason, students are required an excellent knowledge in at least one of the three languages and a good knowledge of a second language to be admitted to the DAES programme. During the selection procedure, the knowledge of the three teaching languages is evaluated upon the submission of official certificates and documentation provided for the application. Applicants may be interviewed in order to evaluate the actual language competencies and skills.
Furthermore, College language courses must be fully attended with profit in order to complete the knowledge of the three languages. The first weeks of the programme, generally during the month of October, are entirely devoted to attending intensive language courses for each one of the three teaching languages. At the beginning of the academic year, students admitted to the study programme will be given a language assessment test. This test will help outlining each student’s language skills at the beginning of the course and to create work-groups targeted according to the students’ actual language level.
Language courses aim at providing students with the necessary skills in the three teaching languages of the College in order to deal with issues faced during the academic year. Students will be provided useful grammar and morphologic tools in each language. These courses include technical workshops on legal, economic and socio-political terminology.
Moreover, in parallel with the DAES programme, extensive language courses will be provided throughout the entire academic year, thus favouring a continous upgrading of language competence in the three languages.
All the courses are held by mother-tongue teachers with seasoned experience in the teaching of each language.
Thanks to the appropriate language training offered by College, each student will have achieved a good knowledge of the three languages in order to attend the courses and pass exams successfully.