If you are interested in the news on a national and international level and would like to read, watch and talk about the latest events then "Let's talk about the news" will appeal to you. Before each of the 5 meetings the participants will choose a news topic to either read or watch and this will then be discussed together. The principle is that students are given the opportunity to practice their English in a natural and interesting setting.
Do you like cooking? Then improve your French at ‘Cuisiner en français’, where we discover traditional french cuisine. Under the supervision of our French teacher, you will learn to prepare tipical dishes on each of three evenings. Afterwards we will be sitting down together and sampling our efforts, chatting all the while in French!
The level placement tests for Italian, German and English can be done during the following times
Testing Merano/Meran:| Deutsch | Italiano | English | Español | |
| Monday | 16.00 – 17.30 | 10.00 – 12.00 16.00 – 17.30 |
16.00 – 17.30 | |
| Tuesday | 15.30 – 17.30 | 16.00 – 17.30 | ||
| Wednesday | 10.00 – 14.00 | 11.00 – 14.00 | 11.30 – 14.00 | |
| Thursday | 16.00 – 17.30 | 10.30 – 12.00 15.30 – 17.30 |
16.00 – 17.30 | |
| Friday | 10.00 – 11.30 |
alpha beta piccadilly starts the new school year on 1 October with a mix of both new and the longer-running, well-established courses. So our programme encompasses the classical language courses in Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, French and English as well as conversation courses, exam-preparation courses, one-to-one courses and courses for specific professions. Autonomous learning programmes and other alternative language learning programmes such as our ‘Language Aperitif’, or ‘Learning by Doing’ appeal to those looking for new ways of picking up language. Have a look at our new 2018/2019 brochure.
We recommend you do our free entry test (no obligation!) to ensure you end up in the right course for your level. Our secretaries’ offices are available for more detailed information about the courses.
And don’t forget: everybody who has attended a group course in the last 12 months is entitled to a 10% discount on the course fee.
Over the last 30 years Aldo Mazza has made a name for himself encouraging the two South Tyrolean language groups to live together rather than just to coexist and for this he has been decorated by the Province of Tyrol. 100 years after the region was divided following the First World War, the award of the decoration to Aldo Mazza, a native of southern Italy, has a special significance. He came to South Tyrol some 50 years ago and with the founding of the Alpha & Beta Cooperative created an organisation that has always aimed at promoting intercultural communication and multilingualism. Today the cooperative runs both a language school and a publishing house. Really living together is an art, with language skills being only the first step along this path. Aldo Mazza's decades-long endeavours to achieve this have received official recognition with this decoration of the Province of Tyrol.
Prepare yourself for office life in Italian! Whether it's emails, phone calls or meetings, this course uses practical learning activities such as interactive roleplays to improve all your Italian language skills: speaking, listening and writing. You will also significantly increase your knowledge of office related vocabulary. The next course starts on 21st February 2018 in Merano.
