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Ecco Italy is an innovative Charlottesville, Virginia—based Romance Language enterprise offering an ever-increasing variety of educational and consulting services in the fields of Italian, French and Spanish language, culture, food/wine and travel. A cultural emporium of sorts as well as a living classroom, our aim is to provide inspired, entertaining and educated support for individuals, groups and businesses with an interest in or connections to Italy, France and the Spanish-speaking world.
Ecco Italy’s beautiful and unique location—in the Italian “peninsula” of Charlottesville’s European marketplace, The Main Street Market—is the perfect setting for language, food/wine and travel explorations and helps keep the passion for European culture alive between trips overseas. Ecco Italy/Spain on Main is owned and directed by educational entrepreneur and traveling gourmet, Christina Ball.
Novità (what's new)
· 3 days ago · in announcements announcements
Christina Ball and Ecco Italy featured on Rome blog!
We are huge fans of the new blog, eternallycoolnet, orchestrated by the amazingly smart – and cool – creators of the Institute of Design and Culture. How thrilling that they requested to run a blog feature on Ecco Italy and an extensive interview with Christina Ball.
Check it out at: Eternallycool
· 4 days ago · in announcements courses
ECCO PRIMAVERA!
Conversational Italian for Beginners
with Christina Ball
Tuesdays and Thursdays
6:30-8pm
May 13 – June 12, 2008
$250 ($450 per couple; $195 grad students)
Perfect for total beginners, Buon Viaggio grads, and anyone traveling to Italy this summer. Those joining Christina in Todi this September will also be more than welcome!
Download the Enrollment form
· 8 days ago · in announcements courses
Early Morning Italian 3
Mon and Wed Mornings 8:45-10am
May 12-June 18
$250 ($225 returning students!)
What could be better than starting each (weekday) morning with a cappuccino and an inspiring, animated Italian lesson? This course picks up where Early Morning Italian 3 left off – with the introduction to the “passato prossimo” and the “imperfetto” past tenses. If you are proficient in the present tense and yearn for a dynamic, fun way to practice what you know and progress even further, this is the course for you.
· 10 days ago · in announcements courses
Italian Grammar in Focus!
This fun and effective new series of lessons gives you the low-down on Italian grammar, one point at a time. Through explanations, exercises and lots of oral and written practice, you’ll both refresh and further perfect what you already know! Open to all students, beginner to intermediate/advanced.
Spring 2008 sessions, Part One:
- Pesky Prepositions Tuesday, May 6, 6-9pm.
- Perplexing Pronouns subject (io, tu), direct (mi, ti), indirect (gli, le), and everyone’s favorites ‘ci’ and ‘ne’. Friday, May 9, 9am-Noon and Monday, May 12, 6-9pm.
$50 per session ($85 for both), includes packet of materials and refreshments (pastries, cheeses, fruits, sparkling water, vino at night!).
To enroll, contact us
· 18 days ago · in announcements courses
Join Christina in Todi this September!
September 6-20, 2008
Join Ecco Italy for a glorious, inspiring two weeks in Umbria. Study Italian each morning at the renowned and innovative school, La Lingua, La Vita in the tranquil hilltown of Todi, and explore Umbrian villages, wineries, olive oil farms and historic sites in the afternoons and on weekends.
$2,100 per person (Italian course+Lodging+Activities)
$850-1,000 (Companion rate/no Italian course!)
Registration now open!
Download the FACT SHEET
Download the REGISTRATION FORM
What past participants have to say:
“This was such a fantastic way to not only experience Italy, but also to really learn the language! The teachers at the school were excellent-patient, skilled, and able to make sure each student is in the class that most comfortably fits their language abilities; and, just adorable! I really enjoyed each of them as they hosted the afternoon historical and wine tasting outings to nearby towns. I highly recommend that you stay with a host family. My hostess was especially gracious; however, I heard the same thing from other members of my group. You are forced to practice what you learn in class in every-day conversations, and you pick up so much more of the language! I was actually able to go days in
a row without speaking English!”
Connie Glover, Charlottesville
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