contact the students who have already attended a course by our school. Feel free to ask them any kind of information about the courses, the school and their experience in the region:

 kontaktieren Sie unsere Studenten um sich ueber die Schule, die Kurse und ihre Erfahrungen zu informieren:

contactez les étudiants qui ont déjà été chez l'école pour avoir des renseignements sur les cours et leur experience:

• for information in English: 

Nicola Pellegrini: Ngp1947@aol.com    (USA)

Philip Angelo: HIM07@aol.com      (USA)

• pour des renseignements en Français:        

Yves Billecart: yvesrb@noos.fr       (FRANCE)

• fuer Auskunft auf Deutsch und auch auf Italienisch:

Helga Wabnitz: helga19@libero.it    (GERMANY)

Pia Valaer: piauv@hotmail.com         (SWITZERLAND)

Dr. Lorenz Hoelt: Lorenz.Hoeltl@uibk.ac.at  (OESTERREICH)

lezione di italiano al mare...	a pranzo tutti assieme...
escursioni settimanali...
	lezione al mercato settimanale
lezioni di cucina alla Scuola Pubblica di Cucina di Otranto

lezioni di cucina organizzati presso la scuola Porta d'Oriente

danzando la Pizzica 

Barbara Dimitri, 29 years old

EDUCATION  
April 1992      Received a “Laurea” with full marks in Modern Languages and Literature (Italian Degree) from the University of Bari. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 
-DIRECTOR of the Courses

-October 96    Italian language teacher for foreign students in France
-  English and French language teacher for Italian students at School Porta d'Oriente

-Journalist for an important Italian newspaper

 
LANGUAGES  
Mother language: Italian 
Good English, German
Good French

Patrizia Convenga, 26 years old

EDUCATION 
April 1997      Received a “Laurea” with full marks in Italian Literature (Italian Degree) from the University of Lecce. 
July 1989       Awarded a “Diploma di Assistente sociale” with full marks. 
 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY  
July 99-present     Italian language teacher at "School Porta d'Oriente". 

 LANGUAGES  
Mother language: Italian 
Good English (understanding and speaking) 

 OTHER INTERESTS 
Reading, poetry, swimming and politics. 

Stefania Dimitri, 27 years old

EDUCATION  
June 1998      Received a “Laurea” with Honours in Italian  Literature (Italian Degree) from the University of Lecce. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 
Assistant Director at "school Porta d'Oriente"  
 -Italian language teacher for foreign students
 
 -Private tutoring to Italian students

LANGUAGES  
Mother language: Italian 
 Fluent English