The Method
Apart from grammar and syntax, we consider that there are four skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking - which need to be studied and developed right from the first level, to achieve understanding and expression in authentic communicative situations.
To this end situations are simulated in the classroom using authentic teaching material.
Structures and vocabulary are adapted to the lower levels and become progressively more complex until, at advanced levels, different types of text are used to encourage the recognition and reproduction of different language styles.
The structure and the contents of the programmes for all levels are based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (C.E.F.R.)
| Common European Framework | Corresponding levels - Machiavelli | Certificate | |
| BASIC LEVEL | A1 | Level 1+, Level 2 | CILS A1 |
| A2 | Level 2+, Level 3 | CILS A2 | |
| INDEPENDENT LEVEL | B1 | Level 3+, Level 4 | CILS B1 |
| B2 | Level 5 | CILS B2 | |
| PROFICIENT LEVEL | C1 | Advanced C1 | CILS C1 |
| C2 | Advanced C2 | CILS C2 | |