Center of Mestre

ACLE Orientation and Venice Area: Mestre, Venice, and Padua

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September 24th 2016
My summer ‘job’ was working as a tutor at English-learning summer camps in Italy with an organization called ACLE. They coordinate camps all over Italy, but mostly in the north. Most are 1 or 2 weeks long, and tutors usually stay with a host family at each camp. ACLE’s style is to teach English through games, songs, and drama. They create all of their own material, so they want tutors to ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more