Learn Romanian at the Romanian Cultural Institute! 15 years of Romanian language classes!

ROMANIA(N) IN A NUTSHELL -Romanian Language Classes for Foreigners
The Romanian Cultural Institute has been organizing the Romanian language courses for foreigners since 2008.

If you want to study Romanian for your business, for your job or for fun, the language courses offered by the Romanian Cultural Institute are the best choice!

We plan on giving you the opportunity to travel and discover, step by step, the mysteries revolving around one of the roman(t)ic languages.

In 2023 the Romanian Cultural Institute offers:

• Courses (classroom and online) for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners
• Demo lessons
• Private courses
• ”Let's sit over a glass of wine!" -  conversation workshops

Summer school in Brașov - Romanian Language, Culture and Civilization Courses

Courses for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners *(based upon the regulations and principles issued by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment) are available for all the series!
In order to assess the level of Romanian correspondent to the enrolled candidates, an initial placement test will be taken by the prospective students.

According to the results of the evaluation, the study groups will be assembled for the beginner level (A2 – A2.1 and A2.2), intermediate (B1 – B1.1, B1.2, B1.3, B1.4, B2 –B2.1, B2.2, B2.3, B2.4 ) and advanced (C1- C1.1, C1.2, C1.3, C1.4) levels.

Please note that the participants not familiarized with the Romanian language, thus corresponding to the A1 level, will not be submitted to a placement test.

The placement test is free.

Duration of one module: 40 hours of study
The study groups comprise 8 up to 12 students. In order to be able to set up a study group for each of the levels indicated above, we need to have a minimum of 6 students enrolled per group.
Regular courses consist of two hours of study/twice a week.
Private courses (are pre-established by mutual agreement with the persons choosing this option).

The scheduling for 2023

Morning and evening ONLINE and CLASSROOM courses!

February 1st – April 10th (beginner level A1 and A2.1, A2.2 – Mondays and Wednesdays from 9.30 AM until 11.30 AM and from 6.30 PM until 8.30 PM, deadline January 25th)

February 2nd – April (intermediate B1.1, B1.2 and B2.2, B2.3 and advanced levels C1.1 - Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9.30 AM until 11.30 AM and from 6.30 PM until 8.30 PM, deadline January 26th)

April 19th – June 28th (beginner level A1 and A2.1, A2.2– Mondays and Wednesdays, from 9.30 AM until 11.30 AM or from 6.30 PM until 8.30 PM, deadline April 12th) Update 10.04.2023: The new deadline is April 14th, 2023.

April 20th – June 29th (intermediate B1.1, B1.2, B1.3 / B2.1, B2.2, B2.3 and advanced levels C1.1 - Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9.30 AM until 11.30 AM or from 6.30 PM till 8.30 PM, deadline April 12th) Update 10.04.2023: The new deadline is April 14th, 2023.

September 18th – November 22nd (beginner level A1 and A2.1, A2.2– Mondays and Wednesdays from 9.30 AM until 11.30 AM or from 6.30 PM till 8.30 PM, deadline September 12th)

September 19th – November 23rd (intermediate B1.1, B1.2, B.1.3, B1.4 / B2.1, B.2.2 and advanced levels C1.1 - Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9.30 AM until 11.30 AM or from 6.30 PM till 8.30 PM, deadline September 12th)

”Let's sit over a glass of wine!” – conversation morning and evening classroom workshops – 20 hours

May 03rd – June 7th (A2.2 / B1.1 Mondays and Wednesdays from 10.00 AM till 12.00 AM and from 6.30 PM until 20.30PM, deadline April 26th)

May 04th – June 6th (A2.2 / B1.1 Mondays and Wednesdays from 10.00 AM till 12.00 AM and from 6.30 PM until 8.30PM, deadline April 26th)

Private courses (by individual request)

One person: 100 lei/hour/person
Two persons per group: 70 lei /hour/person
Three or four persons per group: 50 lei/hour/person
More than five persons per group: 40 lei / hour / person

All of the aforementioned courses will take place in the two classrooms within the ground floor of the secondary headquarters of the Romanian Cultural Institute. The address of the RCI’s new building is 21-23 Biserica Amzei Street, Bucharest.

Applications must be submitted to the following e-mail address limbaromana@icr.ro with a cc to ana.borca@icr.ro, roxana.dinca@icr.ro or in hard-copy, at the secondary headquarters of the Institute (21-23 Biserica Amzei Street, Bucharest). Please find attached the application form below or just by clicking here.

The cost of one module classroom courses is 1000 lei or 200 eur.

The cost of one module online courses is 800 lei or 160 eur.

The price comprises the placement test and the material.

Payment conditions:
The fee should be paid before the deadline of the enrollment, after receiving the confirmation of the class formation. Please make sure to explicitly write your full name and the designated address for the receipt/bill on all the documents related to the bank transfer process. Note that all supplementary bank charges fall under the responsibility of the applicants.

Method of payment:

In EURO: using the bank account IBAN RO63RNCB0072049713640004, open at Banca Comercială Română SA, 155 Calea Victoriei, Sector 1 - Bucharest, Romania, BIC/SWIFT CODE: RNCB RO BU

In LEI: into the bank account no. RO47RNCB0072049713640001, open at Banca Comercială Română SA, Calea Victoriei 155, Sector 1 - Bucharest, Romania

Institutional data: Institutul Cultural Român, cod fiscal (CIF) 15726657, address: 38 Aleea Alexandru, 011824, Bucharest

Conditions for the withdrawal from the course:

• If you inform the ICR team in writing, before the course starts, we will be able to refund you the course fee, minus an administrative charge of 10%.
• If you inform the ICR team in writing, during the first week of the course, you will get a credit report and will be reimbursed for the costs of the remaining unattended classes minus 25% of this amount, charged as administrative costs.
• No credits are reimbursed after the ending of the first week.

The Romanian Cultural Institute does not assume responsibility for granting visas in the case of the non-EU citizens that apply for a visa in order to participate to the Romanian Language Classes in Bucharest.

Moreover, the Institute does not have the obligation of providing accommodation in Bucharest for the foreign participants that do not reside in Romania, during their stay for the courses, this task falling under the applicants’ personal concern.

For further information please contact: Ana Borca - tel. (004) 031 7100 672

Instructors

Marinela Bota (b. 1984) is a PhD student at the Doctoral School in Letters, University of Bucharest, working on regional pragmatic variation in the use of the discourse markers. She is a graduate of the Master program „Advanced Studies in Linguistics” at the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, and a graduate of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest, specialization Spanish/ Romanian Language and Literature. She is an assistant researcher at the "Iorgu Iordan - Al. Rosetti" Institute of Linguistics of the Romanian Academy and she teaches Romanian as a foreign language within the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, at the Romanian Center Studies. Since 2020 she is a collaborator professor of the Romanian Language Classes Program organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute.

Ilinca Busurcă (born in 1979) graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, specialization Russian Language and Literature - Romanian Language and Literature. She graduated the Master on Russian Cultural Studies and Business Communication and the second Master "Culture and Mentality in the European Integration of Romanians". Currently she works at the Department for Students' Services from the University of Bucharest. Ilinca taught Romanian Language at the Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi Institute (Center) for the Romanians Living Abroad. She has a qualification as a trainer and she has a 10 years experience in teaching Romanian language for foreigners. In January 2011 (25-29) she took up, as her colleague Ana, a specialized course in teaching Romanian as a foreign language, organized by the Institute for the Romanian Language as a European Language and the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.

Enida Cincora (b. 1990) graduated the Faculty of Letters (Romanian Language and Literature specialty - French Language and Literature) of the University of Bucharest in 2012. Between 2012–2014 she attended the Master's Degree in Advanced Studies in Linguistics - the structure and functioning of the Romanian language. Since 2019 he has been a doctor in Philology. Since 2015 she is a university assistant at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest, where she teaches practical courses in Romanian as a foreign language to students enrolled in the Preparatory Year. Since 2018 she is a Romanian language teacher for foreign students in the summer courses of the Romanian language, culture and Romanian civilization of the University of Bucharest. She published syntax articles of the old Romanian language and reviews.

Ioana Negrău (b. 1972) graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, specializing in English Language and Literature and Romanian Language and Literature. For his Bachelor's Thesis he chose "The Study of Masks in William Shakepeare's Plays." He attended the Master's courses in Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the University of Bucharest, defending the master's thesis "Teaching foreign languages to children". During the faculty she worked as an English teacher at Nicolae Iorga Kindergarten, between 1995-1999, she was an English teacher at ASE at the Department of English Language and Business Communication as well as at the Foreign Language Center "Prosper Ase" where she taught both Romanian for foreigners as well as English. She taught English conversation courses at the University of Bucharest from 1995 to 1999. She taught Romanian as a foreign language at the American government organization "Peace Corps" between 1997 and 2005, where she also held the position of Director of Training for American volunteers. She taught Romanian at the Japanese organization JICA-JOCV between 2000-2002, as well as at many multinational companies in Bucharest: Deloitte, Hilti, Max Boegl, Colgate Palmolive, Viticola Corcova, OMV Petrom, Saaten Union Romania, Ecovis Romania, Mivan Kier, Unilever Romania, S&T Romania, Allianz Tiriac Life Insurance, Luxoft Romania, Fokker Engineering and Aerospace. She has been teaching Romanian language courses since May 2018 at the French Cultural Institute in Bucharest. She has collaborated for teaching Romanian with the Embassy of Austria, the Embassy of Poland, the US Embassy, the Embassy of France, the Embassy of Germany, the Embassy of Qatar, the Embassy of Canada, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and the South Korean Chamber of Commerce.

Gabriela Stoica (born in 1979) is a graduate of the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, Romanian Language and Literature and Latin Language and Literature. She holds a M.A. degree in “The structure and the evolution of Romanian language” and a Ph.D. in Philology (linguistics field, history of Romanian language). She started teaching Romanian as foreign language in 2003, within the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, Department of Linguistics, where she currently works as a lecturer. She was a teacher at Summer Courses of Romanian Language, Culture and Civilization, organised by the Romanian Cultural Institute (Baia-Mare 2004, 2005, Braşov 2008), and by the University of Bucharest (Sinaia 2006, Bucharest 2012). Starting with 2010 she became a constant collaborator of the Romanian Language Classes Programme of The Romanian Cultural Institut, Bucharest. In 2009 she was the beneficiary of the grant Lifelong learning programme. Erasmus Teaching Mobility, implying an exchange of teaching experience at the Department of European and Intercultural Studies of the University „La Sapienza”, Rome. Since 2002, she also works as a researcher at the “Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” Institute of Linguistics of the Romanian Academy of Sciences, Department of Etymology.

Andreea Mastu (born in 1993) graduated from the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest with a Bachelor's degree in Philology (Romanian and English language and literature), followed by the Master's programme 'Advanced Studies in Linguistics'. She is currently a PhD student at the Doctoral School of Letters at the Faculty of Letters, UniBuc, working on a thesis on the semantics of nominal genericity in Romanian. As a researcher, she is interested in a variety of domains like Romanian as a foreign language, formal semantics, linguistic geography and, recently, the expression of inclusive language crosslinguistically. Between 2020 and 2022 she taught Romanian as a foreign language as a collaborator teacher at the Centre of Romanian Studies, Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest . She is currently teaching Romanian to Ukrainian refugees at the Romanian-Finnish High School from Bucharest. She has been a collaborator of the Romanian Cultural Institute since 2021.

Alumni who wrote us:

„I came to Romania two years ago. When I arrived here, I did not know Romanian language at all. Then I decided to study at ICR and after some courses, I am convinced that ICR is the best choice if you really wish to learn Romanian language, in a very nice atmosphere, with an easy and effective method. But the most important fact is that ICR has a very professional female team, integrated by five enthusiast teachers who are always willing to help you. They are teachers highly qualified, with a deep knowledge of Romanian language and every time they show their best disposition to encourage you to improve your performance and have success to learn Romanian language.” (Juana Nunez, Mexico)

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Formular de inscriere pentru cursurile online / Application form for online courses Formular de inscriere pentru cursurile cu prezenta fizica / Application form for classroom courses