FOUR-YEAR LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE

– FOUR-YEAR LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE –

Italian culture and the command of foreign languages in a programme with an international scope

The 4 year course is aimed at attaining full command of foreign languages through an international teaching method that emphasises and focuses on comprehension and communication, through a curriculum preparation for the international language certificates in all the languages that are studied.

OBJECTIVES

The course to attain the diploma takes four years;
The diploma is identical and has the same legal validity as the five-year course;
Optimisation of the teaching programme to make the time to organise themed Learning Weeks: study method, public speaking, audio-visual translation, full immersion in the foreign languages with exposure to native speakers, interpretation (in collaboration with the Diplomats Association);
Excellent command of the language enhancing the study of subjects and/or parts of them in all the foreign languages that are studied and preparing everyone to attain the B2/C1 certificate on conclusion of the course;
A modern education that will ensure a better future in work and/or study after the diploma.

EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

Classrooms set up as laboratories, with interactive whiteboard (IWB) and fiber cabling;
Computer lab;
Digital education and tablet for every student;
Multimedia room for meetings, conferences and lessons;
Gym and sports equipment.

METHOD

Extensive use of lab and digital teaching, with the use of tablets and electronic books in a fully wired structure with each class organised with IWB, team work and cooperative learning with development of character skills;
Experiences of stages, twinning with foreign schools and periods of school-work alternation in the countries of the languages that are being studied;
Teaching the languages with the international method: focus on comprehension and communication;
Doing part of the school-work alternation (PCTO) abroad;
Transmission of soft skills through the teaching of subjects (autonomy, self-esteem and confidence, communication skills, team work, organisational skills);
“Problem Solving” to train students to use logic;
Teaching of subjects in English and possibility of taking IGCSE exams.

TIMETABLE

Subjects	Four-years
	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th
Italian language and literature	4	4	4	4
Latin	3	–	–	–
*English* 2^nd language 1^st	4	4	4	4
Conversation with native English speakers	1	1	1	–
Foreign language and culture 2^nd *	4	4	4	4
Foreign language and culture 3^rd Spanish 3	4	4	4	4
History and Geography	3	2	–	–
History	–	–	2	2
Philosophy	–	1	2	2
Mathematics/Computer technology	3	3	2	3
Physics	–	–	2	2
Natural sciences	1	2	2	2
Art History	–	2	2	2
Exercise and sports sciences	2	2	2	2
Religion	1	1	1	1
Total	30	30	32	32