Italian Language School in Rome

Scudit Scuola D'italiano Rome:
Scudit Scuola d’Italiano is a high quality Italian language school located in the centre of Rome in Via Machiavelli, close to the world-famous Colosseo, the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano. At our school, we offer a wide range of Italian language courses for all levels. Scudit, Scuola d’Italiano, was founded by Roberto Tartaglione who has been the school’s director for over twenty years. Roberto Tartaglione is an expert in teaching Italian as a foreign and second language, and has written several Italian grammar books for foreign students. We have been teaching Italian as a foreign and second language for over 25 years.

Our aim is to encourage language skills through the use of communicative tasks, and focus on a fun and relaxed atmosphere for learning, thereby creating and maintaining motivated students. We also want to promote intercultural exchange along with our students’ communication skills.

Teaching Approach:
Our teaching approach is based on understanding our students’ needs and their individual learning styles. Studying (and teaching) a language in its own country is quite different from studying (and teaching) it abroad. Scudit Scuola d’Italiano goes to great lengths to make use of the opportunities of studying Italian in Italy and ties in teaching with the integration of students into Italian life and customs.

English is studied because it is the standard language of international communication. Italian, on the other hand, whether it is studied for tourism, business or just for general interest in Italian culture, is always studied with the aim of integration into the Italian "way of life". Thus it is essential that the teaching of the language informs the students of the attitudes, interests and knowledge of the Italians.

Furthermore Italian is not normally a student’s second language; it is his or her third, fourth or even fifth language. Consequently our teaching methods take into account that our students are often very sophisticated in their language abilities and cultural interests.

Great stress is therefore laid on the spoken language (unless there is a specific request for an in depth study of written Italian). We concentrate mainly on getting the students to speak, and less importance is given to comprehension, because, as they are staying in Italy, the latter automatically develops outside lesson time in their everyday life. We continually assess the needs and difficulties of individual students and we obtain excellent results thanks to our highly motivated, experienced and talented team of teachers.

We offer a wide range of Italian language courses for all levels for all levels from beginner to advanced:

- Intensive Italian courses
- Extensive Italian courses
- Super-intensive Italian courses
- Full Immersion Italian courses
- Business Italian language courses
- Special Italian courses
- Corporate Italian training
- Italian courses for Erasmus students
- Italian for long-term residents
- Group Italian lessons
- Individual Italian tuition
- Online lessons
- Classes available at the school, on-site or at other locations on request

Our class numbers are small, so each student receives close attention from their tutor. Our professional and highly motivated teaching staff are the key to our success.

Teaching Material:
Scudit, Scuola d’Italiano provides students and teachers with a wide variety of teaching material on its website (reading texts, exercises, tests with keys, language games, etc). The different types of material can be chosen according to title, content description and level of difficulty (Beginners 1, Beginners 2, Intermediate 1, Intermediate 2, Intermediate 3, Advanced).

The teaching material is free to download and can be photocopied and used in any class. However, the material may not be published or sold.

Scudit can provide students with addresses of apartments available for the duration of their stay in Rome.If you would prefer to stay in a hotel or in a self-contained apartment, ask us for help. We can recommend accommodation alternatives at reasonable prices.

If you need our help to book a room in an apartment, please make sure you let us know the exact time of your arrival in Rome. We will make sure that someone is there waiting for you, to show you the room, give you your keys, and answer questions.

* Note: Rooms in private apartments can only be booked from the Sunday night before the start of the course until the Saturday night after course finishes.

Activities:
Scudit, Scuola d’Italiano offers students a series of regularly held guided tours. We also organise guided tours to museums, exhibitions, monuments and archaeological sites, as requested. The guided tours are held in Italian and usually take place in the afternoon.

The programme "Roman Itineraries" is run by Giulia Grassi. We organise single or group guided tours of Rome and the surrounding areas, as requested. Please contact the school.