Italian Department - Rome International School

Il Dipartimento Di Italiano

RIS offers the possibility for Italian families and international students with mother-tongue proficiency to follow the Italian Ministerial Programme.Promuove iniziative integrative di approfondimento e strategie per garantire la continuità didattica per tutto il corso degli studi.
Collabora con gli insegnanti della primary school in vista di una continuità e gradualità dell'apprendimento.
Prepara e assiste gli studenti di Year 6 per gli esami di idoneità, quelli di Year 9 per gli esami di fine ciclo e per lo studio della lingua nell'high school.

Sostiene gli alunni affinché vivano la scuola come un ambiente educativo e di apprendimento della lingua. L’obiettivo principale del dipartimento è quello di aiutare gli studenti nella maturazione, nell’esplorazione letteraria, nella riflessione e nello studio della lingua e della cultura italiana.

Students who do not wish to follow the Italian Ministerial Programme have lessons in Italian as an Additional Language. These are differentiated according to students' proficiency in the language.

Italian Ministerial Programme

Programma Ministeriale - Early Years & Elementary - Scuola Paritaria

RIS has already submitted an application to the Italian Ministry of Education to receive paritaria status for the Elementary School. We are now waiting for the final authorisation and visit, which will thereby validate the delivery of the Italian Ministerial Programme, which begins in Year 1 / Year 2 at RIS, culminating in Year 5 / Year 6 depending on age.

What does it mean to be a paritaria school?

This accreditation is relevant only for students who choose to follow the optional Italian ministerial programme in the Elementary School. RIS will be authorised to issue an official school report recognised by the state and equivalent to that delivered in Italian state schools.

Benefits:

Paritaria recognition of the Elementary School allows us to be a part of a network of schools officially recognised to deliver the Italian State Programme.
Students opting to follow this programme will receive a school report at the end of each year.

This report published by RIS is the official document needed to enter any Italian school. Students will not be required to take an esame di idoneità (as is currently the case).

Students who opt to follow the Italian system will continue to be placed into groups according to date of birth for the Italian lessons only. Overall Class Placement and progression will not be affected.

How will this impact the delivery of the IB Primary Years Programme (IB PYP)?

This development will not affect the overall educational or academic experience of our international or Italian families. The implementation of the IB Primary Years Programme, class placement, reports and progression, will continue to be delivered as is the case now.

Programma Ministeriale - Middle School

In Middle School, students in Years 7, 8 and 9 work towards the Licenza Media exam which is taken in the final year of Middle School (Year 9). The programme currently requires some hours before and/or after-school for Middle years.

In Year 9, students who choose to sit the Licenza Media state exam will have a specific programme to follow and an extra charge will be levied for these classes.

Italian after the Ministerial Programme - High School

In the High School, first language Italian speakers follow a programme broadly similar to that of a Liceo Linguistico. They study a wide spectrum of Italian literature to prepare them for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for first language Italian course. International students study the IGCSE Italian course.

All students, both Italian and International take the Cambridge IGCSE Italian exam at the end of Year 11.

In the IB Diploma Programme, Italian students may students may study Italian A (Prima Lingua). This is an intensive course studying modern and classic Italian texts.

International students may study Italian B (Seconda Lingua). This option is also available to Italian students returning from abroad who have not been previously educated in an Italian School.

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