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Learning environment

Our summer school of Italian language and culture for foreigners is based in Riomaggiore, in the heart of the Cinque Terre, national park and UNESCO world heritage site. Here we have developed an original learning proposal and a innovative method, specially designed to put together the best of what this unique environment has to offer.

A landscape unique in the world

Five small Ligurian villages suspended between the mountains and the sea, surrounded by an unspoilt nature, warmed by the sun and privileged by the mild climate of the Mediterranean. A thousand-years old culture founded on the cultivation of the vine and on the production of the famous wine, which has been preserved up to us and has shaped over the centuries the terraced landscape, a unique example in the world of harmonious balance between man and environment. A school immersed in a scenery of absolute beauty, to make more pleasant and therefore more quick and long-lasting the process of language acquisition.

A landscape unique in the world

Five small Ligurian villages suspended between the mountains and the sea, surrounded by an unspoilt nature, warmed by the sun and privileged by the mild climate of the Mediterranean. A thousand-years old culture founded on the cultivation of the vine and on the production of the famous wine, which has been preserved up to us and has shaped over the centuries the terraced landscape, a unique example in the world of harmonious balance between man and environment. A school immersed in a scenery of absolute beauty, to make more pleasant and therefore more quick and long-lasting the process of language acquisition.

A microcosm that becomes a school

The Cinque Terre, despite the recent touristic development, preserve their own identity as villages, where everyone knows each other and life is still on a human scale. It is an ideal setting to learn a second language, a peculiar microcosm where the school expands itself in the region and the entire community becomes school. Our educational offer is indeed specifically designed to promote the natural process of learning through a full immersion into the linguistic, cultural and social environment.

A microcosm that becomes a school

The Cinque Terre, despite the recent touristic development, preserve their own identity as villages, where everyone knows each other and life is still on a human scale. It is an ideal setting to learn a second language, a peculiar microcosm where the school expands itself in the region and the entire community becomes school. Our educational offer is indeed specifically designed to promote the natural process of learning through a full immersion into the linguistic, cultural and social environment.

THE BEAUTY IN THE CLASSROOM

The school is based on the top floor of the town hall, where there are two large and bright multimedia classrooms with balcony and sea view provided by the Municipality of Riomaggiore. The plenary sessions will be held in the convention center located in the medieval castle overlooking the village with its breath-taking terraces.

A good part of teaching activities, however, will take place outside the school: scenary of our lessons will be each time the villages, the trails, the vineyards, the cellars, the churches, the craft workshops. And still the sea, the mountains, the sky and the Cinque Terre in its enchanting harmony. For our students, surrounded by such a beauty both inside and outside classroom, learning Italian will be like a breeze.

Click on the picture to enjoy the wonderful view from the school’s terrace.

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