We invite you to improve

your Italian or to start learning

this beautiful language and

immerse yourself in the wonderful world of Italian culture

in Rome, at the Leonardo da Vinci School

About International Language School Leonardo da Vinci

International school Leonardo da Vinci is the one of the biggest language schools in Italy. It was founded in 1977 and has long-term experience of successful teaching Italian to students around the world. The school’s branches are located in the most beautiful cities of the country: Rome, Milan, Florence, and Sienna. The school Leonardo da Vinci is an official representative for the Ministry of Education, and the quality of education is confirmed by numerous international certificates, particularly International Quality Assurance Certificate ISO.

Well-qualified Italian teachers work in every Leonardo da Vinci centre. They have university degrees and they’ve been trained to teach Italian language to foreigners. The school offers different programs to students: standard and intensive Italian courses at any level of proficiency; lessons in small groups and individual lessons; courses for Italian teachers; preparatory courses for international exams on the knowledge of Italian; and courses for special goals like business correspondence, law Italian, medicine Italian etc.

Additional developmental programs as ‘Italy Today: The Language and Culture’, ‘La Dolce Vita’ (‘Italian Lifestyle’), ‘History and Arts’, ‘Language of Fashion’, ‘Language of Architecture’, ‘Language of Opera’, ‘History of Theatre’, ‘Italian Wines’, ‘Culinary Traditions and Gastronomy’ are of great interest.

The Leonardo da Vinci centre in Rome is located in a beautiful building in a typical aristocratical style in the historical part of the city in the centre of the Italian capital about ten minute walking distance from Piazza Navona, Sant’Angelo Castle, and Saint Peter’s Basilica. There are numerous cafes, cozy restaurants, trattorias where you can fully appreciate the famous Italian food and then go shopping.

The Leonardo da Vinci School is not only educational institution where students learn Italian, but the meeting place for students from around the world. Today students from more than 90 countries choose the Leonardo da Vinci School to learn Italian (45% from Europe, 35% from America, 10% from Asia, 10% from the rest of the world).

The popular American writer Elisabeth Gilbert studied in the Roman school Leonardo da Vinci. Then she described her experience of being in Italy in the bestseller ‘Eat, Pray, Love’. This book was filmed starring Julia Roberts.

The school offers a great cultural program. Interesting arrangements are organized every week: tours of Rome and its environments, dinners in Italian pizzerias, watching movies in Italian etc. The various cultural programs help immerse students in the wonderful world of Italian culture, use their knowledge of Italian, and better interact with students who have come to Rome from around the world.

Use the great opportunity to learn Italian
with professionals from Leonardo da Vinci!

Groups go to Italy accompanied by the professional teacher of Italian from FLC REWARD, candidate of Philology Derevyanskaya Viktoria Venediktovna who repeatedly lived in Rome and learned Italian in Italy. Accompanying the teacher can qualifiedly advised trip participants with any matters of preparation to lessons, and she’ll make the cultural program much more interesting.

Travel Information

Teaching

Friendly and professional Italian teachers, modern teaching methodology, and the surrounding atmosphere will help to learn Italian quickly and qualitatively in the Italian Language School Leonardo da Vinci! Classes are dynamica, bright, and fascinating! Groups are formed taking into account the level of students’ knowledge.

High training performance is provided by the whole organizational-methodological complex:

• only well-qualified Italian teachers who have university degrees and have been trained to teach Italian language for foreigners work in every Leonardo da Vinci centre
• the most effective training technologies help to remove the language barrier and stimulate natural communication in Italian
• classrooms are equipped with all the necessary equipment including audio-visual equipment and projectors
• daily classes are held in small international groups (up to 12 people) where Russian is completely excluded and every student is given maximum attention
• all participants are provided with the necessary training and teaching materials. Tutorials are developed by the reference group of the Leonardo da Vinci centre taking into account years of experience teaching the Italian language to students from around the world
• intermediate testing is conducted
• at the end of the course you’ll get a Certificate of the Leonardo da Vinci International School with evidence of course completion
• the opportunity to pass the exam AIL "Firenze" DELI/DILI/DILC/DALI/DALC and get the international certificate is provided for students who held 1-3-6-month training
• the school offers learning Italian at any level (from started to intermediate).

Accommodation

The Leonardo da Vinci School offers students to live in comfortable student apartments, Italian families or hotels:

Accommodation include:

• Residence in student apartments in rooms for 1-2 people.
• A kitchen equipped with everything necessary for cooking.

The Leonardo da Vinci School offers in addition to high quality courses:

• free Internet access
• video hall
• computer class
• conference hall
• lounges

Cultural programs

"All road" lead to Rome" – the famous proverb says. Millions of tours come to Rome each year to enjoy the arts, architecture and history. Rome combines the features of the ancient city and the modern European capital. It is better to walk around Rome on foot to feel the unique spirit of the eternal city.

The school offers a great cultural program. Interesting activities are organized every week: trips around Rome, dinners in Italian pizzerias, and watching movies in Italian. The various cultural programs help to immerse students in the wonderful world of Italian culture, use their knowledge of Italian in practice, and better interact with students who come to Rome from around the world.

1. Full day excursion (held every 4 weeks):

• Sperlonga coast
• Naples and Pompeii
• Cortona

2. Half-day excursion (held every week):

• Roman attractions (Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Four Fountains Square, Plaza de Espa?a, Trevi Fountain, Mouth of Truth, Trastevere District, Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, The church of Santa Maria Maggiore etc)
• Ancient Ostia
• Villa Adriana
• Villa d’Este
• Gregorian Villa
• Roman Castles

Payment
for 2 weeks on a person includes:

• 20 lessons of 45 minutes per week
• Additional phonetic classes
• Additional lectures on the history of theatre
• Required textbooks
• Accommodation in student apartments in the room for 1-2 people or a family
• 4 excursions to the sights of Rome
• Watching movies in Italian
• The fee for a visa
• Tickets Moscow-Rome, Rome-Moscow
• Insurance
• Consultancy services of REWARD in the registration of necessary documents
• Accompanied by a professional instructor from FLC REWARD (in a group of 8 to 15 people).

An application for participation in the program has to be completed in the Central office of FLC REWARD at: 16, Gagarina St.

Telephones: 98-09-98, 23-15-85, 8-906-404-00-30

For all questions about a travel please contact
the offices of FLC REWARD in Volgograd and Volzhskiy
and the head of the International Department
Koldunova Marina, tel. 8-906-404-00-30

We invite you

to an unforgettable adventure in Rome

at the Leonardo da Vinci School!