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Italian schools struggle to make migrant pupils feel at home

The country needs to utilise the human capital of its nearly 900,000 foreign pupils

At the Iqbal Masih comprehensive school in Pioltello — a working-class Milan suburb with many foreign residents, six new North African pupils recently watched a video of the hit song “Casa Mia” (My House) by Italian rap star Ghali, whose own parents were Tunisian migrants.  

Afterwards, instructor Alice Marcandalli — trained to teach Italian to non-native speakers — used the lyrics to discuss vocabulary linked to home: from verbs like eat, sleep, play and wash to ideas like hospitality, security and tranquility.

All new migrant pupils at this school get 4.5 hours of weekly intensive Italian instruction for at least a year so they don’t flounder in class and can communicate with teachers and peers.

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