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Course details

Learn Italian at A1 level with conversations classes

Who is this course for?

  • You want to use Italian naturally in everyday conversations and real-life situations.
  • Professionals working in Italian-speaking environments.
  • You have a busy and changing schedule.
  • You are looking for a flexible and efficient way to improve your Italian.
  • You want to prepare the CILS A1 exam and need targeted language practice.

What you will learn

  • Listening: Understand basic spoken Italian.
  • Speaking: Speak basic Italian.
  • Reading: Identify familiar words and phrases in brief texts.
  • Writing: Compose simple sentences and short texts.
  • Culture: Discover Italian customs and traditions.
  • Perfect for preparing for the CILS A1 exam.

This course in short

  • ITALIAN A1 course based on Università per Stranieri di Siena grammar and vocabulary guidelines.
  • You study with a mix of self study with assignments and speaking practice classes.
  • A personal tutor supports you and organizes your learning schedule.
  • You can monitor your progress through our online platform.

Pricing

Start in the learning portal. Add a teacher when you are ready.

Self-study

Learn whenever you want, 30 minutes a day.

From €1.50/month

  • Progress tracking
  • Printed book for offline study
  • Audio, video and AI corrections
  • 1 month €14.99 €14.99/month
  • 3 months €24.00 €8.00/month Save €20.97 (47%)
  • 6 months €34.50 €5.75/month Save €55.44 (62%)
  • 12 months €45.48 €3.79/month Save €134.40 (75%)
  • 48 months €72.00 €1.50/month Save €647.52 (90%)

Course schedule

Study when you want, and book a teacher around your work.

  • Self-study 24/7, online and offline
  • Classes around your work schedule
  • No fixed group times
  • Book a class when you are ready

Curriculum

You reach 1 level in 12 weeks. Vocabulary and grammar are aligned with official exams (CEFR).

Learning objectives

  • Basic greetings and farewells.
  • Starting and ending a conversation.
  • Useful phrases to use during class (asking for clarification, repetition, etc.).

Video/audio

  • The presentations

Grammar

  • Personal pronouns

Learning objectives

  • Tell your name and ask for the name of somebody
  • Titles and ways of addressing people. (Mister, miss,...)
  • Introduce yourself

Video/audio

  • Welcome to the city!

Grammar

  • The Italian alphabet
  • The pronunciation

Learning objectives

  • Ask somebody where they are from
  • Say your nationality

Video/audio

  • How many Italians are there?

Grammar

  • Italian articles: Il, Lo, La, I, Gli, Le
  • Gender and number of nouns

Learning objectives

  • Learn to count
  • Numbers from 1-100

Video/audio

  • Two kilos of apples, please!

Grammar

  • Cardinal numbers

Learning objectives

  • Introduce and tell about your family.
  • Ask someone about their family. (size, structure,...)

Video/audio

  • How is your family?

Grammar

  • Possessive adjectives

Learning objectives

  • Asking somebody's age
  • Say how old you are and when your birthday is

Video/audio

  • The birthday party

Grammar

  • The interrogatives: "Quando?", "Quanto?"

Learning objectives

  • Describe your profession
  • Ask somebody's profession
  • Talk about studies

Video/audio

  • What job do you do?

Grammar

  • The interrogatives: "Quale?", "Dove?", "Perché?"

Learning objectives

  • Asking for and giving contact details.
  • Tell and ask for addresses.

Video/audio

  • The passport

Grammar

  • Present tense of regular verbs

Learning objectives

  • Learn the parts of the day.
  • Learn the names of the 7 days of the week
  • Describe your weekly activities.

Video/audio

  • The short working week

Grammar

  • Prepositions: indicating times of day

Learning objectives

  • Talk about the weather
  • Basic weather vocabulary

Video/audio

  • The weather

Grammar

  • The articulated prepositions

Learning objectives

  • Learn the ordinal numbers.

Video/audio

  • The bell tower of St Mark's

Grammar

  • Ordinal numbers

Learning objectives

  • Learn the seasons and months.
  • Describe the weather in each season and month.
  • Tell what you do in what month of the year.

Video/audio

  • What is your favourite season?

Grammar

  • Stare per + infinito

Learning objectives

  • Ask and tell the time
  • Read the clock

Video/audio

  • Waiting for the bus

Grammar

  • How to say the time?

Learning objectives

  • The basic dates and holidays

Video/audio

  • The December holidays

Grammar

  • How is the date formed?

Learning objectives

  • Name the food that we consume daily.
  • Tell what you eat and drink.

Video/audio

  • The Mediterranean diet

Grammar

  • Conjunctions

Learning objectives

  • Talk about your daily routine.
  • Talk about habits.

Video/audio

  • The daily routine

Grammar

  • Reflexive verbs

Learning objectives

  • Basic ingredients for cooking
  • Expressing obligations

Video/audio

  • Eggs with tomato

Grammar

  • Qualifying adjectives

Learning objectives

  • Ask and answer questions.
  • Learn the question words.

Video/audio

  • Open questions and closed questions

Grammar

  • Questions

Learning objectives

  • Talk about money, currencies and payment methods.
  • Ask for and say the price in a shop.

Video/audio

  • At the Porta Romana market

Grammar

  • Indefinites: 'molto', 'tanto', 'poco', etc...

Learning objectives

  • Write a grocery list for daily food and drinks.
  • Ask a shop assistant about a product in the supermarket.

Video/audio

  • The shopping list

Grammar

  • Imperative - tu: Prendi, Va', Fai, ...

Learning objectives

  • Describe everyday clothing.
  • Ask for availability in a clothing shop.
  • Ask for your size.

Video/audio

  • The sales in Padua

Grammar

  • Modal verbs: 'Potere', 'Dovere', 'Volere'

Learning objectives

  • Get to know the basic body parts.
  • Basic phrases to describe your health.

Video/audio

  • Do you have back pain?

Grammar

  • The plural of nouns

Learning objectives

  • Describe people's physical appearance
  • Use adjectives to describe people.

Video/audio

  • Appearance, style and beauty

Grammar

  • Agreement of adjectives

Learning objectives

  • Describe the colours of common objects.

Video/audio

  • How to match colours

Grammar

  • Use of “piacere”

Learning objectives

  • Express your basic emotions.
  • Describe the emotions of others.

Video/audio

  • A stressful day at work

Grammar

  • The passato prossimo with essere
  • The present perfect with avere

Learning objectives

  • Describe taste, smell, sight, sound and touch
  • Compare things

Video/audio

  • Discovering flavours with the senses

Grammar

  • Comparative adjectives: "Più + aggettivo + di," ...

Learning objectives

  • Describe forms and shapes.
  • Describe basic objects.
  • Express preferences.

Video/audio

  • The trulli of Alberobello

Grammar

  • Demonstrative adjectives: questo, quello

Learning objectives

  • Learn to describe the character of people.
  • Talk about personalities.

Video/audio

  • Angela's new job

Grammar

  • The relative superlative: il più, il meno, i più, ...

Learning objectives

  • Express what you need.
  • Tell how your body feels.

Video/audio

  • Rest is important

Grammar

  • Past participles as adjectives

Learning objectives

  • Express sickness and pain.
  • Express your medical condition at the doctor's office.

Video/audio

  • The flu

Grammar

  • Adverbs of manner

Learning objectives

  • Describe all the rooms and floors of a house.
  • Understand a house rental or sales ad.

Video/audio

  • The house

Grammar

  • The use of 'c'è' and 'ci sono'

Learning objectives

  • Describe the furniture in your house.

Video/audio

  • Furnishing the new house

Grammar

  • “Ci” vs “ce”

Learning objectives

  • Setting up the table to receive guests.

Video/audio

  • Setting the table

Grammar

  • Adverbs of place: qui, qua, lì, là,...

Learning objectives

  • Learn the names of common household and electrical appliances.
  • Daily situations with common household devices.

Video/audio

  • Appliances and consumption

Grammar

  • Adverbs ending in -mente

Learning objectives

  • Learn the different types of accommodations.
  • Contact a landlord or agency to rent a house.

Video/audio

  • Choosing a flat to rent

Grammar

  • Connectors: 'allora', 'quindi', 'perché', 'anche'

Learning objectives

  • Learn the names of common plants and flowers in the house and in the garden.
  • Talk about plant care and routines at your home or office.

Video/audio

  • Tips for a perfect garden

Grammar

  • Stare + gerund

Learning objectives

  • Learn the basic animals (pets).
  • Describe the routines, daily care and food of your pet.

Video/audio

  • How to take care of animals

Grammar

  • Go to 'Andare a' + infinitive

Learning objectives

  • Describe the location of services on a map.
  • Ask for the opening hours of a certain service.

Video/audio

  • A morning full of errands

Grammar

  • Negation: 'Non', 'No', 'Neanche', 'Nemmeno'

Learning objectives

  • Ask food from the menu.
  • Reserve a table in a restaurant.

Video/audio

  • Sunday lunch at the restaurant

Grammar

  • The polite form: vorrei

Learning objectives

  • Learn the sports
  • Talk about the sports you practice

Video/audio

  • What sport do you do?

Grammar

  • Adverbs of frequency: sempre, spesso, mai

Learning objectives

  • Talk about your hobbies
  • Describe activities that you enjoy

Video/audio

  • How to spend free time

Grammar

  • Adverbs of time: dopo, prima, poi, etc...

Learning objectives

  • Describe the different types of transportation.
  • Buy a transport ticket.
  • Describe transportation between places.

Video/audio

  • What is multimodality?

Grammar

  • Place expressions: andare in, andare a, per, da, etc.

Learning objectives

  • Ask for directions in a city
  • Giving directions to a stranger
  • Ask for the existence of a building or service.

Video/audio

  • Getting lost in a new city

Grammar

  • Place expressions: a destra, vicino a, ...

Learning objectives

  • Make plans with your friends for the Friday evening.
  • Invite somebody for an event.

Video/audio

  • La Scala in the city

Grammar

  • The passive voice with essere + participio

Learning objectives

  • Talk about culture events in the city.
  • Go to the museum, an exposition, musical,...

Video/audio

  • The Uffizi

Grammar

  • Indirect speech: “dire che”

Course certificate — Progress report of mastered topics. Teacher verification in classes. Aligned with Celi.

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Personalized tasks and hand-ins

Your teacher sets personalized tasks—and the app adapts exercises to your level and the areas you find hardest.

Learning portal

Study online or offline with PDF downloads, interactive exercises, audio, video, and AI-powered writing feedback.

Structured learning paths

Follow clear paths from A1 to C1, plus professional courses tailored to your goals.

Conversation classes

Every teacher is personally screened and trained to teach with our learning portal—so your classes match your course and progress.

Offline worksheets (PDF, translated)

Download the full e-book as PDF, or print any lesson as a translated worksheet.

Quality guarantee

We partner with universities and align every course with official learning programs—for reliable, recognized learning.

Learn with real content (news, podcasts…)

Practice with real news articles and podcasts—immersive content that prepares you for everyday language.

Full-skill training: listening, reading, writing, speaking

Train all four skills: listening and pronunciation with audio, reading with authentic texts, writing with AI feedback, and speaking in your classes.

Course materials trusted by official libraries and bookshops

Our books are sold in bookshops across Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, and beyond—and approved by public libraries.

Academic collaboration with universities

Course plans are co-developed from our Valencian office with multiple European universities.

Student reviews of our Italian lessons

  • 4.7/5
4.7 out of 5 based on 12 ratings

Preparing for an exam while working full time. Audio with translation makes revision realistic on short breaks.

Rachel E.
Helsinki, Finland
Self-study
  • 4.4/5

Clear structure from A1 upward. AI corrections in the portal save time; I still work through the printed units.

Claire D.
Lyon, France
Blended learning
  • 4.2/5

Social life improved once I could follow meetings in Italian. The portal exercises are short; the book gives depth.

David R.
Berlin, Germany
Blended learning
  • 4.8/5

Our partners

We thank our partners for the support we receive for developing our online school.

We proudly work with Lanzadera, a Spanish accelerator program in Valencia.

The university of Siegen helps us to develop and design our education systems and programs.

Our IT systems are powered and supported by the Google Cloud team

We collaborate with universities all across the European Union to develop our course materials, thanks to the Erasmus+ Program.

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