Official curriculum Structured courses from A1 to B2
Private classes with a personal teacher Individual classes or private groups.
3 months to complete Flexible duration, adapted to your schedule
Learning portal App + PDF downloads

Course duration: 3 months

Learning portal: 90 hours+

Private classes: 12 x 60 min.

Official curriculum Structured courses from A1 to B2
Private classes with a personal teacher Individual classes or private groups.
3 months to complete Flexible duration, adapted to your schedule
Learning portal App + PDF downloads
Professional teacher
Practise conversation and get guidance
Learning portal
Audio/PDF/writing
Exam preparation
Aligned with Celi
Shareable certificate
Add to your LinkedIn profile

Course description

Learn Italian at A1 level with conversations classes

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.

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.

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.

How do you study?

1:1 conversation classes

Training and guidance from assigned teacher

Structured online course

Includes learning materials ideal for exam preparation

Download and learn offline

Ebook and PDF downloads of every lesson available.

Full access to the coLanguage App is included with all our courses. Try it for free!

Modules

  • 700+ essential words
  • Regular verbs (-are, -ere, -ire) and common irregular verbs
  • Definite and indefinite articles
  • Personal subject pronouns
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
  • Gender and number of nouns
  • Basic prepositions of place and time
  • Articulated prepositions
  • Forming questions
  • Simple sentence building: affirmative, negative, interrogative
  • Use of “c’è” and “ci sono”
  • Basic connectors
  • Reflexive verbs
  • Real-life dialogues
  • Authentic videos
  • Short and level-based reading texts
  • Short stories based on practical situations
  • Italian culture story bites 
  • Open questions
  • True/false exercise
  • Fill-in-the-blank listening exercises
  • Listening comprehension tasks
  • Vocabulary practice activities
  • Audio and transcript files
  • Translations in your chosen language

Learn to greet, introduce yourself, and share basic personal information

  • Greetings and farewells in Italian
  • Asking and stating age
  • Introducing yourself and asking others' names
  • Talking about your origin and nationality
  • Numbers in Italian

Talk about days, months, time, and weather

  • Days of the week
  • Months and seasons vocabulary
  • How to tell the time
  • Describing your daily schedule
  • Talking about the weather (expressions and phrases)

Build vocabulary to describe everyday life

  • Talking about food, meals, and drinks
  • Vocabulary for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
  • Describing your daily routine
  • Hobbies and leisure activities
  • Talking about prices, shopping, and payments

Use vocabulary to describe the world around you

  • Clothing vocabulary and shopping expressions
  • Colors and basic descriptive adjectives
  • Describing people: hair, eyes, height, etc.
  • Naming body parts
  • Talking about common health issues and symptoms
  • Express your opinion 

Describe your immediate surroundings and the pets you live with

  • Talking about your house or apartment
  • Furniture and household appliances vocabulary
  • Describing your neighbourhood
  • Talking about pets and animals
  • Expressing likes and dislikes 

Ask for help, understand directions, use public transport

  • Describing places in a city
  • Talking about transport: bus, train, metro, bike
  • Buying tickets and asking about schedules
  • Talking about festivals, holidays, and local events
  • Inviting someone to go out
  • Accepting or refusing invitations politely

Why +10k learners have chosen already coLanguage?

Feature coLanguage Informal tutoring Learning apps
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Lucia is an excellent teacher of the Italian language with an excellent methodology, with a perfectly organized and individualized teaching program that meets the needs and level of each student and with a willingness to offer multidimensional tools to achieve the purpose of the courses. At the same time, she is an extremely noble and pleasant person, with amazing contagion in her field! An excellent teacher whom I feel extremely lucky to have met!
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Nancy, has boundless energy, her commitment, her patience and especially the extra thing Nancy does so that you enjoy the lessons every time. I can only say that by being taught in this way I have learned a lot.
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