Course details

Prepare for the CELI exam with a personal and native teacher

What you will learn

  • You will be completely prepared to pass the CELI exam at your selected level, from beginner (A1) to mastery (C2).
  • Speaking: Practice authentic spoken tasks following CELI exam criteria in everyday and formal contexts.
  • Listening: Improve comprehension with timed and official CELI audio materials.
  • Reading: Learn effective strategies for skimming and understanding texts.
  • Writing: Master structured writing tasks with coherence and accuracy suitable for your CEFR level.
  • Exam Skills: Get exam-ready with mock CELI tests and feedback from experienced instructors.

Who is this course for?

  • You are planning to work or relocate to Italy.
  • You need a smart and efficient course, not generic lessons.
  • Designed for busy professionals.
  • Our CELI preparation program is focused and personalized to your goals.
  • No time wasted, just real progress with expert guidance and proven results.

This course in short

  • Custom plan: Your CELI-certified tutor will assess your level and craft a study plan tailored to you.
  • Ongoing support: Receive personalized corrections and constructive feedback at every step.
  • CELI-focused preparation: Lessons and exercises are designed around CELI formats and scoring.

Pricing

Study independently with full access to the learning portal.

Access Per month Total Discount
1 month €14.99 €14.99
3 months €8.00 €24.00 -47%
6 months €5.75 €34.50 -62%
12 months €3.79 €45.48 -75%

Writing feedback on your assignments.

Structured lessons with native audio and video.

Parallel audio to practise listening and pronunciation.

See what to review next based on your mistakes.

You study in the portal at your own pace. Your teacher gives weekly guidance, answers questions, and practises conversation with you.

We recommend 12 hours of live classes per level, with 3 months of self-study.

Choose a package type: 12 hours if you mainly self-study, 24 hours if you want more motivation and less daily self-study, or 48 hours if you prefer learning mainly with your teacher.

Buy only the class hours you need—credits stay valid for one year. Each conversation class includes a self-study license for the learning portal.

Includes all from self-study

  • Full self-study access to the learning portal
  • AI corrections, audio, video and personalized report
  • Weekly conversation practice with a professional teacher
  • Study online as much as you want between classes

Blended learning packages

One level takes about 3 months of self-study. Compare package types for live class hours and estimated daily self-study.

Package type Live classes Estimated self-study Price
Regular

One conversation class per week. A good balance if you like steady self-study with weekly speaking practice.

12 x 60 minutes 30 minutes/day ± €283
Conversation

Two conversation classes per week. Choose this when you want more live guidance and less daily self-study.

24 x 60 minutes 15 minutes/day ± €567
Intensive

Four conversation classes per week. For learners who prefer to study mainly with a teacher.

48 x 60 minutes Optional ± €1,134

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Estimated course price based on 1 class per week over 12 weeks. You can buy more or fewer hours anytime.

Letizia D.

Letizia D.

Laurea Triennale in Lingue e Letterature Straniere

  • 4.96/5

± €276

1 class/week · 12 weeks

Start this course with Letizia D.
Daniela V.

Daniela V.

Laurea Magistrale

  • 4.96/5

± €180

1 class/week · 12 weeks

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Nancy C.

Nancy C.

Proficiency English Certificate

  • 4.93/5

± €300

1 class/week · 12 weeks

Start this course with Nancy C.
Monica L.

Monica L.

Laurea Magistrale in Storia e Critica dell'Arte

  • 5/5

± €420

1 class/week · 12 weeks

Start this course with Monica L.
Credits valid for 1 year
Flexible scheduling
24-hour cancellation policy

Learning method

Video and audio lessons shown on desktop
1

Practice all skills

Learn with audio, video and AI corrections to practice speaking, reading, listening and writing.

Speaking Reading Listening Writing
2

Audio training

Listen at normal or slow speed, with or without translations.

Ebook and PDF worksheets
3

Offline ebook

Download lessons as ebook and PDF for offline study.

Ebook & PDF

Course book

  • Ebook included for free
  • Printed book available in bookshops
  • Available in multiple languages, with course license
  • Ideal to support multilingual classrooms

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

Curriculum

Exam-focused modules aligned with official test requirements.

The Certificato di Conoscenza della Lingua Italiana (CELI) is an official certification issued by the Università per Stranieri di Perugia through its CVCL centre. It is recognised by the Italian Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and carries an ALTE “Q Mark” quality label.

Grammar

  • Regular verbs and common irregular verbs
  • Definite and indefinite articles
  • Personal subject pronouns
  • Possessive adjectives
  • Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
  • Gender and number of nouns
  • Prepositions
  • Basic prepositions of place and time
  • Basic connectors
  • Reflexive verbs

Practice and situations

  • Greetings, goodbyes
  • Personal introductions
  • Talking about time and routine
  • Ordering food, shopping
  • Asking/giving directions
  • Dialogues for shopping, food, directions
  • Family and daily situations

Grammar 

  • Imperfetto
  • Futuro semplice and present conditional tenses
  • Hypothetical structures
  • Imperatives: regular, irregular and negative
  • Comparisons: regular/irregular, superlatives
  • Expressing cause and purpose
  • Impersonal constructions
  • Possessive adjectives and pronouns
  • Advanced conjunctions
  • Introduction to the subjunctive
  • Indirect speech with the past tense

Practice and situations

  • Talking about oneself (family, job, routine, interests)
  • Writing short texts: informal letters, postcards, brief descriptions
  • Completing short narrative or informative texts with missing words
  • Signs, announcements, schedules, forms
  • Role-play common everyday situations (e.g., asking for info, shopping, booking)
  • Describing past or future personal events
  • Handling basic oral interactions: thanking, apologizing, saying goodbye

Grammar

  • Confident use of present, passato prossimo, imperfetto and future simple
  • Agreement of the past participle
  • Subordinate clauses
  • Compound sentences using coordination
  • Combined pronouns
  • Interjections
  • Common coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
  • Simple and articulated prepositions

Practice and Situations

  • Writing letters, messages, diary entries, or notices
  • Engaging in role-plays: booking a room, making a complaint, giving advice
  • Giving and asking for opinions, preferences, and suggestions
  • Understanding everyday conversations: instructions, dialogues, voicemails
  • Reading and interpreting ads, menus, posters, emails, and short articles
  • Discussing topics like work, hobbies, trips, cities or recent news

Grammar

  • Confident use of all indicative tenses
  • Use of conditional present and past
  • Mastery of subjunctive mood in dependent clauses
  • Passive and impersonal constructions
  • Relative and indirect questions
  • Use of gerunds and infinitive clauses
  • Command of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions

Practice and Situations

  • Writing formal and informal texts: opinion articles, complaint letters, social commentary
  • Role-plays in bureaucratic, educational or workplace settings
  • Expressing hypotheses, agreement/disagreement, nuanced opinions
  • Understanding longer, multi-speaker conversations: interviews, news, announcements
  • Reading and analyzing editorials, reviews, surveys, official documents
  • Summarizing and commenting on written or visual materials 

Grammar

  • Confident and flexible use of all verb moods and tenses
  • Mastery of complex sentence structures
  • Use of hypothetical constructions (second and third conditional)
  • Mastery of impersonal forms and passive voice
  • Precise use of pronominal particles
  • Mastery of linking and discourse markers for argumentation and narration

Practice and Situations

  • Writing structured texts: formal emails, reports, proposals, argumentative essays
  • Oral presentations and debates on abstract, academic or professional topics
  • Handling formal interactions: interviews, negotiations, inquiries
  • Understanding complex spoken Italian: lectures, debates, radio/TV discussions
  • Reading and analyzing sophisticated materials: essays, editorials, academic texts
  • Commenting on and evaluating information from multiple sources (visual and textual)

Grammar

  • Full control of all tenses
  • Mastery of hypothetical periods (real, potential, and unreal)
  • Use of nuanced register distinctions (formal, informal, professional)
  • Advanced lexical derivation and idiomatic expressions
  • Passive and impersonal forms, including reflexive passives
  • Proper use of synonyms, connectors, and discourse markers

Practice and Situations

  • Writing complex argumentative essays, reviews, reports, and official letters
  • Summarizing and critically reflecting on literary, journalistic, and academic texts
  • Engaging in advanced oral debates: defending positions, evaluating arguments
  • Reading and analyzing legal, philosophical, and scientific texts
  • Commenting on cultural content, visual stimuli, or abstract topics
  • Demonstrating pragmatic awareness
  • Flexible scheduling to match your availability
  • Interactive sessions focusing on all four competencies and exam technique
  • Personalized guidance to build accuracy, fluency, and confidence
  • Sit full mock exams replicating the format and timing of your target CELI level
  • Develop effective time management and task-approach strategies.
  • Familiarize with official scoring and rubrics: Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking.
  • Official CELI audio files, reading texts, writing prompts, and grammar/vocabulary support.
  • Exercises designed to reflect real exam with credentialed instructor feedback.
  • Exam simulation to ensure you’re relaxed and prepared on the day.
  • Learn to tackle CELI-specific task formats effectively.
  • Enhance your ability to interpret moderately complex texts and dialogues under exam pressure.
  • Construct well-organized, cohesive texts matching level expectations.
  • Over 10,000 happy students
  • Rated 4.8/5
  • 150+ certified professional teachers

Conversation classes

Start with self-study and switch to a teacher when you are ready.

Start with self-study

  • Study independently in the learning portal
  • AI corrections, audio and video
  • Switch to a teacher later when you are ready

Conversation classes with a teacher

Teachers set their own prices

  • Recommended course plan: 12 weeks
  • 12 conversation classes
  • Includes full self-study in the portal
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Why +10k learners have chosen already coLanguage?

Feature coLanguage Informal tutoring Learning apps
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.