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.

310.80€

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
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Course description

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.

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.

Modules

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

Pricing

Your course includes access to all levels, so your teacher can personalize your course plan.

Course package

Every conversation class includes one full month of learning portal access.

  • Conversation classes (60 min.)
  • Learning portal included (45 lessons/level)
  • Packages are valid 1 year
  • Flexible class scheduling
  • 1 level = 8-12 conversation classes + 2 months self-study

Recommended package / level: 12.

Price Conversation classes (60 min.) Course access
1 × 29.90€ 1 1 month
2 × 29.10€ (-3%) 2 2 months
4 × 28.90€ (-3%) 4 4 months
6 × 27.90€ (-7%) 6 6 months
8 × 26.90€ (-10%) 8 8 months
12 × 25.90€ (-13%) 12 12 months
24 × 25.40€ (-15%) 24 24 months
48 × 25.00€ (-16%) 48 48 months

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A great and enthusiastic teacher, who really makes you speak Italian. When you do not understand grammar, she sends clear explanations by mail and if I do have no questions, I get nice little texts in Italian to read. A great, efficient and nice way to learn Italian. Grazie mille Rina!
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