How to start?

Take a free test, then self-study or private classes.

  1. Mark your learning goals

    Your course adapts to your goals and work schedule.

  2. Access your course program

  3. Book optional private classes

    Contact a teacher for a first trial class.

Course details

Prepare for the PLIDA exam with a native, qualified teacher

Who is this course for?

  • You're planning to study or live in Italy.
  • You prefer a clear and structured path, not random grammar lessons.
  • You want results and efficiency.

What you will learn

  • You will be fully equipped to succeed in the PLIDA certification at your chosen level, from A1 to C2.
  • Speaking: Develop oral fluency through practical, real-life simulations.
  • Listening: Boost your listening skills with timed exercises using authentic PLIDA recordings.
  • Reading: Build reading strategies to interpret everyday and academic texts.
  • Writing: Learn to compose texts that meet PLIDA’s standards for each level.

This course in short

  • Tailored program: Your PLIDA-trained teacher will create a personal roadmap.
  • Step-by-step feedback: Get consistent corrections and insights to help you progress steadily.
  • Every lesson is crafted to reflect the expectations of the official exam.

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
Start self-study
  • 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

Exam-focused modules plus CEFR self-study levels in the learning portal. Pick the level that matches you now.

PLIDA (Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri) is an official Italian language certification issued by the Società Dante Alighieri. It certifies Italian proficiency (A1–C2) and is accepted for work, study and citizenship.

Grammar

  • Regular verb conjugation in the present tense
  • Basic modal forms (potere, volere, dovere)
  • Definite/indefinite articles and plural formation
  • Personal and demonstrative pronouns
  • Simple adjectives and agreement
  • Elementary prepositions of place and time
  • Basic connectors (e, ma) and reflexive verbs

Practice and Situations

  • Greetings, introductions, and farewells
  • Talking about daily routines and personal information
  • Ordering food, shopping, understanding simple signs
  • Asking and giving directions
  • Basic dialogues in familiar contexts (home, market, café)

Grammar

  • Imperfetto, passato prossimo, and simple future tenses
  • Present conditional and basic hypotheticals
  • Imperative forms (regular, irregular, negative)
  • Comparatives and superlatives
  • Expressing cause, purpose, and simple impersonal constructions
  • Introductions to the subjunctive and indirect speech
  • Advanced conjunctions and reflexive pronouns

Practice and Situations

  • Describing family, work, routines, and interests
  • Writing postcards, short messages, and informal notes
  • Completing texts with missing words
  • Reading signs, forms, schedules, and short announcements
  • Conducting role-plays in everyday situations (shopping, booking)
  • Discussing past and future plans, practicing polite interactions

Grammar

  • Smooth use of present, passato prossimo, imperfetto, and future tenses
  • Past participle agreement and complex subordinates
  • Compound sentences and combined pronouns
  • Interjections, coordinating/subordinating conjunctions
  • Proper use of prepositions (simple and articulated)

Practice and Situations

  • Writing diary entries, letters, messages, and announcements
  • Conducting role-plays: complaints, recommendations, advice
  • Sharing opinions, preferences, and suggestions
  • Understanding dialogues like voicemails and instruction
  • Reading menus, ads, emails, and short articles
  • Conversing about professional, travel, and daily-life topics

Grammar

  • Mastery of all indicative tenses and complex clauses
  • Present and past conditional use
  • Proficient use of the subjunctive in dependent clauses
  • Passive and impersonal voice usage
  • Use of gerunds, infinitives, and indirect questions
  • Rich coordination with cohesive conjunctions

Practice and Situations

  • Writing well-structured opinion pieces and formal letters
  • Role-playing in professional and educational environments
  • Expressing nuanced viewpoints and hypotheticals
  • Listening to multi-speaker interviews and news
  • Reading editorials, surveys, institutional documents
  • Summarizing and commenting on written and visual content

Grammar

  • Confident use of all moods and tenses, including advanced constructs
  • Hypothetical periods (second/third conditional)
  • Impersonal, passive forms, and pronominal precision
  • Sophisticated use of discourse markers and connectors

Practice and Situations

  • Composing essays, proposals, and formal reports
  • Engaging in debates and academic presentations
  • Handling formal interactions (negotiations, interviews)
  • Interpreting speeches, broadcasts, and scholarly texts
  • Critically analyzing essays and editorials

Grammar

  • Complete mastery of all grammatical forms and registers
  • Expert use of style: formal, informal, idiomatic
  • Subtle passive and impersonal construction
  • Semantic precision with synonyms and advanced connectors

Practice and Situations

  • Writing evaluative essays and professional reports
  • Reflecting critically on literary, legal, or scientific texts
  • Leading discussions, defending complex arguments
  • Interpreting high-level academic or policy texts
  • Adapting tone and register with pragmatic awareness
  • Flexible scheduling to match your availability
  • Interactive, personalized sessions covering all four skills

  • Targeted exam technique practice to build confidence

  • Full mock exams mirroring your target PLIDA level
  • Time management and task strategy coaching
  • Familiarization with PLIDA scoring criteria (listening, reading, writing, speaking)
  • Official PLIDA audio files, reading texts, and writing prompts
  • Expert vetting of exercises with instructor feedback
  • Realistic exam simulations to ease test-day nerves
  • Master PLIDA-specific task formats effectively
  • Interpret dialogues and texts under time pressure
  • Construct clear, well-organized responses at your level
  • Over 10,000 satisfied students worldwide
  • Rated 4.8/5 average
  • 150+ certified teachers

All levels

Includes access to all levels

Italian A1
Italian A1
Italian A2
Italian A2
Italian B1
Italian B1

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

How certificates work

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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.