Italian for the curious

By the end, you can…

1. Introduce yourself and keep a short chat going
2. Order at a restaurant and ask for recommendations
3. Get around a city by train and on foot
4. Talk about what you like and what you do each week

Week by week

1 lesson a week · 12 weeks

1. Weeks 1–2Hello, who are you?Greetings, names, where you are from and spelling your name.sono · sei · è
2. Weeks 3–4Numbers, time and daysPrices, phone numbers, telling the time and planning the week.Che ore sono?
3. Weeks 5–6Your everyday routineTalking about your day, your work and your free time.Di solito…
4. Weeks 7–8Cafés, food and shopsOrdering, asking about prices, likes and dislikes.Vorrei…
5. Weeks 9–10Around townDirections, transport and asking for help.Dov’è…?
6. Weeks 11–12Plans and a real conversationInvitations, simple plans and a guided ten-minute conversation.Ci vediamo sabato?

Your teachers

Marco Rinaldi

Conversation · Complete beginners · Pronunciation

Marco teaches Italian the way it is spoken at the table: with hands, stories and a lot of questions. Beginners speak in full sentences by week three.

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Anna Flores

Complete beginners · Conversation · Pronunciation

Anna builds every lesson around one real situation: ordering, asking, chatting. Grammar arrives when you need it, never as a wall of tables.

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Included materials

• Course book chapters as PDF, with audio
• Weekly practice sheet and answer key
• Shared online board with every lesson’s notes

This is a fictional course. It does not lead to an accredited qualification, and no fluency outcome is promised.