Group Online Italian Lessons

This beginner course builds practical communication skills from day one. You’ll learn how to introduce yourself, order food, talk about free time, and manage everyday situations in Italian with confidence.

Chapter 1: Primi contatti (First Introduction)

What you’ll achieve:
Handle basic first meetings in Italian with confidence.

You will learn how to:

• Greet people appropriately (Ciao, Buongiorno, Buonasera)
  
• Ask and say your name (Come ti chiami? Mi chiamo…)
  
• Introduce yourself
  
• Ask and say where you’re from (Di dove sei? Sono di…)
  
• Ask for and give phone numbers and addresses
  
• Say goodbye politely (Arrivederci, Ciao)
  
• Ask someone to repeat information

Chapter 2: Lo e gli altri (It and the Others)

What you’ll achieve:
Start conversations naturally and exchange personal information.

You will learn how to:

• Use polite expressions to begin a conversation
  
• Introduce other people
  
• Ask for and give personal details
  
• Talk about languages you speak
  
• Apologize politely (Mi dispiace)
  
• Thank someone (Grazie)
  
• Ask and say your age

Chapter 3: Buon appetito! (Enjoy Your Meal!)

What you’ll achieve:
Confidently order food and handle restaurant situations.

You will learn how to:

• Order at a bar or restaurant
  
• Make polite requests (vorrei, per favore)
  
• Ask for missing items at the table
  
• Ask for the bill (Chiedere il conto)
  
• Make a reservation by phone
  
• Spell names clearly for bookings

Chapter 4: Tempo libero (Free Time)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss hobbies, routines, and preferences in everyday conversations.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about hobbies and free-time activities
  
• Say how often you do something (spesso, a volte, mai)
  
• Express likes and preferences (piacere, preferire)
  
• Agree and disagree politely
  
• Ask and tell the time

Chapter 5: In albergo (In Hotel)

What you’ll achieve:
Handle travel and accommodation situations with confidence.

You will learn how to:

• Book a hotel room
• Ask for and give information
• Ask and say prices
• Describe a room and its furniture
• Ask if specific items are available
• Make polite complaints
• Describe an apartment
• Rent an apartment
• Explain and justify your choices
  

This elementary-level course expands your ability to communicate in everyday Italian. You’ll learn to talk about past experiences, travel, food, daily routines, and family life with greater confidence and accuracy.

Chapter 6: In giro per l’ltalia (Around Italy)

What you’ll achieve:
Confidently navigate Italian cities and handle everyday travel situations.

You will learn how to:

• Describe places, cities, and landmarks
  
• Ask for information and respond appropriately
  
• Give and understand directions
  
• Describe routes using movement verbs and prepositions
  
• Express regret
  
• Apologize politely (Mi scusi, Scusa)
  
• Refer someone to another person or office
  
• Talk about opening and closing times

Chapter 7: Andiamo in vacanza! (Let’s Go on Vacation!)

What you’ll achieve:
Describe past events and share travel experiences naturally.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about past events using the passato prossimo
• Describe holidays and trips
  
• Use time expressions for the past (ieri, la settimana scorsa)
  
• Talk about the weather

Chapter 8: Sapori d’Italia (Flavors of Italy)

What you’ll achieve:
Handle shopping situations and talk about food culture in Italy.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about shopping habits
  
• Buy food at a grocery store
  
• Describe typical Italian products
  
• Compare eating habits (più… di)
  
• Describe a shop
  
• Ask for and understand a recipe

Chapter 9: Vita quotidiana (Daily Life)

What you’ll achieve:
Speak about routines, habits, and special occasions with clarity.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about working hours and a typical day
  
• Describe habits using reflexive verbs
  
• Express frequency
  
• Give good wishes (Buon compleanno!)
  
• Talk about Italian holidays and celebrations

Chapter 10: La famiglia (The Family)

What you’ll achieve:
Describe family relationships and personal belongings accurately.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about family members
• Describe a photograph
• Express possession (possessive adjectives and pronouns)
• Talk about wedding gifts and family events

This pre-intermediate course strengthens your ability to express opinions, describe past experiences, give advice, and handle more complex everyday situations. You will gain greater fluency, accuracy, and confidence in spoken and written Italian.

Chapter 1: In giro per negozi (Around the Shops)

What you’ll achieve:
Handle shopping situations confidently and express opinions clearly.

You will learn how to:

• Describe and buy clothes
  
• Talk about sizes
  
• Express doubts and uncertainty
  
• Request exchanges or changes politely
  
• Express tastes and opinions
  
• Ask for and give advice
  
• Make comparisons (più… di, meno… di)

Chapter 2: Quando ero piccola… (When I was Younger…)

What you’ll achieve:
Describe past situations and childhood memories with accuracy.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about personal memories
  
• Describe habits in the past
  
• Describe background situations using the imperfetto
• Present arguments for and against something

Chapter 3: Un tipo interessante (An Interesting Person)

What you’ll achieve:
Give detailed descriptions of people and express wishes, proposals, and hypotheses.

You will learn how to:

• Describe physical appearance
  
• Talk about personality and character
  
• Compare people
  
• Discuss emotions and psychological traits
• Make polite requests
• Form hypotheses
  
• Make proposals and give advice
  
• Express wishes (vorrei…)

Chapter 4: Ti va di venire? (Do You Want to Come?)

What you’ll achieve:
Confidently suggest plans, respond to invitations, and organize social activities.

You will learn how to:

• Make proposals
  
• Accept or refuse invitations
  
• Make counter-proposals
  
• Give reasons for refusing
  
• Arrange meetings
  
• Book theatre tickets by phone

Chapter 5: Buon viaggio! (Have a Nice Trip!)

What you’ll achieve:
Communicate politely and effectively in travel-related and formal situations.

You will learn how to:

• Make polite requests
• Show willingness to listen
• Express satisfaction
• Express surprise or disappointment
• Ask for information
• Ask about the duration of a trip

This upper-elementary course helps you communicate more independently and fluently. You will develop stronger conversational skills, learn to express opinions and conditions, discuss health and work, and handle more structured spoken and written communication.

Chapter 6: A tavola! (At the Table!)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss food, express needs clearly, and interact confidently both in person and online.

You will learn how to:

• Give advice and recommendations
  
• Interact appropriately on social networks
  
• Express needs and necessities
  
• Talk about food and eating habits
  
• Describe flavors (salato, dolce, amaro)
  
• Express and support personal opinions

Chapter 7: Come va? (How is it Going?)

What you’ll achieve:
Talk about health issues and lifestyle choices with clarity and confidence.

You will learn how to:

• Describe health problems and symptoms
  
• Confirm possibilities
  
• Give advice related to health
  
• Give advice about sports and physical activity
  
• Talk about your relationship with sport
  
• Use persuasive language to convince someone

Chapter 8: Egregio dottor… (Dear Doctor…)

What you’ll achieve:
Communicate about future plans and professional matters more formally and accurately.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about the future (futuro semplice)
  
• Express wishes and intentions
  
• Write a job application
  
• Make assumptions and hypotheses
  
• Express conditions
  
• Talk about jobs and working conditions

Chapter 9: Colpo di fulmine (Lightning Strike)

What you’ll achieve:
Narrate events smoothly and maintain engaging conversations.

You will learn how to:

• Apologize in different ways
  
• Begin and structure a story
  
• Invite others to tell their stories
  
• Describe what happens at a specific moment
  
• Show curiosity and ask follow-up questions
  
• Keep a conversation flowing
  
• Express disappointment

Chapter 10: Casa dolce casa (Home Sweet Home)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss housing, preferences, and structured opinions with confidence.

You will learn how to:

• Describe an apartment
• Express needs and desires
• Present arguments for and against something
• Make comparisons

This intermediate course develops greater independence in communication. You will refine your ability to express opinions, doubts, emotions, and hypotheses while strengthening your control of complex grammar structures.

Chapter 1: Do you speak Italian?

What you’ll achieve:
Communicate more naturally in discussions, share personal experiences, and express nuanced emotions.

You will learn how to:

• Make analogies
  
• Invite someone to do something together
  
• Ask for someone’s opinion
  
• Express surprise, relief, joy, and understanding
  
• Express doubt
  
• Ask to borrow something
  
• Describe a cultural or linguistic misunderstanding
  
• Express opinions clearly
  
• Agree and disagree diplomatically
  

Chapter 2: Vivere in cittá (Living in the City)

What you’ll achieve:
Handle more complex interactions related to daily life, problems, and future plans.

You will learn how to:

• Ask for help
• Complain effectively
• Express hope
• Express disapproval
• Express wishes and desires
• Express prohibition
• Ask about causes
• Justify your choices
• Insist politely
• Make plans
• Express preferences
• Indicate geographical position

This upper-intermediate module strengthens your ability to communicate with precision and stylistic control. You will develop confidence using the subjunctive, indirect speech, and more advanced narrative structures while refining your ability to argue, explain, and evaluate.

Chapter 3: Made in Italy

What you’ll achieve:
Communicate clearly in professional and everyday situations by describing products, expressing emotions, and handling misunderstandings effectively.

You will learn how to:

• Describe a product and its characteristics
  
• Describe materials, usefulness, and features
  
• Request and confirm intentions
  
• Explain cause
  
• Make assumptions
  
• Express emotions and moods
  
• Express fear and doubt
  
• State conditions
  
• Make complaints
  
• Apologize and justify yourself
  
• Assign blame appropriately
  

• Congiuntivo passato (past subjunctive)
  
• Review of the subjunctive
  
• Concordance of tenses (Part I)
  
• Expressions with a patto che, purché, a condizione che + subjunctive
  
• Suffix -accio
  
• Adverbs in -mente

Chapter 4: Parole parole parole… (Words, Words, Words…)

What you’ll achieve:
Adapt your language to different communication channels and report information accurately.

You will learn how to:

• Adjust language to suit different communication contexts
  
• Make comparisons
  
• Give explanations
  
• Start a telephone conversation
  
• Offer help or availability
  
• Ask about someone
  
• Report errors
  
• Report what someone else said
  
• Transcribe a spoken message
  

• Congiuntivo imperfetto (imperfect subjunctive)
  
• Indirect speech (discorso indiretto)
  
• Come se + subjunctive
  
• Verbs andare and venire in indirect speech

Chapter 5: Invito alla lettura (Invitation to Read)

What you’ll achieve:
Tell structured stories, discuss literature, and express informed judgments.

You will learn how to:

• Summarize the plot of a book
  
• Express interest, disinterest, and preference
  
• Give suggestions
  
• Ask for reasons and provide explanations
  
• Express interest and engagement
  
• Give opinions and judgments
• The structure che io sappia
• Concordance of tenses (Part II)
  
• Passive forms with essere and venire
• Passato remoto
• Historical present

This advanced intermediate module strengthens your ability to argue, analyze, and express nuanced opinions. You will refine your use of complex sentence structures and develop greater confidence in debate, persuasion, and storytelling.

Chapter 6: La famiglia cambia facia (Changes of Family Faces)

What you’ll achieve:
Develop structured arguments and analyze social topics with clarity and precision.

You will learn how to:

• Introduce a new topic through a question
  
• Argue a position and ask for confirmation
  
• Support a thesis with clear reasons
  
• Comment on statistics
  
• Explain consequences
  
• Justify your opinions
  
• Discuss advantages and disadvantages
  

Chapter 7: Feste e regali (Holidays and Gifts)

What you’ll achieve:
Express disagreement, irony, and hypothetical situations with greater sophistication.

You will learn how to:

• Express lack of desire to do something
  
• State and justify disagreement
  
• Acknowledge someone else’s point
  
• Use irony and playful teasing
  
• Remind someone of a promise
  
• Express preferences
  
• Describe embarrassing situations
  
• Give advice
  
• Form hypotheses
  
• Talk about your behavior in specific situations

This advanced B1 module consolidates your intermediate competence and prepares you for upper-intermediate study. You will refine narrative skills, master complex structures, and express nuanced opinions about history, culture, and contemporary society.

Chapter 8: Italiani nella storia (Italians in History)

What you’ll achieve:
Tell structured stories about historical figures and personal journeys with fluency and precision.

You will learn how to:

• Tell the life story of a historical figure
  
• Narrate a journey
  
• Express disbelief
  
• Interrupt politely and manage conversation flow

Chapter 9: Italia da scoprire (Discover Italy)

What you’ll achieve:
Ask indirect questions, report information accurately, and describe places in detail.

You will learn how to:

• Ask indirect questions
  
• Ask about the characteristics of a place
  
• Request further clarification
  
• Ask for and provide information
  
• Ask for confirmation
  
• Report what someone else said
  
• Highlight the attractions of a place
  
• Express disappointment

Chapter 10: L’italiano oggi (Italians Today)

What you’ll achieve:
Express complex hypotheses, debate confidently, and reflect critically on language learning.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about your own language mistakes
  
• Use irony appropriately
  
• Soften the tone of a discussion
  
• Express strong disagreement
  
• Make hypotheses about the past
• Reflect on language learning experiences

This upper-intermediate course strengthens your ability to narrate complex events, analyze information, and express nuanced opinions. You will refine your control of advanced grammar while developing greater fluency in structured discussions, argumentation, and formal communication.

Unit 1: Scuola e dintorni (School and Surroundings)

What you’ll achieve:
Develop confident and structured narration skills while expressing evaluation, criticism, and reflection.

You will learn how to:

• Narrate personal and past events
  
• Talk about habits and school memories
  
• Describe people, courses, and environments
  
• Express agreement, disagreement, and regret
  
• Show astonishment or disbelief
  
• Admit something while critically evaluating opinions

Unit 2: Cibo, che passione! (Food, What a Passion!)

What you’ll achieve:
Express detailed opinions about food and describe processes clearly and precisely.

You will learn how to:

• Talk about your relationship with food
  
• Express culinary tastes and preferences
• Describe a dish or recipe
  
• Explain a process step by step
  

Unit 3: A saperlo? (If Only I Had Known?)

What you’ll achieve:
Discuss historical and public events with analytical depth and structured argumentation.

You will learn how to:

• Interpret and comment on statistics and percentages
  
• Refer to events in a historical timeline
  
• Frame events within specific centuries or periods
  
• Report historical and public events
  
• Argue and discuss opinions in informal contexts