Learn Italian and you’ll be venturing into a world of cultural discovery. Explore this beautiful language and the Italian way of life with our year-long beginners/basics online course.
5 starting dates
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Starting date: Module 1 of 6
- Duration: 6 weeks
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- Fees: £249 (no VAT)
- Occurs: Thursday
- Course code: CS1819
- Location: Online
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Starting date: Module 2 of 6
- Duration: 6 weeks
- Time: to
- Fees: £249 (no VAT)
- Occurs: Thursday
- Course code: CS1819
- Location: Online
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Starting date: Module 3 of 6
- Duration: 6 weeks
- Time: to
- Fees: £249 (no VAT)
- Occurs: Thursday
- Course code: CS1819
- Location: Online
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Starting date: Module 4 of 6
- Duration: 6 weeks
- Time: to
- Fees: £249 (no VAT)
- Occurs: Thursday
- Course code: CS1819
- Location: Online
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Starting date: Module 5 of 6
- Duration: 6 weeks
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- Fees: £249 (no VAT)
- Occurs: Thursday
- Course code: CS1819
- Location: Online
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Italian Beginners - Level 1 Course overview
Study Italian and develop essential speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to help you communicate with confidence in a wide range of real-world scenarios.
We’ll start by teaching you simple vocabulary so you can introduce yourself and others, talk about your profession and describe your weekly routine. You’ll learn how to count and pronounce the alphabet correctly.
You’ll begin to understand basic rules of grammar, such as personal pronouns, and definite and indefinite articles. As you progress throughout the year, you’ll learn to describe events, using the past tense, and learn about Italian culture and way of life.
By learning Italian for beginners we follow best practice, set out by the Common European Framework Reference of language learning (CEFR). You will be communicating at CEFR A1 by the end of the course.
Who is it for?
This course is ideal for total beginners who have not studied Italian before.
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Timetable
The full beginners course includes 72 hours of online learning and is taught online across six modules.
Benefits
- Delivered by a qualified Italian speaker
- Interactive and varied learning techniques
- Awarded a City St George’s, University of London certificate.
What will I learn?
Throughout the year, you’ll learn to
- introduce yourself and talk about your family, profession, hobbies and weekly routine
- master the alphabet and Italian pronunciation
- use numbers, tell the time
- order food in a bar or restaurant
- buy a ticket
- arrange a meeting
- buy objects and clothes
- talk about and describe past events
- ask questions about past events.
Grammatical structures
- definite and indefinite article
- gender and number of adjectives and nouns
- personal pronouns
- indefinite articles, there is/there are
- prepositions
- combined prepositions
- preposition and adverb of place
- duration form da
- introduction of the past tense
- verbs taking the auxiliary essere and verbs taking avere.
Assessment and certificates
You will receive a Certificate of Completion from City St George’s, University of London, along with a digital badge for your LinkedIn profile.
To qualify, you must attend at least 70% of classes.
Teaching
Classes are highly interactive and include:
- Small group work and role-play
- Listening to audio materials (e.g. radio clips)
- Reading articles and texts
- Watching video content
- Digital learning tools to support your progress
You’ll also explore Italian culture, current affairs and traditions alongside language learning.
Eligibility
This course is aimed as those who are completely new to Italian.
If you have a little experience, or you are willing to do some self-study to catch up, you can join us on one of the later Beginner modules.
Please do reach out to our team if you’re not sure which level is right for you.
Additional requirements
To enrol onto the Beginner Italian course, you must:
- be age 18 or over
- have basic IT skills and a reliable internet connection to access lessons and course materials.
English requirements
You will need a good level of spoken and written English to enrol on this course.