• Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

  This free course, Beginners' Italian: food and drink, focuses on buying drinks and snacks in an Italian café, as well as on greeting and introducing yourself in Italian. It does not require any previous knowledge of Italian.

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  Free course

  4 hours

  Level: 1 Introductory

• Getting started with Italian 1

  Are you fascinated by the Italian culture and lifestyle, cuisine, historic cities, art and beautiful landscapes? Have you always loved the sound and musicality of the Italian language? Perhaps you’ve visited an Italian city and wished you could chat with local people. Or maybe you would like to be able to read a menu, talk about yourself, or ...

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  Free course

  8 hours

  Level: 1 Introductory

• Getting started with Italian 2

  In the free course, Getting started with Italian 2, you will learn and practise how to ask and say the time in Italian. This will include learning and practising how to ask and say the time using the 24-hour clock, which is commonly used for arrival and departure times and for the opening and closing of shops and services. The course offers ...

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  Free course

  8 hours

  Level: 1 Introductory

• Getting started with Italian 3

  In this free course, Getting started with Italian 3, you will learn and practise how to make enquiries about travel times using the 12-hour and 24-hour clock. You'll also have the opportunity to learn about the Tuscan Archipelago and about ferry services in Italy. The course also explores the Italian rail network and you'll learn vocabulary for ...

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  Free course

  8 hours

  Level: 1 Introductory

• Intermediate Italian: describing people

  This course requires some basic knowledge of Italian. It focuses on describing both physical appearance and personality, as well as on developing listening skills and work on pronunciation.

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  Free course

  8 hours

  Level: 2 Intermediate

More free Italian learning resources

• Italian for travel: Test your skills

  Test your Italian language skills as you immerse yourself on an interactive journey through Italy.

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  Activity

  Level: 1 Introductory

• Andante: beginners' Italian

  Do you want to learn the basics in Italian? The audio tracks in this collection are devised for learning simple Italian, including expressions for greetings, ordering food and drinks, booking into a hotel and talking about a recent holiday. The tracks contain sample recordings with suggestions for how to pronounce Italian sounds, along with some...

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  Audio

• Ever Wondered About... Pizza?

  Delve into the history and science of pizza - you know you want to!

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  Article

  Level: 1 Introductory