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Italian for travel: Test your skills

Updated Thursday, 2 October 2025

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

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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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Intermediate Italian: describing people

This free course, Intermediate Italian: describing people, 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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German for travel: Test your skills

Test your German language skills as you immerse yourself on an interactive journey through Germany.

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Italian for travel: Test your skills

Learn more Italian:

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

Intermediate Italian: describing people

Other languages for travel:

French for travel: Test your skills

Spanish for travel: Test your skills