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The Intensive course covers one topic a day in detail: vocabulary, a grammar point, a short reading, a speaking task, a video and an optional five-question test. Start at your level; a new day unlocks every day at midnight (Rome time). Six levels, A1 to C2, and all of them are free. A1 starts with Day 0, the alphabet, numbers, days, months and seasons with pronunciation for every word.

How every level works

  1. Placement check (A2 and above): when you register, a short check on the level below makes sure you start at the right level. Score 60% or more and you start the level you chose.
  2. One lesson a day, each with a short daily test. A new day unlocks every day at midnight (Rome time).
  3. Move up automatically: attempt every daily test of the level with an average of 75% or more, and the next level opens after the last day.
  4. 4 final tests on the last day: 40 questions each on grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing and speaking (by voice). Your result shows exactly which topics to revise and which days teach them.
Level A1

Beginner

54 days

Greetings, numbers, family, food, shopping: the words and sentences you need in your first weeks in Italy.

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Level A2

Elementary

44 days

Talk about the past with passato prossimo and imperfetto, use pronouns, compare things and handle everyday situations: the doctor, travel, work.

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Level B1

Intermediate

50 days

Express opinions with the congiuntivo, talk about hypotheticals, use the passive and connect longer sentences, ready for the B1 exam.

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Level B2

Upper intermediate

46 days

Argue, report and summarise: congiuntivo imperfetto, concordanza dei tempi, passato remoto, reported speech. Ready for the B2 exam.

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Level C1

Advanced

47 days

Precise, elegant Italian for university and professional life: nominal style, implicit clauses, formal connectors, bureaucratic and journalistic Italian.

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Level C2

Mastery

45 days

Near-native Italian: style and register, idioms, academic and literary language, regional variation and fine shades of meaning.

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A1 · Beginner — 54-day Intensive course

54 lessons with daily tests · move up to A2 automatically · 4 final tests that show what to revise

  1. Day 0 Starter: l'alfabeto, la pronuncia, i numeri e i mesi
  2. Day 1 Il primo giorno di scuola — Alphabet and Italian pronunciation (c/g/sc/gn/gl, double consonants, stress) (part 1)
  3. Day 2 Ascoltare la radio italiana — Alphabet and Italian pronunciation (c/g/sc/gn/gl, double consonants, stress) (part 2)
  4. Day 3 Leggere i cartelli in città — Alphabet and Italian pronunciation (c/g/sc/gn/gl, double consonants, stress) (part 3)
  5. Day 4 Presentarsi — The verb essere (to be) (part 1)
  6. Day 5 Al bar con i colleghi — The verb essere (to be) (part 2)
  7. Day 6 Conoscere nuove persone — Subject pronouns and tu vs Lei
  8. Day 7 Dal dottore — The verb avere (to have) (part 1)
  9. Day 8 In segreteria — The verb avere (to have) (part 2)
  10. Day 9 Al supermercato — Definite articles (il, lo, la, l', i, gli, le) (part 1)
  11. Day 10 A scuola di cucina — Definite articles (il, lo, la, l', i, gli, le) (part 2)
  12. Day 11 La casa e i suoi oggetti — Gender and plural of nouns including irregular forms (part 1)
  13. Day 12 In edicola — Gender and plural of nouns including irregular forms (part 2)
  14. Day 13 Cercare un appartamento — Indefinite articles (un, uno, una, un')

… and 40 more days.

A2 · Elementary — 44-day Intensive course

Placement check · 44 lessons with daily tests · move up to B1 automatically · 4 final tests that show what to revise

  1. Day 1 Ricordi delle vacanze — Passato prossimo review and past participle agreement (part 1)
  2. Day 2 Una gita al lago — Passato prossimo review and past participle agreement (part 2)
  3. Day 3 I ricordi d'infanzia — The imperfetto tense: forms and uses (part 1)
  4. Day 4 La vita dei nonni — The imperfetto tense: forms and uses (part 2)
  5. Day 5 Le abitudini di un tempo — The imperfetto tense: forms and uses (part 3)
  6. Day 6 Raccontare un'avventura — Passato prossimo vs imperfetto (part 1)
  7. Day 7 Un incontro inaspettato — Passato prossimo vs imperfetto (part 2)
  8. Day 8 Una vacanza indimenticabile — Passato prossimo vs imperfetto (part 3)
  9. Day 9 Un incidente curioso — Introduction to the trapassato prossimo
  10. Day 10 Al negozio di abbigliamento — Direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le) (part 1)
  11. Day 11 Preparare la valigia — Direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le) (part 2)
  12. Day 12 Scrivere messaggi e lettere — Indirect object pronouns (mi, ti, gli, le, ci, vi, gli/loro) (part 1)
  13. Day 13 Telefonare a un amico — Indirect object pronouns (mi, ti, gli, le, ci, vi, gli/loro) (part 2)
  14. Day 14 Fare un regalo — Combined pronouns (glielo, me lo, te la, etc.) (part 1)

… and 30 more days.

B1 · Intermediate — 50-day Intensive course

Placement check · 50 lessons with daily tests · move up to B2 automatically · 4 final tests that show what to revise

  1. Day 1 Scegliere un corso universitario — Congiuntivo presente: forms and regular conjugation (part 1)
  2. Day 2 Discutere di alimentazione — Congiuntivo presente: forms and regular conjugation (part 2)
  3. Day 3 La sanità pubblica — Congiuntivo presente: forms and regular conjugation (part 3)
  4. Day 4 Opinioni sulla vita in città — Congiuntivo presente: irregular verbs (part 1)
  5. Day 5 Il mercato del lavoro — Congiuntivo presente: irregular verbs (part 2)
  6. Day 6 I problemi ambientali — Congiuntivo after verbs of opinion and emotion (part 1)
  7. Day 7 La tecnologia nella vita quotidiana — Congiuntivo after verbs of opinion and emotion (part 2)
  8. Day 8 La vita scolastica — Congiuntivo after verbs of will and impersonal expressions (part 1)
  9. Day 9 Le regole del condominio — Congiuntivo after verbs of will and impersonal expressions (part 2)
  10. Day 10 Pianificare un evento — Congiuntivo with conjunctions (benché, affinché, prima che) (part 1)
  11. Day 11 Organizzare un viaggio di gruppo — Congiuntivo with conjunctions (benché, affinché, prima che) (part 2)
  12. Day 12 Commentare le notizie — Congiuntivo passato (part 1)
  13. Day 13 Parlare di un concorso — Congiuntivo passato (part 2)
  14. Day 14 Rimpianti e desideri — Condizionale passato (part 1)

… and 36 more days.

B2 · Upper intermediate — 46-day Intensive course

Placement check · 46 lessons with daily tests · move up to C1 automatically · 4 final tests that show what to revise

  1. Day 1 Se potessi cambiare lavoro — Congiuntivo imperfetto (part 1)
  2. Day 2 Vivere in un altro paese — Congiuntivo imperfetto (part 2)
  3. Day 3 Le aspettative della società — Congiuntivo imperfetto (part 3)
  4. Day 4 Riflettere sulle scelte passate — Congiuntivo trapassato (part 1)
  5. Day 5 I rimpianti di gioventù — Congiuntivo trapassato (part 2)
  6. Day 6 Un'intervista di lavoro — Concordanza dei tempi (sequence of tenses) (part 1)
  7. Day 7 Riferire opinioni altrui — Concordanza dei tempi (sequence of tenses) (part 2)
  8. Day 8 La cronaca di un evento — Concordanza dei tempi (sequence of tenses) (part 3)
  9. Day 9 Se avessi saputo — Periodo ipotetico: third type (irrealtà) (part 1)
  10. Day 10 Le occasioni perdute — Periodo ipotetico: third type (irrealtà) (part 2)
  11. Day 11 Riscrivere la storia — Periodo ipotetico: third type (irrealtà) (part 3)
  12. Day 12 Prendere decisioni importanti — Mixed conditional sentences (part 1)
  13. Day 13 Conseguenze a lungo termine — Mixed conditional sentences (part 2)
  14. Day 14 La storia di un personaggio famoso — Passato remoto (active use) (part 1)

… and 32 more days.

C1 · Advanced — 47-day Intensive course

Placement check · 47 lessons with daily tests · move up to C2 automatically · 4 final tests that show what to revise

  1. Day 1 Analizzare un editoriale — Advanced sequence of tenses (part 1)
  2. Day 2 Commentare un documentario storico — Advanced sequence of tenses (part 2)
  3. Day 3 Esprimere desideri e ordini — Congiuntivo in independent clauses (part 1)
  4. Day 4 Formulare ipotesi al volo — Congiuntivo in independent clauses (part 2)
  5. Day 5 Dibattito sull'istruzione — Congiuntivo vs indicativo: nuances (part 1)
  6. Day 6 Discutere di etica — Congiuntivo vs indicativo: nuances (part 2)
  7. Day 7 Analizzare una pagina di Moravia — Free indirect speech (part 1)
  8. Day 8 La narrativa contemporanea — Free indirect speech (part 2)
  9. Day 9 Negoziare un contratto — Periodo ipotetico with implicit forms (part 1)
  10. Day 10 Strategie di comunicazione — Periodo ipotetico with implicit forms (part 2)
  11. Day 11 Leggere un documento ufficiale — Literary and bureaucratic passive (part 1)
  12. Day 12 Lo stile della Gazzetta Ufficiale — Literary and bureaucratic passive (part 2)
  13. Day 13 Scrivere un rapporto — Nominal style in formal writing (part 1)
  14. Day 14 Redigere un comunicato stampa — Nominal style in formal writing (part 2)

… and 33 more days.

C2 · Mastery — 45-day Intensive course

Placement check · 45 lessons with daily tests · 4 final tests that show what to revise

  1. Day 1 Analizzare una pagina di Calvino — Author prose style analysis (part 1)
  2. Day 2 Lo stile di Elena Ferrante — Author prose style analysis (part 2)
  3. Day 3 Leggere Dante e Petrarca — Old Italian vs modern Italian (part 1)
  4. Day 4 Dal Trecento all'italiano di oggi — Old Italian vs modern Italian (part 2)
  5. Day 5 Il linguaggio accademico e forense — Latinisms in contemporary Italian
  6. Day 6 Scrivere un racconto breve — Passato remoto in narration (part 1)
  7. Day 7 Analizzare una novella di Pirandello — Passato remoto in narration (part 2)
  8. Day 8 La poesia del Novecento — Archaic and literary forms (part 1)
  9. Day 9 Il linguaggio liturgico — Archaic and literary forms (part 2)
  10. Day 10 Leggere una sentenza — Legal language (part 1)
  11. Day 11 Il contratto e le clausole — Legal language (part 2)
  12. Day 12 Analizzare un discorso politico — The language of politics and the media (part 1)
  13. Day 13 Il dibattito televisivo — The language of politics and the media (part 2)
  14. Day 14 La satira italiana — Irony and implied meaning (part 1)

… and 31 more days.

Exam prep: CILS · CELI · PLIDA (A1 to C2)

Official sample papers published for Italian certifications (CILS Siena, CELI Perugia, PLIDA), with full audio recordings, specially calibrated for expatriates preparing for the A2 Permesso di Soggiorno and B1 Cittadinanza exams, as well as B2–C2 academic and professional qualifications. Mock exams cover Lettura, Ascolto (with neural Italian audio), Scrittura and Orale, timed like the real exam. Reading and listening are marked instantly; for writing and speaking you compare your answers with high-quality CEFR model answers.

Every Intensive course level includes its official sample papers too.

Exam prep A1 Exam prep A2 Exam prep B1 Exam prep B2 Exam prep C1 Exam prep C2

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