Course Overview

Online Italian Levels 1&2 is a Beginners Italian course for students who have never studied the Italian language before. This is an intensive Italian course allowing you to take two Italian levels in 6 weeks and progress more quickly. If you’re unsure of your level, then take our quick Italian language level test here or check our levels chart.

Our Online Italian language classes take place via Zoom with a qualified, experienced teacher and fellow students. The interactive lessons emulate our face-to-face classes, and via teacher screen-sharing, students are able to experience a live classroom environment. From vocabulary activities and covering grammar points on the white board, to listening exercises, file sharing and ‘break-out rooms’ to practise speaking with classmates, students can learn without leaving the comfort of their homes. Take a look at an example of one of our online classes in this video.

Course Content

Communicative aims 

• Greetings and introductions (informal register) 
• Spelling of names and words 
• Asking questions to clarify meaning and pronunciation 
• Asking for and giving personal information (e.g. name, profession, nationality, reasons to study the language, city of residence, date of birth, languages spoken; exchanging emails, telephone numbers and social media) 
• Introduction to ordering food and drinks in a café and restaurant 
• Consolidation of and building on greetings (informal register) and asking for and giving personal information 
• Booking a table 
• Building on ordering food and drinks 
• Writing an advert for language conversation exchange 
• Introduction to talking about hobbies and free time

Linguistic aims 

• Alphabet 
• Numbers 0-100 
• Introduction to first, second and third person of presente indicativo of some regular and irregular verbs 
• Introduction to singular nouns 
• Consolidation of numbers 0-100 
• Consolidation of singular forms of presente indicativo of some regular and irregular verbs 
• Consolidation of singular nouns and introduction to plural nouns 
• Introduction to articoli determinativi singolari and articoli indeterminativi 

Cultural aspects 

• Italian food and drinks 
• Italian menu 

Course Information

• Average class size: 8 (maximum 12)
• Students must be 18+ years old
• Existing language ability: this is a course for complete beginners
• Classes will take place via Zoom

Class Schedule

• The classes are 4 hours per week
• The course runs for 6 weeks
• The course takes place two evenings a week 18:30 – 20:30
• The possible study options for this course are as follow:

Mondays + Wednesdays: 21st February – 30th March 2022

Tuesdays + Thursdays: 24th May – 30th June 2022*

Mondays + Wednesdays: 15th August -21st September 2022**

Tuesdays + Thursdays: 8th November – 15th December 2022

*Due to the Bank Holiday, the lesson on the 2nd of June will be rescheduled to another day tbc with the teacher.

**Due to the Bank Holiday, the lesson on the 29th of August will be rescheduled to another day tbc with the teacher.

What do you need for an online class?

To get the most from this course you will need:

• A reliable internet connection
• A desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone
• A web camera on or attached to the device you are using
• An integrated microphone in the device you are using or an attached headset
• The day before your course, you will be sent via email all the details you need to connect to the IH London Zoom classroom

This language course includes:

• Access to our Moodle platform to download lesson summaries, notes and resources
• Support and advice from Italian language teachers
• Italian language study tips