You’ve booked a holiday in Italy but you don’t know any Italian. and you’re anxious about making yourself understood.
Worry no more - you’ve come to the right place. In this fully supported online course you can learn enough basic Italian to get around easily, at the airport, hotel, restaurant, or visiting the sites.
With the magic of technology you can have live conversations with your tutor, a native Italian speaker. You also work at your own pace practicing on your own, building your confidence all the time.
Head for Italy with a suitcase full of new words!
Outline
This course is divided into five lessons. You will learn:
Lesson 1
to understand and answer easy questions about you
and your job;
to ask easy questions and how to greet people;
the right way to address people in Italy.
Lesson 2
to understand easy questions about yourself and to
give a proper answer;
to invent similar questions to address to other people;
to tell if you are married or not;
to count from one to ten.
Lesson 3
to ask for information;
to book into hotels and camp sites;
to ask where things are located;
and to use numbers up to 20.
Lesson 4
to understand a menu;
to express your preferences about food;
to order a meal;
and finally to count from 20 to 100.
Lesson 5
how to ask for directions;
to understand information that you have been given;
how to ask about distances;
to ask something about street signals; and
something about Italian driving !
Who should take this course?
This course is ideal for first time visitors to Italy, giving you a valuable boost of confidence to help you get around. This course is also ideal if you just want to begin to learn a new language to impress yourself - and your friends.
You will need
All learning materials are provided online through the course, but you will need a microphone to record your own voice and to communicate with the tutor.
Entry Requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this course.
How long is this course?
About 25 hours,
and we suggest you set aside about 4 hours a week - but it's up to you.
You will have tutor support for 3 months.
You will have access to your course for a year.
Your tutor
Your tutor for this course is 
Tamara Tosini.
You can find out more about on
the Tutors page.
Further information
Live tutorial
At set times throughout the course you will be able to talk to your tutor in real-time, using Voice Over the Internet technologies (broadband recommended for this). She will chat with you, and help you develop your spoken Italian.
Do you have any further questions? Visit our Contact
Us page and ask away.
