B1 Italian language course for citizenship examination
By choosing LIT School's Italian Language B1 course for Citizenship, you have Italian professional teachers by your side who can help you pass the exam. One of the prerequisites for obtaining Italian Citizenship is to obtain a certification attesting to having passed the B1 level CELI, CILS or PLIDA, respectively issued by the University for Foreigners of Perugia, the University of Siena and the Società Dante Alighieri. These are in all cases titles recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which allow one to move one step closer to obtaining Citizenship.
As a matter of fact, it has been made compulsory to obtain a certification level of no less than B1 in order to obtain it. The B1 level corresponds to CELI 2, CILS B1 and PLIDA B1, an intermediate level assessed on the following parameters:
- comprehension of written texts
- production of written texts
- oral comprehension
- oral production
With LIT School you have many options to decide when and where to prepare your exam with professional Italian language teachers. Our professionals will help you pass each exam with a targeted teaching mehod based on the knowledge you already have: we will assist you in choosing between group courses and individual lessons.
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- Attend the B1 level course for the citizenship!
- Italian Language Course Program for Citizenship
- Costs of B1 level language course for Citizenship
- Courses to prepare for the Citizenship language exam
- How the B1 exam for Citizenship take place?
- In how many months is it possible to take the Citizenship exam?
- Can you repeat the exam?
- Some activities to do in the B1 Italian course for citizenship
Attend the B1 level course for the citizenship!!
With LIT School you can prepare for the exam from home or wherever you want, all you need is an Internet connection and a computer to conduct one-to-one or group lessons online, choosing from different video-chat software such as Google Meet, Skype or Zoom.
After LIT School's Italian Language B1 for Citizenship course, you will be able to handle situations typical of the everyday context so that you can interact with others making use of forms usually not addressed during the basic course for A1-A2 levels.
Italian Language Course Program for Citizenship
LIT School creates the best syllabus for each learner so that it can offer the best possible learning path. Macro-areas of study usually covered can be: communication skills such as the ability to claim, make a presentation, tell a story, express personal opinions, tell the plot of a movie or express one's opinion on a topic.
Costs of B1 level language course for Citizenship
Course costs can vary depending on the type of preparation you intend to follow: with LIT School you can attend group courses or individual lessons. In the case of online group courses for B1 level, lessons cost about 10 euros/hour and last 90 minutes. For one-to-one online classes, the cost is 32 euros for 60 minutes or 30 euros for 45 minutes. In this case, having a one-to-one lesson allows a targeted preparation designed on the individual's needs.
Courses to prepare for the Citizenship language exam
For those who do not have the urgency to take the exam to apply for Italian Citizenship, Lit School offers the usual annual group courses for all levels. The cost of the course is 10€/hour, a low-cost solution for everyone. The scheduled timings are:
- One and a half hour meeting per week.
- From September to June
For those who already possess a basic knowledge of the Italian language and want to prepare for the B1 Citizenship exam over a longer period of time, there are also preparatory courses for B1-B2 language level.
The communicative skills that cover areas of personal, social and professional life:
- For the B1 level, courses focus on the acquisition of communicative skills such as the ability to file complaints, make presentations, tell stories, express personal opinions, narrate the plot of a movie, argue and read current news.
- At the B2 level, students develop the ability to compare opinions, argue, write book or film reviews, and express their opinions on a given topic.
If, on the other hand, time is a key factor, our advice remains to rely on our specialistic course for obtaining Citizenship. If you would like to have more information regarding how the classes will be held and the time needed to achieve the goal, you can contact us using the addresses provided in the Contact section.
How the B1 exam for Citizenship take place?
Usually, the CILS B1-Citizenship exam is structured in four steps:
- a listening part: the participant demonstrates the ability to understand the overall meaning and main information present in oral texts of everyday and general content. (Duration: 30 minutes)
- a reading comprehension and grammatical reflection part: the candidate is able to understand the overall meaning and main information present in written texts of everyday and general content. (Duration: 40 minutes).
- a written part: (Duration: 40 minutes)
- an oral interview: the participant demonstrates the ability to use spoken Italian appropriately on everyday and familiar topics. (Duration: 15 minutes)
In how many months is it possible to take the Citizenship exam?
The dates of the CILS exams are set by the University of Siena. In general, exams for CILS B1 Citizenship are almost always held in February, April, June, October and December. Keep in mind that registration must be done AT LEAST 30 days in advance of the exam date you are interested in.
Can you repeat the exam?
The exams to obtain Citizenship do not have capitalization. This means that if you do not pass the exam, you must retake the tests all over again and pay the registration fee for each attempt.
Some activities to do in the B1 Italian course for citizenship
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Learn Italian with songs
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Learn Italian with films
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A game on Passato Prossimo and Imperfetto
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A game on conjunctions (congiunzioni)
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The body: le parti del corpo
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Raffaello, a painter from Renaissance
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Fifteen boxes for future tense
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A game with moles and articles
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A game with nouns: masculine or feminine?
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A game on combined pronouns (pronomi combinati)
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A game on CI and NE
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Our first art webinar with Michele: the Colosseum
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A game with adjectives, nouns and verbs
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A game on physical description
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An hilarious newsletter in Italian
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A short film shot in Rome
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A Christmas song
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Vagabondi in italiano - Lesson 1
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Vagabondi in italiano - Lesson 2
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Vagabondi in italiano - Lesson 3
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Vagabondi in italiano - Lesson 4
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How do you say "backpack" in Italian?
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Vagabondi in italiano - Lesson 5
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A game on daily habits
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An Italian song from the Festival di Sanremo
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A podcast about unconventional women
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Art in Rome: la Barcaccia down Spanish Steps
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Where would you like to live?
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An Italian novel
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A video on Caravaggio
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A spinning wheel on pronouns
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Reading or travelling?
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A popular song: Bella ciao
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A video on Laocoonte
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Italian geography
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What's the weather like?
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An Italian song: Senza un perché
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Vocabolario di base
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A trip to Basilicata
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A video on ancient Romans
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An Italian contemporary artist
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Objects you need on the beach
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Objects you need if you go to the mountains
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Capitolini Museum
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An Italian song: Un'estate italiana
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Object you need if you travel to new cities
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LIT School reading club
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Some audiobooks to listen to
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Andrea Esposito, an Italian writer
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How much do you want to pay for an espresso?
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Coming back home after holidays
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A walk in Rome
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What time is it?
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Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop
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The language changes
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Frida Kahlo
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Valeria Golino's voice
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A word game on gym objects
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At what time?
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The Domus Aurea
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Italian TV series
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Momenti di trascurabile felicità
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Galleria Borghese
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Christmas decorations
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The 100 best books of all time
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The Italian most beautiful cities
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Some Italian podcasts
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Toni Servillo
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A song by the Italian singer Motta
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A book about loving Italy and Italian language
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The Nativity by Giotto: Italian art webinar
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A very popular comic book artist in Italy
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Andrea Esposito, guest at our Reading club
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Ancient Rome
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An Italian song that makes you want to dance
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Roman nobles' houses
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The magic of reading
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Rimmel by Francesco De Gregori
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Monuments in Medieval Rome
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The 25th of April
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Labour Day
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Ettore Scola
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Pronouns and compound tenses
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Ennio Morricone
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Which verb is true?
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The world song map
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Two webinars on Italian music
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The Church of Santa Maria Antiqua
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A crossword game about family in Italian
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Anagrams with the days of the week
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La merlatura
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"Ho" or "sono"?
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Che cosa fanno?
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Months of the year anagrams
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Places in the city
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A song by Andrea Laszlo de Simone
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How much do you know about Italian music?
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An Italian movie: L'immensità
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The new season of Skam Italia
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Shall we introduce ourselves in Italian?
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Halloween vocabulary in Italian
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Villa Farnesina - An excerpt of our Italian webinar on Renaissance Rome
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A documentary on Italian music
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Name the food in Italian: a vocabulary activity
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Modern Rome
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Christmas vocabulary in Italian
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Giotto's nativity scene - An excerpt from our art webinar in Italian
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A book in Italian for your Christmas holidays
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An Italian ghost town: Acherontia
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Le otto montagne: an Italian new movie
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The Italian singer Tananai
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MAXXI Museum in Rome
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Country or nationality?
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Formal and informal expressions in Italian
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Tutto chiede salvezza: an Italian miniseries on Netflix
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Pronominal verbs for students who have an advanced level of Italian
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The architect who designed MAXXI museum in Rome
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Il Giardino dei Tarocchi: Italian art and culture webinar
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Masculine and feminine of Italian nouns
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Venti, a podcast and YouTube channel
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Colors in Italian
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Capodimonte Museum in Naples
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Italian adjectives and synonyms: a crossword puzzle
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A game on Passato Remoto
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MANN - National Archaeological Museum of Naples
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What does "mica" mean in Italian?
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Italian literature: La luna e i falò
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Indovina la parola italiana: the hangman game
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What is the difference between passato prossimo and imperfetto?
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Italian literature: Stagioni by Mario Rigoni Stern
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Is "Piacere" a reflexive verb?
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How to greet in Italian
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The difference between accent and apostrophe in Italian
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A new book to read in Italian: Casa d'altri
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Italian art: Who is the architect behind the Uffizi building?
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Italian literature: a book to read in August
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Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence
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Practice colors vocabulary in Italian
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Raffaella Carrà - An excerpt from the webinar on Italian culture
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When do you use the article before the possessive adjective in Italian?
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Mai sentita così bene - An Italian novel by Rossana Campo
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Indovina la parola italiana: the hangman game 2
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An excerpt from our Italian webinar on street art in Rome
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Indovina la parola italiana: the hangman game 3
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What's the difference between "secondo me" and "io penso che?”
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Italian Art: Brera in Milan
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An Italian novel by Erri De Luca
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Italian art and culture webinar: L'Ultima Cena by Leonardo da Vinci
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Italian verbs (imperfetto): a crossword puzzle
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Indovina la parola italiana: the hangman game 4
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Irregular verbs in Italian: a crossword puzzle
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An enchanting place in Italy: Sacro Bosco of Bomarzo
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What's the difference between "Ho bisogno di" and "Bisogna" in Italian?
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An Italian podcast that talks about money
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Street Art in Tor Marancia: an excerpt from our Italian art and culture webinar
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Indovina la parola italiana: the hangman game 5
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Venice and Basilica di San Marco: an excerpt from our Italian art webinar
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An Italian book: Sogni e Favole
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Crossword in Italian: Adjectives
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Italian Art and Culture: Basilica dei Frari in Venice
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Indovina la parola italiana: the hangman game 6
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An Italian novel: Il peso della farfalla
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Greetings in Italian
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What's the difference in Italian between "Ho mangiato (la mela)" and "L'ho mangiata"
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The family tree in Italian language
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Gli anni impossibili: an Italian novel by Romano Bilenchi
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game 7
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The Imperative in Italian
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An Italian novel by Emanuele Trevi: La casa del mago
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The Italian radio stations we like
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game 8
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"Il capo", a novel by the Italian author Francesco Pacifico
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Crossword on family names
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game 9
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Solo vera è l’estate: an Italian novel by Francesco Pecoraro
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A crossword puzzle in Italian: mountain vacation
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Rearrange the Italian sentence into its correct order
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Sad Girl: a beautiful book by the Italian author Sara Marzullo
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What are the uses of "Condizionale" in Italian?
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How to use the Italian words "buono", "bravo", "bene" and "bello"
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The latest novel by the Italian writer Melissa Panarello: Storia dei miei soldi
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Lacci: a novel by the Italian writer Domenico Starnone
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game 10
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A crossword puzzle with Italian altered words
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A new Italian novel: Il vero nome di Rosamund Fischer by Simona Dolce
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Play Italian Anagrams
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The difference between "dopo" and "una volta che"
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Tenses of the "Indicativo" in italian
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game 11
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Passato remoto in Italian: a crossword puzzle
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How to turn a sentence from active to passive in Italian
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game 12
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An Italian novel: Succede di notte
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Article + noun + adjective in Italian
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A crossword puzzle on "connettivi"
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game 13
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Italian crossword puzzle about Christmas
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A game on "congiuntivo" in Italian
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game (14)
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A clothing-themed crossword puzzle in Italian
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A game about singular and plural in Italian
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A game with the Italian words "mica" and "addirittura"
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game (15)
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A crossword puzzle in Italian about "tempo libero"
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A crossword puzzle in Italian about adjectives and antonyms
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The Italian song "Dove si va"
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An excerpt from LIT School Book Club
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The Italian singer Francamente
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A new game to practice Italian: Talking Pictures
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game (16)
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Talking image: practice Italian with nametags
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Pictures of Rome by our Italian language student Rita
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A crossword puzzle with the theme "months of the year" in Italian
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Talking image: practice Italian with nametags (2)
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A crossword puzzle on "Condizionale" in Italian
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An Italian language vocabulary activity about travel
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What do we do in the Italian book club?
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Talking image: practice Italian with nametags (3)
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game (17)
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Talking image: practice Italian with nametags (4)
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Guess the Italian word: the hangman game (18)
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Talking image: practice Italian with nametags (5)
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The words "mica" and "addirittura" in Italian
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Talking image: practice Italian with nametags (6)