Italian Beginners course A1-A2: lessons for foreigners from home
The A1-A2 online basic Italian course for foreigners is a useful course for all those who need to develop basic knowledge of the Italian language. Lit School's offer is designed primarily for those who need to start a new language path to get closer to Italian culture, to lay a foundation for communication or for those who want to obtain useful and expendable skills in the world of work.
The basic Italian online course is useful for all absolute beginners or those who need to develop the skills described by the A1 and A2 levels of the Common European Framework (CEFR). The course has the structure to reach both basic levels of the Italian language thanks also to the care that teachers will use in preparing the lessons, filling any gaps during the course.
Sei alla ricerca di un corso di italiano per te, per la tua azienda o hai bisogno di avere un piano personalizzato per apprendere la lingua? Se non ti è chiaro il tipo di corso più adatto alle tue esigenze puoi contattarci agli indirizzi indicati nella sezione Contatti.
Are you looking for an Italian course for yourself, for your company, or do you need a personalised plan to learn the language? If you’re not sure what type of course best meets your needs, you can contact us at the email addresses given in the Contacts section.
A1-A2 Italian language course: programme and topics
LIT School creates tailor-made programs to learn Italian. The definition of a syllabus is a very important step in personalizing language courses; each course may therefore have specific caratheristics. In any case, the main communicative functions that A1-A2 courses focus on are:
- Level A1: focuses on personal and social life. The main language skills that are practiced are presentation, the ability to place an order, make invitations, express preferences, talk about one's family, talk about daily routines, be able to make short phone calls useful for gathering information, buy useful items for daily life, or tell an anecdote from one's past
- Level A2: Here the focus of the lessons also falls on professional as well as personal life. The communication skills developed consist of being able to make a short presentation, report and describe a story, express personal opinions, tell the plot of a movie or book, and read current news.
In particular, you can find more details about the programs of the A1-A2 basic Italian course by visiting the programs on the website for the A1 course and the A2 course. However, please keep in mind that each course can be modified according to the needs of the student so that the best possible result can be achieved.
Basic Italian course with a native teacher
The main advantage of studying with Lit School is that you can rely on native or native speaker teachers who are certified and specialized in teaching Italian online for foreigners.
With our courses you will have the opportunity to learn not only the language but also the Italian culture so that you can deepen your knowledge of the country and the most important practices in order not to run into cultural misunderstandings that could affect your communication.
The cost of the group course is 10€/hour, so it is a very economical mode to study compared to the alternatives on the market.
The scheduled timings are:
- One and a half hour meeting per week.
- From the month of September to the month of June.
In case it is necessary, once the basic level is reached, it will also be possible to continue with courses of higher levels. Lit School allows you to reach all other CEFR levels: B1 and B2 (intermediate) and C1 and C2 (advanced). To support these courses you will also be able to participate in the Conversation Course, which is held regularly for a total of ten 90-minute meetings with a total cost of €150 and has other appointments throughout the year. The Conversation Course is a good solution to improve one's communication skills for all students with B1 level or hi
Course goals: difference between Italian language level A1 e A2
The goals of the online course in order to learn Italian with Lit School can be divided into three main macro-areas and are differentiated by increasing levels of language proficiency from A1 to A2:
- The development of strategies that will certainly come in handy outside the classroom to be able to communicate.
- Learning of formal aspects of the language necessary to have new experiences and meet new people.
- The development of communicative, cultural, pragmatic and sociolinguistic skills necessary to introduce oneself, communicate one's age, provide basic information about one's person, express one's likes and dislikes, describe one's health, initiate and conclude a conversation, and be able to describe objects and situations.
What can you do with Italian language A1 e A2 levels?
While level A1 is called contact level, level A2 is known as survival level. This means that level A1 is designed for first approaches, knowing how to initiate a new conversation, greet and end the conversation.
Level A1 allows you to understand and use phrases from everyday life and know how to meet your more practical needs, some examples might be asking questions and giving answers related to details about a person, asking where someone lives or talking about items you have.
The A2 level, on the other hand, allows one to have deeper communication, to meet any needs for everyday life and to be able to solve any communicative needs to survive in a different cultural environment. In particular, you will be able to understand common phrases and expressions and correctly transpose expressions related to immediate communication contexts (costs of some products, family information).
Methods and techniques to achieve Italian A1 - A2 levels
Lit School provides Italian language A1/A2 level both individual and group lessons online according to the learner's preference. All techniques used in class are innovative and fun, designed to stimulate learners' attention, passions and curiosity at every stage of Italian language learning. In this way, it is possible to learn while having fun and developing all the main skills needed to reach A1 and A2 levels:
- Italian language listening skills
- Italian language reading skills
- Italian language writing skills
- Italian language speaking skills
The secret ingredient of Lit School's success lies in its ability to actively involve students with fun activities, in order tomake them the centre of the lesson without focusing all their attention exclusively on the grammar in the books.
Preparation for attaining the A1 - A2 language certificate
Preparation for achieving the basic level includes lessons based on reading texts in Italian or listening to passages in Italian with the help of the teacher, basics of grammar, reuse of vocabulary learned while reading or listening to memorize the most important words.
All of this is supported by the choice of authentic, up-to-date material that is interesting for the students (such as watching a film in Italian or commenting on books and texts to be read in Italian) in order to combine the useful with the enjoyable. With Lit School's basic Italian course, you can also prepare for the CELI, PLIDA and CILS exams, certificates that are particularly valued in the working world.
Beginner or elementary Italian one to one lessons
If you are looking for a personalized path to focus on perfecting your Italian language skills through one-on-one lessons, then our one-on-one private lessons in basic Italian are an ideal choice. This private learning mode offers you the chance to improve quickly in dialogue with native speakers, accelerating your language acquisition process. At LIT School, we guarantee you a unique learning experience with a private Italian teacher, tailored to your specific needs.
Lit School's basic Italian course: how to enroll and ask for information
If you are interested in enrolling in the course to learn Italian online and would like to get more information about costs, teachers, the possibility to study remotely and practicing the Italian language, just contact us at the addresses given in the proper section.
Activities for the A1-A2 Italian course
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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)