Learn Italian with “In viaggio per l’Italia”, our free online Italian course in 37 units. The course takes you from beginner to intermediate level (A1–B2).
As you progress through the course, you will follow a journey through Italy and improve your Italian step by step. Each unit includes dialogues, vocabulary, grammar, communicative activities and exercises.
In addition, you can choose your level below and start learning Italian.
Units 1–20
Unit 1 – Introducing yourself, saying where you are from and your age
Introducing yourself and greeting people; essere, avere, chiamarsi; numbers and means of transport.
Unit 2 – Ordering something to eat
Ordering at a restaurant; present-tense verbs and plural nouns.
Unit 3 – Talking about free time
Free time and frequency; -are verbs and articles.
Unit 4 – Family vocabulary
Family and relatives; -ere verbs and possessive adjectives.
Unit 5 – At the hotel
Booking a room; -ire verbs and descriptive adjectives.
Unit 6 – In the hotel room
The home and furniture; c’è/ci sono, modal verbs and the imperative.
Unit 7 – Giving directions
Getting around town, transport and shopping; asking for and giving directions, expressing preferences and needs.
Unit 8 – Waiting for Veronica
Talking about the past; past participles and the passato prossimo.
Unit 9 – What’s the weather like?
Weather, time, days, months, seasons and expressions of time.
Unit 10 – The Cathedral
Describing places and monuments, asking for information and expressing impressions.
Unit 11 – Shopping for clothes
Clothes and shopping; reflexive verbs, demonstratives and interrogatives.
Unit 12 – At the restaurant
Eating at a restaurant, expressing preferences and describing people.
Unit 13 – Talking on the telephone
Making phone calls and leaving messages; comparatives and superlatives.
Unit 14 – On the train to Venice
Travel, feelings and moods; negation and plural forms.
Unit 15 – In a hotel in Venice
Hotels and furnishings; interrogatives and the impersonal form with si.
Unit 16 – In the park
Talking about the past; the imperfect tense and expressions of time.
Unit 17 – The verb “dovere” (to have to)
Obligations, plans and advice; dovere and the conditional.
Unit 18 – Making suggestions
Conversation, opinions, cinema and leisure activities.
Unit 19 – Giving news
Talking about experiences and events; the Venice Carnival.
Unit 20 – Household objects
Preparing for a journey and making travel plans; talking about the future.
Units 21–37
Unit 21 – At the train station
Travelling by train; expressing hopes, opinions and expectations.
Unit 22 – Going shopping in Florence
Shopping and preferences; the present conditional, good wishes and special occasions.
Unit 23 – Let’s go to the old town!
Making suggestions and hypotheses; organising a visit around the city.
Unit 24 – Useful advice
Health and common ailments; asking for and giving advice.
Unit 25 – Bad weather
Weather and unexpected situations; expressing hypotheses, wishes and possibilities.
Unit 26 – How long have you …?
Duration and expressions of time; using the relative pronoun cui.
Unit 27 – Talking about future plans
Plans, predictions, actions and future commitments.
Unit 28 – Organising an appointment
Making an appointment, remembering and reporting information.
Unit 29 – Past perfect tense
People and experiences; relative pronouns and references to the past.
Unit 30 – On the train to Rome
Travelling, describing your surroundings and talking about quantities.
Unit 31 – At the Trevi Fountain
Making polite requests and giving instructions.
Unit 32 – In a bookshop
Books and literary genres; the passato remoto.
Unit 33 – Phoning home
Reporting conversations and information received over the phone.
Unit 34 – The end of a long day
Talking about events and relating actions in the past.
Unit 35 – Planning a trip to Naples
Travel plans and the gerund.
Unit 36 – Visiting Naples
Naples, Pompeii and Capri; describing and locating places.
Unit 37 – The old town in Naples
Art and the city; adjective formation and description.
1) Listen to the following dialogue: AT THE TREVI FOUNTAIN Veronica: Giorgia, posso prendere dalla tua borsa la macchina fotografica, per favore? Giorgia: Sì, certo, prendila! Veronica: Grazie mille! Ora chiedo ad un passante se sarà così gentile da scattarci una foto! Giorgia e Manuela: Oh sì, ottima idea! Veronica: Scusi, potrebbe scattarci una foto davanti alla fontana, per piacere? […]
Read more1) Listen to the following dialogue: IN LIBRERIA (In a bookshop) Manuela: Che genere di libri preferite? Giorgia: A me piacciono i libri di fantascienza e di avventura. Veronica: A me i gialli. Manuela: Io invece leggo soprattutto classici e romanzi contemporanei. Preferisco gli autori stranieri. Veronica: Guardate, c’è il mio libro preferito! Ve ne leggo l’inizio: “Erano le 7 […]
Read more1) Listen to the following dialogue: PHONING HOME Giorgia: Avete sentito i vostri genitori oggi? Manuela: Sì, mi hanno chiesto come stavamo e se ci stavamo divertendo. Veronica: Io ho sentito mio fratello e mi ha detto che ha superato l’esame d’ingresso all’università. Manuela: In che facoltà si è iscritto? Veronica: In Farmacia. Giorgia: Io ho sentito il mio ragazzo, […]
Read more1) Listen to the following dialogue: THE END OF A LONG DAY Veronica: Oggi abbiamo camminato tanto! Sono stanchissima! Giorgia: Anche io! Ho i piedi che mi fanno malissimo! Manuela: Tutto questo mi ricorda quel viaggio in Grecia che feci tanto tempo fà con i miei genitori, dopo che ebbi percorso tutte quelle strade ripide con centinaia di gradini […]
Read more1) Listen to the following dialogue: PLANNING A TRIP TO NAPLES Manuela: Ragazze, stasera si parte! Veronica: Che bello andiamo a Napoli! Non vedo l’ora! Giorgia: Avendo visto le altre meravigliose città italiane mi aspetto che sia altrettanto bella! Veronica: Chissà, magari facendo un percorso alternativo potremmo vedere anche altre città della Campania! Giorgia: Se facciamo in tempo, volentieri! Manuela: […]
Read more1) Listen to this dialogue: VISITING NAPLES Manuela: Che bella giornata! Fa caldo, vero? Veronica: Sì, si sta benissimo! Giorgia: Oggi dove andiamo? Io propongo Pompei. Manuela: Sono d’accordo! Così vediamo gli scavi archeologici. Veronica: Poi uno di questi giorni, visitiamo Capri! Giorgia: Ed il centro storico di Napoli, che è patrimonio dell’Unesco! 2) Geography vocabulary Pompei si trova […]
Read more1) Listen to this dialogue: VISITA AL CENTRO STORICO DI NAPOLI (VISITING THE OLD TOWN IN NAPLES) Giorgia: Napoli è una città ricchissima dal punto di vista artistico. Veronica: Hai visto che meravigliosi castelli abbiamo visitato stamattina! Manuela: Avete notato poi com’è solare la gente qui in Campania? Giorgia: Sì, finora le persone che abbiamo incontrato sono state simpaticissime. 2) […]
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