Learn Italian — Courses In London & Online
Italian is a widely spoken language with around 65 million speakers. It has extensive influence in the world of art, music and cookery so learning to speak Italian will open up your world to some amazing authentic experiences.
Learning Italian is considered to be easy for native English speakers. That's because Italian has a simpler grammar and sentence structure. You will also recognise that there are some everyday English words of Italian origin, such as 'piano', 'cappuccino', 'gallery', and 'umbrella'.
Whether you are a complete beginner, a tad rusty or already fluent and want to enjoy advanced Italian conversation, we offer a range of friendly and supportive Italian language classes during the daytime, evening and weekend to meet your needs. Come and enjoy one of our lively classes and develop your Italian language communicative skills.
Meet Evi, a City Lit Italian tutor:
- Italian intermediate conversationCourse start date: Tue 15 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria FontanaThis skills-based course is for lower intermediate learners of Italian and is intended to improve your Italian speaking skills in everyday situations. We will be looking at both formal and informal scenarios, and the aim is to help you to feel more comfortable speaking Italian in order to improve your fluency.
Please note this course is intended for Italian 2 Upper learners (learners in their third year of study). If you are in Italian 2 lower (second year of study), please see Italian 2 Lower Conversation.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Italian beginners: module 3Course start date: Tue 15 Jul 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anna GiuffriaSuitable if you have completed 'Italian beginners: module 2' or equivalent. This revision course for beginners aims to recap the key grammar and vocabulary of first-year Italian so that you feel confident about joining a second-year course in the new academic year (Italian 2 lower: module 1). It will also mean there is less of a gap between your courses, so you'll have a better chance of maintaining your level.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Italian beginners: module 2 intensiveCourse start date: Tue 15 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Evi Campetella.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Italian lower intermediate revisionCourse start date: Tue 15 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rosanna CarlàThis course is for learners who have completed two years of Italian and who wish to take stock of what they've learnt so far, revising key grammar and vocabulary so they can move on to their next course with more confidence.
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Italian beginners: speaking and listeningCourse start date: Tue 15 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria FontanaThis course is for learners who have completed two or three terms of an Italian beginners course this year and now wish to do some speaking and listening practice over the summer to improve their speaking and listening skills.
Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Dal latino all'italianoCourse start date: Wed 16 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francesco BucciolScoprite il rapporto fra il latino e l'italiano, lo sviluppo dal latino parlato ai vari dialetti italiani e come altre lingue hanno influenzato lo sviluppo della lingua italiana.
This course is designed for advanced Italian learners but is also open to native speakers of Italian, who may find it informative.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Italian beginners: module 3 intensiveCourse start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Evi CampetellaItalian beginners: module 3 intensive is a one-week course that will cover the same material as a standard Italian beginners: module 3 course, but it will do so more quickly for those of you who wish to start second-year Italian in the new academic year.
Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Discover ItalianCourse start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Italy's unrivalled arts, food and architecture give us countless reasons to learn Italian. Try your hand at learning a bit of Italian to see if you'd like to do a full course! - Italian beginners revision
Course start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rosanna CarlàThis course is for learners who have completed two or three modules (terms) of beginners Italian and who wish to take stock of what they've learnt so far, revising key grammar and vocabulary so they can move on to their next course with more confidence.
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £58.00 - Italian beginners: a summer journeyCourse start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veronica De FeliceIf you're interested in learning Italian and want to get a quick intensive introduction to the language, perhaps before a visit this year, this course will introduce to you the basics. You'll also get some cultural insight from the course tutor on interesting places to visit and different aspects of Italian culture and history.
Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Italian 2 upper refresher Course start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veronica De FeliceConsolidate your lower intermediate level of Italian in this interactive class. Further practise the main topics and grammar points learned at level 2 upper (our third year of Italian) through speaking and listening activities so you can give your Italian a final boost before the summer break. - Italian 3 lower refresherCourse start date: Tue 22 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veronica De FeliceConsolidate your intermediate level of Italian in this interactive class. Further practise the main topics and grammar points learned at level 3 lower (fourth-year Italian at City Lit) through speaking and listening activities so you can give your Italian a final boost before the summer break.
Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00 - Firenze e Il Rinascimento Course start date: Fri 25 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francesco BucciolFirenze viene definita la culla del rinascimento. In questa introduzione vedremo come il contesto politico e economico ha favorito la nascita di grandissimi artisti, inventori e filosofi.
This seminar is designed for advanced Italian learners but is also open to native speakers of Italian, who may find it informative. - Napoli: passato, presente e futuroCourse start date: Mon 28 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Veronica De FeliceVenite a scoprire questa magnifica città attraverso un viaggio multimediale alla scoperta delle sue secolari tradizioni, delle sue bellezze “nascoste”, della sua musica e delle sue specialità gastronomiche. Verranno inoltre fatti cenni alla storia della citta e riferimenti a personaggi napoletani famosi nel mondo e non.
This seminar is designed for upper intermediate/advanced Italian learners but is also open to native speakers of Italian, who may find it informative.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Il Decameron di Boccaccio. Ritratto della Toscana del XIV secoloCourse start date: Tue 29 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francesco BucciolSebbene in modi diversi, Dante, Petrarca e Boccaccio hanno posto le basi per una letteratura in lingua italiana dando al volgare toscano dignità e valore letterario. In questa breve introduzione, vedremo come ognuno di loro ha contribuito al passaggio da una cultura essenzialmente medievale ad una moderna come quella dell’Umanesimo e del Rinascimento.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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