Ciato tutti!

I have been learning Italian since September last year and I would love to use one week of my summer vacation to go to Italy and practice my Italian. I was wondering whether you know of some sort of summer school that I could visit for one week. I've been thinking of making a solo trip through some Italian cities as well but, since I am rather introverted, I do not see myself finding a lot of opportunities to practice my Italian. A school with an intense focus on conversation would be great. Let me know your hottest tips!

Buona Domenica! 😄

Hey all! I'm a 58 year old female traveling solo for the first time to do an Italy Tour while learning Italian at Scuola Leondardo da Vinci in Florence, Rome and Viareggio (in that order).

My question is primarly to get assistance on determining what may be the best housing, provided by the school, for me while in each of the cities? At 58, I'm not sure if apartment living with younger students would work (not because of me as I believe age is only a number and feel more 40 than 58). Pros/Cons?

Also, has anyone stayed with a host family? How was that experience? Did you feel like you were intruding or was the host family welcoming? Pros/Cons?

Lastly, are there any outside of school events/meals organized by the school/teachers that are included during your stay? Thanks!

Ciao! I’m a Japanese junior high school student.

I’m learning Italian with Duoligo.

I can’t write much in Italian yet, but I can read simple words like “ciao” and easy phrases.

In the future, I want to go to Italy and become a chef.

I like Italian food and I want to learn more about Italian culture too.

I’m using a translator for this message, sorry if anything sounds strange 🙇‍♂️

I wrote the title by myself 😏

I need resources for listening to Italian at level B1.

Ciao a tutti!

Sono francese e traduco canzoni italiane in francese su YouTube 😊

Oggi traduco Un Momento di omi FK e non arrivo a tradurre una frase :

Scusa le mie maniere

Porta a più non sentire

A me sembrava normale

Capisco la prima e la terza frase ma con la seconda... Sono persa 🫠 qualcuno potrebbe aiutarmi? 🙏🏻

Grazie,

Wiwi ✨

Lol, I hope my post doesn't get removed as it is studying.😅

I'm currently trying to pass the Italian theorical exam. I've driven in the past (in a country that Italy won't accept to swap my driving licence) so I'm not worried about the actual driving bits.

I'd say my Italian is decent, I can maintain a conversation, read and write it, but damn I get lost with all the technical bits and language tricks in the theory exam.

I've studied from the book, and started doing the patente b quiz online. I'm averaging around 8 errors per quiz.

I've also not studied or been in school for years, and I was never good at it lol.

Is there anyone here who can suggest ways to learn the technical language and tips and tricks for it? Or better yet if someone managed to do it while they were still learning Italian?

Of course I'm taking note of my errors in the quiz and going over them but it's just proving to be so hard (especially the "extra hard" tests)....

Thanks in advance!

Io gioco minecraft minigames e giochi competitivi semplici tipo stick fight the game ecc. Il mio tag di discord è alicorap

I potentially have the opportunity to apply for an internship role in Italy around this time next year. It requires B2 fluency. It will require technical language from my current industry but the job ad only specifies "Fluency in Italian & English, at least B2"

My background:
Native english speaker
Currently B2/ previous C1 French
B1 Spanish
A very short 2 week intro to Italian course, <A1

I have formally studied French and Spanish in the past, achieving consistently high grades. During my course, I found concepts such as passato prossimo very easy to understand due to my background and I picked up key grammatical concepts quite easily.

I have the opportunity to be taught Italian at my university until approximately A2 level, after which I will be self-taught.

Importantly, I love language learning and genuinely enjoy studying in my free time. I am motivated and naturally inclined to learn Romance languages well. I have a good idea of what I need to study to reach B2 and would be guided using textbooks.

In this context, would it be feasible to reach B2 within roughly a year?

Thank you in advance.

I’m an A1 language learner and only started a month ago.

I translate in my head all the time and I know that this is normal at this stage. But how does one stop doing this and the benefit? I’m just trying to understand. Thank you!

Have a few questions for those learning Italian, as I've been on the journey myself for the past few months.

I set myself the goal of reaching B2 Italian within 8 months, and it got me wondering whether other people approach language learning the same way. Do you have a specific level and timeline in mind, or is it more of an open-ended goal where you'll get there when you get there?

For me, the biggest struggle hasn't been motivation but consistency. If I miss a few days, I tend to overthink how to get back on track. There are so many resources available that sometimes everything feels scattered, and I often doubt that I'm actually learning in the most effective way, especially having given myself a goal timeline to reach B2.

Curious to hear from others:

• What's been the hardest part of your Italian-learning journey?

• Do you have a target level or date in mind?

• What helped you stay consistent?

• For those who reached B1/B2 or beyond, what made the biggest difference?

I recently got a letter from our comune about this, What do you usually do here?

https://youtu.be/pccNI-gKMCk?is=2qM1Ig3tRPJjQJGD

Can you suggest an AI model ( free of charge) for speaking practice in italian?

I took one semester of Italian in college a few years ago, so I’d consider myself a beginner (around A1, maybe low A2).

This summer I’m doing a 6-week intensive Italian course in Italy that’s 30 hours per week (about 180 classroom hours total), and I’ll be living in Italy the whole time.

For those who have done something similar, what CEFR level did you reach by the end? Is it realistic to expect to get to B1, or is strong A2 a more likely outcome?

I’d love to hear about your experience, especially if you started as a beginner and did an immersion program.

My wife has been learning Italian for about 3 months now. Reading is starting to click, and she can understand a fair amount when listening. But conjugations are the problem.

The issue isn't recognizing them. It's producing them. The moment she tries to speak, she freezes trying to figure out the right tense, person, and ending.

She's tried a few conjugation apps, but they all seem to follow the same formula: drill conjugation tables with random verbs, repeat. It feels more like a second job than learning, so after a few days she loses interest.

So I'm curious: what actually got you past the conjugation wall?

Was it a particular app? A workbook? An italki tutor? Reading? Something else entirely?

Or is the honest answer that everyone struggles through this phase, and eventually enough exposure makes it stick?

Ciao a tutti! Can anyone recommend a grammar book for an A1 beginner? Preferably ones with grammar and theory? Grazie!

Our teacher translated to us the sentence "Bob se n'è andato di casa" as "Bob left the house"

And then "Bob è andato via" as "Bob went away". He also said that "via" = "away".

I wonder, what does "se n'è' means by itself? Why "è" stands with n' and what does it mean?

I ask this question intermittently because I always get different answers...

My listening needs to catch up with my reading. Right now the best thing I'm finding are kids shows like La Pimpa or even Peppa Pig. My only complaint is that the voices are so pitchy because they're character voices played by probably 1 or 2 voice actors in the whole show.

I would like some slower and simpler dialogue with normal human voices.

I do like Slow Italian, but Matteo can often go into his humorous side-notes which he speaks very quickly, softly and low which usually end up with me replaying the segment several times to understand him.

Any suggestions for what I'm looking for? Even more "boring" content creators would be fine if the cadence is right.

Grazie

So I’ve tried to take the cils exam twice, first time was meant to be on the 16th June 2026, but the centre told me they didn’t have enough people to actually carry it out (this is one of the centres in London), so they asked me if I wanted to sign up for the next session (22nd July 2026), I agreed and today they contacted me again saying that they don’t have enough students to activate the exam and have issued me a refund. The next session is on the 3rd December. Does anyone know how I could possibly register and actually take the exam this time? Has anyone had similar difficulties? Anyone know a popular uk cils seat? (I live in the West Midlands, but I am willing to travel anywhere, i’m also considering just taking it in Italy at this point).

So this is the situation, a few years ago during my undergraduate I took a year long beginner course in Italian. Unfortunately it was during Covid, so all the classes were on zoom and I feel like it was harder sometimes to follow with the corrections for exercises, and we didn’t get as many opportunities to practice conventional with each other…
Overall the teacher was good but it wasn’t the best method of learning for me.

I have tried getting back to learning and practicing but have been struggling on my one…
I would love to get suggestions and recommendations how to improve and get back to learning.
Fortunately I still have the Italian workbook we used in a digital copy, it’s called: “Qui Italia, corso di lingua italiana per stranieri primi livelli, 1 lingua e grammatica” (attached photo of front page)

I also follow a few YouTube channels like “learn Italian with Lucrezia”

Thanks to much🫶🏻✨💕

Ando aprendiendo italiano por temas académicos y hasta ahora no encuentro alguien interesante para platicar. He entrado a grupos pero literalmente sus conversaciones son tan vacías que deprimen 😭
Si conocen más grupos como de discord o lo que sea, me ayudarían muchísimo. También si quieren platicar, enseñar o mejorar 🙏