Italian for beginners

🇮🇹 Italian for Beginners is an online self-study course for complete beginners.

⏳ Designed for very busy adults. I know you don’t have time.

⏰ To learn basic Italian with me, you only need: 15-20 minutes, 3 times a week.

💃 I promise the time you spend learning Italian will be fun.

Italian for Beginners:

You will learn:

👋 the greetings (no more doubts if buongiorno is ok)

🍕 the Italian pronunciation (no more problems ordering gnocchi or bruschetta)

🔢 the numbers from 0 to 100 (numbers are key to a good life!)

🤸 basic verbs

🆘 basic survival expressions (like I’m hungry!)

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 vocabulary related to family, your job, yourself

🍽️ ordering in a bar, in a restaurant

🏩 communicating in a hotel

🚂 buying a train ticket

And a lot more!

Sounds good?

Is Italian for Beginners for you?

✅ Yes:

🕐 You are a busy adult.

🎤 You love Italy and regularly sing “Felicità” in the shower.

🍕 You don’t know a single word in Italian and sometimes even mistake pizza for spaghetti.

✈️ You want to learn some basic Italian before your next viaggio in Italia.

🏅 You need some extra motivation and an online community to learn Italian daily.

📱 You are tired of language learning apps offering useless phrases and no human contact.

🌀 You are looking for a clear and easy-to-follow structure.

❌ No:

🕐 You don’t have time to study: 15-20 minutes, 3 times a week.

🧑‍🎓 You are intermediate or advanced in Italian, and you’re looking for advanced-level materials. For more advanced materials, join me here:

Why should you trust this Polish woman teaching Italian?

If you don’t know me, ciao! I’m Katarzyna Ciszewska. I’m an Italian as a foreign language teacher, a DILS-PG certificate-qualified trainer, and a CELI certificate examiner. I have two Master’s degrees: in Italian Language and Anthropology.

I have been teaching Italian for almost 20 years, and I am the owner of an online Italian school, AL DENTE. I work there with 16 native speaker teachers, and every day we teach adults how to communicate effectively and fluently in Italy. My school has been operating since 2010.

✉️ For the past year (2025), I have been creating newsletters and preparing materials for intermediate and advanced Italian learners.

❤️ My content has been met with a very enthusiastic reception here on Substack.

Italian for Beginners course will combine my experience in synchronous teaching (live lessons) and asynchronous learning (materials sent via email).

🏅You will get the best, the most effective methods from both fields.

For me, languages are a way of life, not just academic theory.

I speak English🇬🇧 and Italian🇮🇹, have a solid basis in Spanish🇪🇸 and Georgian🇬🇪. I’m currently learning German🇩🇪 (B1). Recently, my heart beats faster for Hindi🇮🇳.

Because I’m quite a busy person, I know exactly what it’s like when you want to achieve something, but only have a couple of minutes free.

🕐 I will make sure you use these minutes effectively.

🆘 I’ll help you not only master the basics of Italian but also:

✔️ take an easy-to-follow path to confidence in Italian

✔️ stay motivated

✔️ find the time

✔️ finally make your dream of speaking Italian in Italy a reality.

Italian for Beginners:

• A unique program for adults learning Italian.

• A course created by a teacher and a fellow language learner.

• Offering an easy-to-follow structure you can trust and engaging materials you will engage with

• Designed for complete beginners.

• You will learn real-world language skills in bite-sized lessons.

• Based on self-study materials.

• You receive the materials once a week.

• We have weekly Q&A sessions to cover all your doubts (here in the chat)

• Immediate error correction of all your tasks.

• The program is based on revision: if you follow the structure, you will learn and revise at the same time.

Join now and let’s study Italian together!

👛 How much does it cost?

• 🆓 The course “Italian for beginners” is free! 🆓

I believe that everyone should have the chance to learn Italian, regardless of their budget. That’s why the core of this course is and will always be completely free.

💚❤️ However, creating these materials takes a lot of time and heart.

If you find value in my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. For about the price of a vegan cornetto and oat milk cappuccino a month (€5), you’re not just getting extra practice exercises. You’re directly keeping this project alive and free for learners worldwide.

🌍 Your support, every comment and shared success truly mean the world to me.