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🇮🇹 How to learn Italian from scratch
Ciao!
It’s great you’re here!
If you want to learn Italian from scratch, Italian for Beginners is a place for you.
Subscribe to get free self-study materials for complete beginners designed by an experienced Italian as a foreign language teacher (that’s me!).
🇮🇹 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.
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.
👇 How to get the most out of the program?
🙋 Questions?
Leave a comment or email me: dailyitalian@substack.com