The University for Foreigners of Siena is a public university specialized in the teaching of Italian as well as many other languages. It also specializes in scientific research on the diffusion of the Italian language and culture in the world and in contact between Italian and other languages and cultures.

Course: Introduction to Italian

Learn basic Italian and explore Italian culture, with this free online Italian course

Starts on 16 October 2017

Duration: 6 weeks - 3 hours per week - FREE online course

Why join the course?

Do you love Italy? Do you love Italian art, cinema, and fashion? Have you been dreaming of visiting cities like Venice, Rome, and Florence? Do you absolutely love Italian food? Have you always wanted to learn Italian and get to know Italian culture? If the answers are yes then this free online course is perfect for you.

Learn how to speak basic Italian

Over six weeks you will develop the skills to interact in common conversational situations. You will learn, for instance:

• how to introduce yourself;
• how to answer to simple questions;
• how to ask for information;
• how to talk about your interests, food, and clothes.

You’ll develop your listening and speaking skills week by week through watching short videos. These videos will show you common communicative situations and introduce sentences frequently used in spoken Italian as well as vocabulary and grammar patterns.

This course draws on the educator’s’ expertise in teaching Italian as a second language at the University for Foreigners of Siena.

Understand Italian culture

On this course, you will also explore the culture of Italy – helping you to understand its people, its places, and its lifestyle.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

• Develop skills in basic Italian for interacting in common communicative situations;
• Engage in simple communication in Italian;
• Develop the skills to understand and use everyday expressions in Italian;
• Develop the skills to introduce oneself and others in Italian.

Who is the course for?

The course is for people who have little or no prior knowledge of Italian and who are interested in discovering Italian language and culture.

Please go to the course link for further detailed information and enrollment:

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/learn-italian?lr=18