Most of our students arrive in Italy as absolute beginners or near-beginners. They lose the first week of an in-person programme catching up to their own classroom because they have not yet built the basic A1 vocabulary, the basic verb patterns, or the listening reflexes Italian needs. The online A2 course exists to close that gap before you set foot in Italy.
By the time you land, you can already introduce yourself, ask for directions, order at a bar, understand a slow conversation, read a menu, and follow basic written instructions. The in-person programme then starts from B1 territory immediately.
How the format works
Live online lessons
Real teacher, real classroom, just on video. Small groups, the same communicative method we use in-person. Not pre-recorded video, not chatbot, not "self-paced platform" — actual live teaching.
A1 to A2 progression
Three CEFR sub-levels worth of content (A1.1 → A1.2 → A2). Structured weekly progression with measurable milestones at each step. You see your level go up.
Scheduled around international time zones
Sessions scheduled to work for students in North America (afternoon ET / morning PT), Europe (morning), and Asia (early evening). Pick the slot that matches your time zone at enrolment.
Bridge into in-person
Students who complete A2 online are placed straight into the appropriate in-person group on arrival — no extra placement test, no week-1 wasted. The two programmes share the same teaching methodology and assessment framework.
Who Online A2 is for
Online A2 is right for you if you are planning a long-term (3+ month) in-person programme in Italy starting in 3–9 months and you want to arrive already at A2 instead of A0/A1. It is also right if you are not yet planning to come to Italy at all but want a structured foundation course at a low cost from home.
It is not a substitute for in-person Italian if your goal is fluency. Online is great for reaching A2 reliably; from B1 upwards, the in-person format produces meaningfully better outcomes.
How this combines with a long-term programme
Most popular pattern: a student enrols in a 6-month or 9-month Standard long-term programme starting next September, and takes the Online A2 course from January to August. They arrive in September at A2, place into B1 from day one, and finish the year at C1 — instead of finishing at B2 because the first three months were spent learning A1 vocabulary.
Talk to us about combining online + in-person
Tell us your in-person target dates and your current level (or "none"). We respond with a combined online + in-person plan that gets you to a meaningfully higher level by the end of the in-person programme.
TO US