Introduction:
Many simply cannot fly off to Italy to take an intensive Italian course. We’d love to, but families, jobs, and finances prohibit that experience.
If that’s the case for you, no worries! There are some super online options for intensive courses—and you don’t even have to find your passport to participate!
Let’s scope out the possibilities for online learning.
Top resources for you
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Multibhashi
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Preply
Italian-courses Preply is a platform that allows learners to choose a tutor for online language learning. There are many tutors here who offer intensive Italian lessons.
Choosing an online tutor is no different from choosing a local tutor. Each tutor has a profile, which you can browse to see that teacher’s qualifications. Then, simply choose the tutor that best suits your needs.
Most lessons are done via Skype, so choose a tutor who offers lessons compatible with your schedule.
Finding intensive Italian language tutors is simple. On the home page, use the drop-down menu that says “Tutor Teaches” and click on “Italian.” Beneath that menu, there’s a menu titled “Specialty”—use that to find intensive language tutors.
Or, just click on the Preply link at the head of this entry to be taken straight there!
Prices per session vary according to the tutor. Lessons can be scheduled using a calendar that shows time in the learner’s time zone so there’s no uncertainty regarding calculating time differences!
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ABC School Firenze
Italian-courses ABC School Firenze offers personalized lessons to learners who are unable to head to Florence for their intensive program.
Lessons take place via Skype and are 55 minutes long. Scheduling and the number of lessons per week is based on individual needs.
Educational materials are emailed to students prior to each lesson.
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FluentU
Italian-coursesFluentU’s program is self-paced, so it’s as intensive as you make it. This means you can study what you actually care about and learn Italian relevant to you and your reasons for studying.
FluentU takes real-world videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news, and inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons, as you can see here:
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FluentU helps you get comfortable with everyday Italian by combining all the benefits of complete immersion and native-level conversations with interactive subtitles.
Tap on any word to instantly see an image, in-context definition, example sentences, and other videos in which the word is used.
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Access a complete interactive transcript of every video under the Dialogue tab, and review words and phrases with convenient audio clips under Vocab.
learn-conversational-Italian-with-subtitled-dialogue Once you’ve watched a video, you can use FluentU’s quizzes to actively practice all the vocabulary in that video. Swipe left or right to see more examples of the word you’re on.
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FluentU will even keep track of all the Italian words you’re learning, and give you extra practice with difficult words.
Plus, it’ll tell you exactly when it’s time for review. Now that’s a 100% personalized experience!
The best part? You can try FluentU for free!
Start using FluentU on the website, or better yet, download the app from iTunes or the Google Play store.
The program is about so much more than videos: You also get access to interactive flashcards and vocab lists, annotated subtitles and SRS-based quizzes that evolve as you learn.
Videos are conveniently organized into lessons, so you can easily work toward a particular objective, topic or skill. FluentU also offers progress-tracking tools and allows you to study using any of the content—just pick something you’re interested in, and learn!
It’s a full, all-in-one authentic resource for Italian learning that’s sure to fast-track your studies to the next level!
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Centro Culturale Conero
intensive-Italian-courses this school offers intensive Italian online lessons via Skype via their Learn Italian Online website to learners who can’t study at their amazing location in Italy.
In short—if you can’t go to them, they bring the language to you!
Scheduling lessons, length of study, and any other details are taken care of during enrollment. Programs are personalized depending on a learner’s needs.
So if you need to bring your Italian language skills to the fast lane and you’re willing to devote the time and effort an intensive Italian course requires, these resources have got you covered.
Whether you relocate to Italy for a few weeks or just log into Skype round the clock, it’ll all be worth the work in the end!
Intensive courses aren’t easy but they do make it possible to fast-track your Italian learning.