THE SCHOOL · LANGUAGE LEVELS
Language levels - from "ciao" to nearly Italian.
We teach the full CEFR range - from absolute beginner all the way to mastery - broken into careful sub-levels so that your progression is always documented and your placement is always right for you. Absolute beginners (A1.1) start on fixed cohort dates throughout the year; from A2 to C2 you can normally enrol on any Monday.
Language levels - from "ciao" to nearly Italian
We teach the full CEFR range - from absolute beginner all the way to mastery - broken into careful sub-levels so that your progression is always documented and your placement is always right for you. Absolute beginners (A1.1) start on fixed cohort dates throughout the year; from A2 to C2 you can normally enrol on any Monday.
A1 - Beginner. A1.1 → A1.2. From zero Italian to basic everyday survival: greetings, ordering, asking for directions, present tense, simple sentence structures. A2 - Elementary. A2.1 → A2.2. Functional Italian for daily life: past and future tenses, telling stories, navigating bureaucracy, making appointments. B1 - Intermediate. B1.1 → B1.2. Independent user. Conditional, subjunctive introduced. The B1 threshold required for Italian citizenship (CILS B1) sits here. B2 - Upper-intermediate. B2.1 → B2.2. Fluent enough for university coursework, professional meetings, complex written tasks. The level most CILS-B2 candidates target. C1 - Advanced. C1.1 → C1.2. Effective operational Italian. Required for many specialist professional registrations. C2 - Mastery. C2.1 → C2.2 (and our extension C2.2 B). Near-native command. Literary register, academic Italian, advanced legal and technical vocabulary.
Not sure what your starting level is?
Tell us a few sentences about your Italian (or simply "none") and your dates. We send you a short placement test, and confirm the right level group within a working day.
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