2026 Summer Intensive Courses
Learn Italian fast! Our fast-track offering is perfect if you need to reinforce and consolidate your knowledge of the Italian language, or if you are a complete beginner and would like to learn the basics in just one week.
Our intensive courses run for 3 hours per day, for 5 days each week.
They are open to all levels and you can choose between Face-to-face in Carlton (Melbourne) or online.
WHEN?
Week 1- Mon, 12 January - Fri, 16 January 2026
Week 2- Mon, 19 January - Fri, 23 January 2026
🌟 Special Offer:
Big news for 2026! Enrol in a morning course in Carlton and receive a bundle discount when you add an event package to your course.
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FACE TO FACE COURSES AVAILABLE
WHAT TIME?
Week 1
- 10am - 1pm - Levels available: Beginner, Post Beginner, Lower Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, Advanced
- 6pm - 9pm - Levels available: Beginner, Post Beginner, Intermediate
Week 2
- 10am - 1pm - Levels available: Beginner, Post Beginner, Lower Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, Advanced
- 6pm - 9pm - Levels available: Post Beginner, Lower Intermediate, Intermediate
WHERE?
245 Cardigan Street, Carlton, VIC
ONLINE COURSES AVAILABLE
WHAT TIME?
Week 1
- from 10 am to 1 pm - Levels available: Intermediate
- from 6 pm to 9 pm - Levels available: Post Beginner, Lower Intermediate
Week 2
- from 10 am to 1 pm - Levels available: Intermediate
- from 6 pm to 9 pm - Levels available: Lower Intermediate
Click here to enrol or contact us: (03) 9347 9144
BEGINNER
You will learn how to introduce yourself and others, talk about where you are from, describe yourself and others, order food and drinks in a café, book a hotel room and talk about leisure activities. The main grammar topics covered are gender and number of nouns, articles and adjectives, irregular verbs essere (to be) and avere (to have), regular -are verbs, idiomatic expressions with verb avere (to have).
POST BEGINNER
This is the perfect course for students who have already studied the basics of the Italian language - or completed our Beginner 1 level - and would like to continue their journey into the language and culture. We will help you gain confidence and reinforce your speaking, listening and reading. You will cover two or three grammar topics among the following ones: present tense conjugation of regular verbs (-are, -ere, -ire), some irregular verbs, prepositions, modal verbs, reflexive verbs.
LOWER INTERMEDIATE
To join this level, you should have a good basic knowledge of the Italian language and its grammar. You will acquire new structures of the Italian grammar as the use of passato prossimo with modal verbs and/or with reflexive verbs, the verb piacere in the past tense, the imperfetto, direct pronouns and prepositions. The aim of this course is to give students a quite wide and stable vocabulary and to introduce them to some classical topics of Italian culture.
INTERMEDIATE
This course has been created to speed up and consolidate the Italian language, to expand the vocabulary and to learn more complex grammar. Students who join this intensive course will discover more about the culture, history and beauty of Italy as they increase their fluency. Among the most common grammar topics covered in this course, there are conditional, subjunctive, concordance when you use indicativo, pronouns, verbi pronominali.
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
If your goal is to reinforce more complex forms of grammar and use them in the everyday life and conversation, this is the right course for you. Speaking and discussion on generic topics will be conducted every day and students will enrich their vocabulary, learn new idioms and improve their fluency. Among the main grammar content, there are passive form, periodo ipotetico, verbi pronominali, modi indefiniti, verbi fraseologici, discorso indiretto. One or two of those topics will be covered in the course.
ADVANCED
This course is designed for students who are proficient in speaking and understanding Italian. This course focuses on improving conversational skills, listening comprehension, and speaking ability. Students will delve into the most complex grammar structures, expanding their mastery of the language. Throughout the course, students will engage in interactive activities, group discussions, and practical exercises to enhance their speaking skills. This course is ideal for advanced learners who are looking to take their Italian language skills to the next level.