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Practical Italian

Learn Italian for life and work in Italy.

Build practical Italian for everyday life, study and professional opportunities — from your first lesson onward.

Your learning path

Beginner

Elementary

Intermediate

Upper-int.

What you get

Everything you need, in one place

One place to learn the language, practise it, and put it to work.

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Learn Italian at your own pace

Interactive lessons, video, vocabulary, and practice—A1 through B2, built around real Italian shifts.

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Find the right job for you

Browse verified roles and apply easily with your Italand profile—no extra CV needed.

Browse jobs

Your Italian learning workspace

Study, practise, and track your progress — in one dashboard.

Pilot voices

What students, employers, and teachers kept asking for

Paraphrased from early hospitality pilot interviews and onboarding notes in Rimini and Emilia-Romagna.

Job seeker

I needed Italian for the front desk and the dining room—not abstract grammar drills. A hospitality track built around real shifts changes what I can actually apply for.

Layla H.

Hospitality job seeker, Rimini area

Employer

When a candidate already knows sector vocabulary and shows me their level on a profile, the interview is faster and I lose less time on basics before the first shift.

Giorgio T.

Restaurant owner, Emilia-Romagna

Teacher

We teach toward employment outcomes, not just the next textbook chapter. Sector vocabulary, interview prep, real conversation—that's what actually moves learners forward.

Pilot teaching partner

Italian L2 instructor

Built from real pilot conversations with learners, employers, and teachers in Italy.

Why Italand

We connect what today’s tools leave separate

Language schools rarely train workplace dialogue. Job boards don’t make candidates job-ready. Informal networks are noisy and uneven. Italand is the structured path from specialised Italian to employer-ready profiles—and, in the pilot, real introductions.

  1. Career-oriented Italian: listening, speaking, vocabulary, and writing tied to sector scenarios and hiring conversations—not generic lessons alone.

  2. A living profile replaces CV ping-pong: employers see level, completed tracks, and readiness instead of guessing from a file name.

  3. Employers meet candidates who chose to train for their context—reducing early turnover risk and time lost on basic communication.

  4. Pilot first, then scale: validate hospitality in Rimini with one focused programme before expanding courses, cities, and employer services.

Pricing

Flexible plans for learners and hiring teams

Choose a learning plan to build job-ready Italian. Employers can post jobs and connect with trained candidates.

For students

Learn Italian, prepare for work, and build your job-ready profile.

  • Starter

    Self-paced Italian courses and profile tools.

  • ProRecommended

    AI practice and guided support while you prepare.

  • Premium

    Live lessons and teacher feedback for speaking confidence.

For employers

Post jobs and connect with job-ready international talent.

  • Team

    Post jobs and manage one recruiter seat.

  • Organisation

    Search candidates and scale your hiring workflow.

  • EnterpriseCustom

    Advanced hiring tools and dedicated support.

Questions

Straight answers before you start

Learn how courses, certificates, profiles, and employer matching work inside Italand.

  • Course structure explained
  • Certificate meaning clarified
  • Employer access explained
How is learning organised?

Each track is made of topics; topics combine listening, reading, vocabulary, writing, and speaking practice. Complete topics to move toward certificates and a readiness summary employers can trust at a glance.

What does an Italand certificate mean?

It confirms you finished a specialised Italand programme—such as hospitality communication—including workplace dialogue, customer scenarios, sector vocabulary, and interview preparation. It signals completed training, not a government language diploma.

How do employers participate?

They review candidates who apply or opt in, filter by level, track, and location, and request interviews. Your profile is shared when you take those steps—no random CV drops. The employment relationship is always between you and the employer.

Do I need to log in before starting?

Public course introductions are visible without an account. To access actual study tools, track progress, use your learner profile, join Practice Together sessions, or participate in the Community, you will need to log in or create a free account.