Italian and Portuguese

Italian and Portuguese fall into the romance category of languages and are popular choices for those looking to fulfill a lifelong dream of learning a language, to connect more deeply with family and friends or to pursue more authentic travel experiences.

Our engaging classes in Italian and Portuguese are available in multiple levels and are designed to offer applicable language skills for travel, work and everyday situations. Whether you have no previous experience, or you’re looking to grow your vocabulary and fine-tune your grammar and fluency, each course focuses on learning by doing. Through speaking and interacting with your classmates in authentic and realistic scenarios, you are given the training, tools and instructor feedback to feel confident in your linguistic abilities.

Not sure which level is right for you? Read our overview of course language levels to find the level that suits your experience and skills.

Meet Catherine, UBC Extended Learning Italian student

Catherine signed up for her first Italian class after a trip to Italy left her wishing she could understand the language better. When she later returned to Italy and was able to speak Italian, her experience was totally different and she felt a deeper connection to the people and the culture.

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Available courses
Format	Next Start Date	Status	More
Online	Jan 19, 2025	Open	Details	Topics in this course change each term and are designed to further spoken fluency in Italian. Each course begins with a half hour of guided conversation followed by structured exercises and lessons in advanced Italian grammar and conversation.
Online, In-Person	Jan 20, 2025	Open	Details	Learn to share information about yourself and ask basic questions in Italian using the present tense. Practise listening and speaking about everyday social situations such as meeting new people, describing yourself, your family members and friends, and expressing opinions. Focus on pronunciation and basic grammar in interactive and conversational classes.
Online	Jan 20, 2025	Open	Details	Add to your basic Italian vocabulary and develop the complexity of your sentences in everyday situations, including travel, food, shopping, transportation, family and business. Focus on speaking correctly and distinguishing between the past, present and future tenses.
Online	Jan 20, 2025	Open	Details	Learn to share information about yourself and ask basic questions of those around you in Portuguese. Learn structure and vocabulary that allow you to function in everyday settings such as ordering food in a restaurant or asking for directions.
Online	Jan 20, 2025	Open	Details	Expand your Portuguese vocabulary and start to elevate your level of language by learning more complex structures such as prepositions and object pronouns and refining the skills acquired in previous levels. Concentrate on speaking correctly and distinguishing between the past, present and future tenses.
Online	Jan 22, 2025	Open	Details	Add to your basic Italian vocabulary in everyday situations involving travel, food and shopping. Respond to simple questions about likes, dislikes and past times. Using role play, order at a coffee shop and talk about your job. Learn how to communicate simple ideas orally and in writing.
Online	Jan 22, 2025	Open	Details	Add to your basic Italian vocabulary and develop the complexity of your sentences in everyday situations, including travel, food, shopping, transportation, family and business. Focus on speaking correctly and distinguishing between the past, present and future tenses.
Online	Jan 22, 2025	Open	Details	Add to your basic Portuguese vocabulary in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, transportation, family and business. In addition to improving your functional ability when speaking in the present tense, you begin to express yourself in the past and future tenses.
		TBA	Details	Expand your Portuguese vocabulary and elevate your level of language by adding to your understanding of more complex grammatical structures. You concentrate on speaking correctly and expanding your use of the past, present and future tenses.
		TBA	Details	Build your Portuguese fluency, vocabulary and grammatical awareness by practising speaking and listening with your instructor and classmates.
		TBA	Details	Continue to expand your Portuguese vocabulary and start to elevate your level of language by learning more complex structures such as prepositions and object pronouns and refining the skills acquired in previous levels. You concentrate on speaking correctly and distinguishing between the past, present and future tenses.
		TBA	Details	Expand your Portuguese vocabulary and start to elevate your level of language by learning more complex structures such as prepositions and object pronouns and refining the skills acquired in previous levels. You concentrate on speaking correctly and distinguishing between the past, present and future tenses.

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