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Learn and embrace Italian language and culture with us

At SIAL courses, we aim to offer everyone the possibility to learn and embrace the Italian language and culture.

Whether you are a young or adult learner, we can help you develop your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, as well as introduce you to the Italian culture.

Italian courses for every age and level

For children and teenagers

Extracurricular Italian language and culture courses organised in collaboration with the General Consulate of Italy in London

Italian courses for primary school aged children (Y1-Y6)
Italian courses for secondary school students (Y7-Y9) tailored to the needs and interests of pre-teens
Italian GCSE and A-Level exam preparation courses

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More than 100 annual courses are delivered each year in more than 40 different venues within the Consular district of London, South of England and Wales.

For adults

Italian courses from beginner to advanced level

Learn or improve your Italian with our courses for adult learners offered in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute London.

Whether you need to improve your Italian and have it certified or you simply like Italy and its beautiful language and culture, our courses will offer a great learning experience, whatever your age or ability.

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CILS Certification: exams and preparatory courses

To attest your level for Italian citizenship or for study and work

Created by the University of Siena in Italy, the CILS certification attests one’s linguistic-communicative competence in Italian as a second language.
Sit the exam at SIAL.school in West London and get ready by practising and improving exam techniques with our online preparatory courses.

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Events for the Italian and bilingual community

We organise a variety of cultural events, designed and offered with the Italian bilingual community in mind, together with amazing partners that share with us the mission of promoting the Italian language and culture in the UK.

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More about us

SIAL.courses is managed by SIAL.charity (La Scuola Italiana a Londra) which is a Company limited by guarantee [No 6046404] and a registered charity [No 1119966].

The charity was set up by a group of volunteers with the aim to open SIAL.school, the first English-Italian bilingual school in London. Since its foundation in 2007, the charity has worked to offer everyone the possibility to learn and embrace the Italian language and culture.

SIAL.charity

Since its foundation in 2007, SIAL.charity has worked to promote knowledge and support the understanding of Italian language and culture in the UK.
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SIAL.school

The only Italian-English nursery and primary school in the UK providing the best bilingual, bicurricular and bicultural education.
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