YAY! You’ve been noted as an intermediate student. When I have resources or free lessons that are a good fit for your level, I’ll send them your way. Until then, check out this list below of articles for someone who is in the midst of learning la bella lingua. 

Buono studio!!

Here’s a constantly growing collection of the articles every intermediate learner in the Italian language should read + master.

Grammar

— The Present Subjunctive Mood in Italian (or the tense that even Italians are confused about)

— Italian Past Tense (because even though we shouldn’t live in it, we need to talk about it)

— The Imperfect Tense in Italian (or the tense that lets you sweetly reminisce on the old days)

— When to Use the Imperfect Tense and When to Use the Past Tense in Italian

— Italian Present Conditional (or the tense that finally lets you express yourself in Italian)

— Future Tense in Italian (or how to fall head-over-heels in love with the future tense)

— How to Use “Sia + Sia” in Italian (or How to say “BOTH pasta AND pizza sound good”)

— 8 Reasons Your Italian Doesn’t Sound Italian (& 8 Fixes to Get to a Near Native Level)

— 3 Unexpected Places Where You Must Use the Preposition “In”

— 3 Unexpected Uses for the Preposition “Da” in Italian

— 3 Unexpected Uses for the Preposition “Di” in Italian

Vocabulary

— Italian Word Speed Dates: Appena, Addirittura, Comunque and Quindi

— 3 Main Ways to Use the Word Proprio in Italian

— 8 Random Italian Idioms

— 11 More Italian Expressions You Never Learned in the Classroom

— Italian Word Speed Dates: Anzi, Dunque, Piuttosto

— Italian Word Speed Dates: Tale, Eccome, e Semmai

— How to Use Sounds (Boh, Beh, Uffa & Oh) in Italian

— Italian Word Speed Dates: Ormai & Affatto

— Italian Word Speed Dates: Appunto & Magari

— Italian Word Speed Dates: Siccome, Dato che, and Poiché

— How to Talk About that Book You Loved or Hated in Italian

— How to Talk About How Awesome (or Horrible) That Movie Was in Italian

— Come preparare un vero piatto di pasta (How to Cook Real Italian Pasta)

— What’s important to Italians during Christmas? (Insights from Carmine Caruso in Italian)

— Sei cose da fare per imparare l’italiano durante i tempi morti

— Le sagre in Italia

— How to Send Texts or IMs in Italian (or how to avoid spending an hour on a message that says perché?)

— 23 Phrases for Congratulating People on New Beginnings in Italian

— How to Buy Meat at the Macelleria in Italy

— How to Buy Bread at the Panetteria in Italy

— 12 Phrases For Making Friends While Traveling in Italy

— 4 Verbs in Italian You Might Be Using Incorrectly

— 4 More Verbs in Italian You Might Be Using Incorrectly

How to Learn

— How to Embrace Italian Dialect and Learn Italian with Neapolitan Soap Operas with Traci from Italicissima

— What to Do When You Fall Off the Italian Studying Wagon

— Here’s What You Can Do When You Need a Break from Learning Italian

— 7 Creative Ways to Make Your Italian Study Time Even Better

Looking for other road maps?

Italian Road Map for the Absolute Beginner (A1)

Italian Road Map for Beginner Level Students (A2)

Italian Mini Road Map for the Upper Intermediate/Advanced Level Student (B2-C1)