This lively and fast-paced foundation course in Italian will enable students with no previous knowledge of the language to acquire a thorough working knowledge of Italian by providing practice in the four key skills of language learning – reading, writing, speaking and listening. It offers a wide range of activities and draws on an impressive selection of source material from many different media. This website has been created to provide guidance for tutors so as to enable them to exploit the Course fully, and to provide ideas and suggestions for further study. This site also contains details on the audio material and Workbook that accompany this course (see the About the Course section) and gives links to other websites that will be useful for teachers and students alike.