That dream you have...
to become fluent in Italian, and finally feel at home in Italy,
can become your reality.
CALLING BEGINNERS AND SELF-TAUGHT LEARNERS
Your journey towards Italian fluency starts here
Have you tried learning Italian, but couldn't progress?
It's because traditional language learning methods rarely work.
That is why we’ve created the holistic 3D Method, and designed the Italian Incubator program, to help you lay strong foundations for your future fluency.
THE LIVE EDITION OF ITALIAN INCUBATOR IS OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!
What is your Italian dream?
- Do you want to feel a sense of deep belonging in Italy, while you travel all around the "stivale", and enjoy the nature, the art, the culture and the food?
- Do you want to call Italy your home, and create the life of your dreams, embracing "la dolce vita"?
- Do you want to reconnect to your Italian heritage and find your Italian identity?
You have your own special dream of feeling at home in Italy.
To make that dream a reality you need to
craft your Italian identity.
You need to be able to speak & think in Italian.
Here is how we can help you.
Does any of this sound familiar?
You are a complete beginner
You don't know where to start and feel overwhelmed
You are an advanced beginner
Your foundations are shaky, you can't build on them, so you can't really progress
You have tried self-teaching with apps, online videos, in-person programs, and live tutors.
However, you still haven't found the structure and clarity you need to make the language your own and start communicating in Italian.
Your Italian foundations were laid chaotically, so you feel stuck in a beginner's limbo, never able to break through that bottleneck.
You know you need to review the basics in a structured way, but going back feels frustrating.
WE GOT YOU!
Every step of this 3D journey will bring you closer to your goal: understanding, speaking and thinking in Italian.
Want to know what you're in for? Hit play!
What our graduates say
Our Incubator graduates share their success stories.
WANT TO START SPEAKING & THINKING IN ITALIAN?
Here is how we'll do it together in Italian Incubator | Live edition
- Lay solid and structured foundations to your Italian fluency, so it can become second nature.
- Grow your everyday vocabulary and put it in context, so you can travel or live in Italy with a sense of belonging.
- Discover how much sense Italian grammar can make, when you understand the "why" behind it, and every piece of the puzzle falls into place.
- Grow your language skills (speaking, listening, reading, writing) simultaneously and organically. It's the shortest path to thinking in Italian.
- Learn about amazing Italians and beloved expats who shaped Italian history so you too can feel part of the Italian culture.
- Immerse yourself in Italian language and culture and start building your Italian identity. With love and ease.
What's special about the LIVE edition ?
- Live Grammar Clinics (Thursday, 5 pm [& recording]
- Weekly assignments with INDIVIDUAL feedback
- Conversation practice - Pausa caffè ☕
- Daily activities and accountability exercises in the community
- Questions and doubts answered and clarified
- A step-by-step holistic learning path, where each new element builds on the previous, with ongoing support
Some more love 💓 from our students
Italian Campus graduates share their experiences.
Is it you?
You have tried it all, haven't you? But nothing has worked.
- You've spent days, months or maybe even years on Duolingo.
- You've tried in-class and on-line Italian language classes.
- You've even tried the "Teach-yourself Italian" book, your grand-grandma brought with her in 1894.
- You've been binge-learning Italian words and force-feeding yourself grammar to the point of linguistic (and not only) indigestion.
And still... you feel your Italian is not progressing, you can't retain your new vocabulary, grammar is a hot mess and pronunciation makes you want to tear your own hair out.
Your attempts at speaking make you sweat profusely, and even the words you know are not there when you need them!
Absolutely. Nothing. Is. Wrong. With. You!
Your memory is just fine.
You are good with languages.
You do have what it takes.
[STOP LISTENING TO THAT LIZARD BRAIN!]
The only thing wrong is the traditional learning methodology that you've been exposed to.
And we have a solution for you
A holistic Italian learning experience, unlike any other.
We created it together with our students, based on their needs, interests, questions, difficulties and cultural curiosities. While leveraging the holistic principles of the 3D Method.
Then, with my team, we shaped and tweaked it until it became a truly transformational experience for our students.
In this 7-week course, you will find everything you need to build your Italian fluency from the ground up: a mix of guided self-paced lessons, simultaneous language skill growth, grammar and vocabulary practice, together with Italian history, culture, geography and mentality elements!
Every aspect of it, every exercise, story, audio, video and grammar lesson is structured as part of a holistic Italian learning experienceand builds on the previous steps, with a clear objective:
bringing you closer to your Italian dream
and your Italian identity.
A holistic Italian learning experience, unlike any other.
We created it together with our students, based on their needs, interests, questions, difficulties and cultural curiosities.
Then, with my team, we shaped and tweaked it until it became a truly transformational experience for our students.
In this 7-week course, you will find everything you need to build your Italian fluency from the ground up:
Every aspect of it, every exercise, story, audio, video and
In Italian Incubator we will:
Take a walk in Venice
Make new friends
Fill out forms and use documents
Ask and answer questions
Talk about our family
Get to know the Medici family
Explore the Italian peninsula
Meet Italy's most beloved expats
Experience a unique Italian language course, designed with the 3D method, carefully structured, with a step-by-step guidance and culturally relevant content.
Domande e risposte | Questions and answers
What is Italian Incubator?
Italian Incubator is our foundation course, perfect for a complete beginner or an advanced beginner, with gaps in the foundations.
It's the first step of the "La Trilogia" that makes up Italian Campus.
It is followed by Italian Accelerator, Ripasso and Italian Momentum.
Is Italian Incubator the right program for me?
Italian Incubator is for you, if you are a beginner, an advanced beginner, or even an elementary level student who feels that their foundations are a bit shaky.
If you feel advanced enough to start from a higher level program, take our placement test and let's find out!
When are the lessons happening?
Every week you will get access to a new weekly unit!
The lessons will be accessible on our Incubator platform and you will be able to go through the unit at your convenience, as long as you complete the lessons in 7 days.
After 7 days you will submit your assignment (compiti) and we will have a live lesson, the Grammar Clinic, to answer your questions!
When is the Grammar Clinic and what if I can't be there live?
The Grammar Clinic will take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm Italian time!
If you can't make it (so many students are busy professionals, or live on the other side of the world!) you can ask your questions in advance (!) on the platform and watch the recording.
When are the Pausa caffè conversation meetings?
Pausa caffè are small conversation groups where you practice the course topics we are working on together with 2-3 other classmates.
You will schedule the meetings with them at a time that works for everyone!
How much time do I have to dedicate to the course?
You decide how much time you can dedicate daily or weekly.
It's completely up to you. Our recommendation is at least 30 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week. But if you can do an hour or two, that's great!
Don't forget the weekly and monthly reviews!
How do I get feedback on my "compiti" assignments?
During the active phases of the course we have weekly assignments on the platform.
If you submit them on time, before the deadline, we will correct your text (or video) and share feedback.
Compiti submitted after the deadline do not get feedback, but it is still important to do the work!
What if I need to go on vacation or miss a few weeks?
You can take time off during the Incubator journey, and you will be able to catch up on everything, even if you miss up to 3 weeks of the course.
While you are catching up, you will be able to participate in the Grammar clinics, or ask your questions, even if they are from the previous weeks!
However, you won't be able to get feedback on the assignments if you miss the deadlines.
For how long will I have access to the lessons?
You will be able to access the lessons on the platform and the recordings until July 1st 2024, or as long as you are part of the 7-week Italian learning journey.
Fall in love with Italian! Learn or revisit the foundations of the Italian language on the way to your Italian identity.
You can achieve anything you can imagine | Se puoi sognarlo, puoi farlo!
Ciao, I’m Tania Troyan, the heart and mind behind the holistic 3D Method™ and the innovative Italian language programs here at 7-week Italian™.
I am on a mission to transform the way Italian is taught and help my students reach their Italian dream. 🍋
This mission stems from my pretty unusual life journey…
What makes my Method truly unique and allows me to understand your struggles, challenges, and help you find the fastest way towards your Italian identity is the fact that…
I have been you.
Whether you are a complete beginner or a seasoned learner who has mastered every aspect of the language, I have been where you are now and where you are headed.
Just like you, I started from scratch.
Because before I became an Italian language and culture expert, an Italian interpreter, translator, and teacher, I was a 17-year-old girl who fell madly in love with the sound of this magical language and decided to master it perfectly and become Italian.
Whatever it took.
I quite literally dedicated the rest of my life to reaching this objective and then helping others do the same.
For years I’ve been painfully aware of the imperfections of the traditional language teaching methods, that throw information at you in the hope something would stick, that never provide tools for retention and see just the language and never add the learner to the equation.
I’ve been looking for an alternative, and when I couldn’t find one, I created it.
I had to build the plane while flying it. 🛫 But you don't have to.
I’ve distilled years of academic studies, language studies, and research into the holistic 3D Method™, and poured my heart, soul, and decades of experience of both learning and teaching Italian into creating my programs.
Today, together with my wonderful team, I guide my students towards fluency through a structured step-by-step Italian language journey that equips them with the right tools, techniques, and most importantly, the right mindset.
We helped over 10 000 students from all over the world to make their "Italian" dream come true.
It's my way of making a difference and helping passionate Italian learners transform their lives and feel at home in Italy. 🏡
Reviews
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Top Rated
Cathy GALLO
Best Course I've Ever Taken and I've Pretty Much Tried it All!!!
I am extremely pleased with 7 Week Italian and Tanya & her team of excellent instructors and motivators! I have dabbled in studying Italian for quite a few years, including college classes, classes at my local Italian club, duolingo, etc. but nothing has come close to the instruction I have received from 7 Week Italian! I sing its praises to anyone interested in learning the language or planning a trip to Italy. Keep up the great work, Tonya and Team!!!
Denise Dodman
Finally, progress!
After a year of Duolingo, I still couldn't string a sentence together though the app assured me I had learned over one thousand words. That course left it to me to figure out the grammar rules and more importantly, the aspects of Italian culture that influence the language. I appreciated so much about the 3D method including the focus on correct pronunciation fr,om the beginning so that you can recognize words being spoken to you. The idea of progression from recognition to full understanding, even to teach what you have learned to someone else. When I think about the many dimensions of the method, there are probably more than three. The weekly video chats, the courses, the Pausa Caffe, the breakout rooms, the stories of Italians and Italian locations. Together, it made such a difference for me. Grazie!
Veronica Hill
Written just for me
I came across the 3D method through the Bootcamp and knew almost as soon as I started it that this was the way I was going to be successful in learning my beloved Italian language thoroughly. I had done some other courses so I had started to get a feel for it but they only seemed to take me so far and no further. They didnàt give me a rounded picture of how I was doing and where I was going. Importantly, they didn't give me the chance to hear and be heard. I particularly like the way that you learn about the history, the culture, and the people as you go along so that the language is put into context and you want to learn more. I like the interaction with the team and the other students as well, lessening any feeling of isolation that soemtimes happens. The compiti give an accountability that is often lacking in other courses. I would recommend this method and course to any adult wishing to learn th beautiful Italian language. Grazie mille.
Lorraine Matthews
Excellent Learning Experience
I tried to learn Spanish in the past with Duolingo and physical and online classes with limited results. When I lost my heart to Italy I started using Duolingo for a couple of months and then saw Tania's Facebook post about the 5 day bootcamp. I was intrigued and decided to do it to get more information. I am so glad that I did. It was like a light bulb being switched on and I realised that I hadn't been learning speaking, reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary at the same level. I had been listening to my lizard regarding speaking and had been holding back. I signed up and I have just completed Incubator. At times I felt it challenging and struggled at time but I followed the course day by day, pushed myself out of my comfort zone and I am so happy that I can see real progress. The course is very well put together and I love how you continually review previous lessons from a different angle. The support from Tania, Francesco and Oreste is just right. I am excited to be continuing my italian journey with 7 Week Italian and putting it into practice on my next visit to Italy. The one thing I would say that I am spending much more time doing the course than I envisaged but that I am loving the progress. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn Italian who is willing to put in the time and effort and then they will be delighted with their progress. Grazie Mille !
Ken Savino
It’s the one!
So many attempts with very little progress. We are bombarded, on line, by tutors and their “unique” methods for learning. Many are inviting, but I am a bit of a cynic and just move on. The Bootcamp offering was a difference maker. I had the usual doubt, thinking it was just another teaser. The fact that it was live and required me to commit to a time had me think this is legitimate and worth a try. The Bootcamp was not just a tease to sign up, but full of learning in itself. Tania was engaging but very serious about the method. “This is the real deal” Now, it was on me. Am I serious. Will I commit. The answer was YES. It has been a very fulfilling experience. The content is so vast, the presentations so thorough that I welcome rolling over my subscription. Thank you to Tania, Francesco, Oreste and Daniela. Different personalities, all terrific, that combined make one voice that educates brilliantly. OTTIMO
Rachele Baker
Very well designed course with great instructors
This was an amazing, intensive experience that taught me a lot. My heartfelt thanks go to Tania, Francesco, and Oreste. I feel like I can communicate (at least a little) in Italian now. The 3D method included so many different ways of learning, including self-study and personal instruction via Zoom, and kept me motivated. I'm a mystery author, and I have Italian characters in some of my books. I wanted to learn Italian so that I could bring authenticity to the Italian characters in my books. Also, I'm going to have audiobooks made of my books, so I wanted to be able to evaluate narrators speaking Italian when auditioning to read my books for audiobook production. With what I've learned in the Incubator course, I feel much more comfortable incorporating a little Italian dialogue in my books and in my ability to evaluate potential narrators.
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