CiaoTutor — Italian speaking practice for learners past the basics
Voice-first Italian · B1–C1+Finally speak the Italian<br>you already understand.<br>Voice-first practice for intermediate and advanced learners. Hold real conversations, get corrected without breaking the flow, and Elena remembers the mistakes you keep making, session after session.<br>Start a conversationFree to try · no card needed<br>Si impara parlando. · You learn by speaking.
ciaotutorPracticeProgressVocabularyExercisesA<br>Elena<br>la tua tutor d’italiano<br>SPEAKING
04:49<br>TIME<br>LIVE FEEDBACK11<br>GRAMMARcon un amici<br>con degli amici
L’articolo plurale corretto davanti a vocale è ‘degli’.
GRAMMARAveva anche un po’ di birra<br>c’era anche un po’ di birra
VOCABOLARIOho guadagnato cinque chili<br>ho preso cinque chili
Per il peso si usa ‘prendere’, non ‘guadagnare’.
YouOh, sì, tantissimo gelato! Infatti ho guadagnato forse cinque chili solo con il gelato, credo.
ElenaBeh, dai, l’importante è che ti sia piaciuto! Qual è il tuo gusto preferito?
YouMi piace il cioccolato, la stracciatella, niente molto fuori dal normale, diciamo.
ElenaDue grandi classici, insomma! Ma preferisci il gelato in cono o in coppetta?
YouIn cono, sempre. Mi piace il gusto del biscotto insieme al gelato, è più divertente.
ElenaSono d’accordo con te! E dimmi, c’è una gelateria che ti è rimasta nel cuore?
ELENA IS SPEAKINGMANUALAUTO<br>Scrivi in italiano…
ciaotutorA<br>Elena<br>LISTENING TO YOU
00:451 note<br>ElenaSei rimasto a Porto per goderti un po’ di tranquillità, quindi?
YouSì, anche perché devo lavorare un po’. Non si può viaggiare così e non fare niente, giusto?
ElenaCerto, il dovere prima di tutto! Ma riesci a trovare anche del tempo…
You
ELENA IS LISTENINGStay quiet to finish your turnMANUALAUTO
The same session, on your laptop or your phone.
The plateau
You understand almost everything, and still freeze when it's your turn to speak.
Beginner apps got you this far, then ran out of road. They drill vocabulary and streaks but never let you talk. So intermediate learners plateau, fluent in the app, silent at the table. Speaking is a skill, and skills only grow with reps.
The typical app journeyWordsSpeaking
plateauthe gapfirst lessonsmonths later
See it in action
Two minutes inside CiaoTutor.
A real conversation with Elena, mistakes caught quietly in the live feedback, then the session report, exercises built from those errors, and your progress at a glance.
Meet Elena<br>A tutor, not a feature.<br>Patient on the hard days and a little playful on the good ones. She notices when something finally clicks, and she's genuinely glad you showed up.<br>The point isn't points. It's the quiet confidence of speaking and being understood.<br>Con calma, non c'è fretta. · Take your time, there's no rush.
How it works
Three taps from silence to conversation.
01<br>Tap to talk<br>Press once and just speak. Elena listens the whole way through, no being cut off mid-thought.
02<br>She responds in Italian<br>Elena replies out loud in natural Italian, at a pace you can follow, and answers what you actually said.
03<br>She adapts next time<br>Every slip is noted quietly, so the next conversation meets you exactly where you are.
Why it works
Substance over streaks.
She remembers<br>Your recurring mistakes carry across sessions, so every conversation starts where the last one left off.
Pronunciation that aims for native<br>Elena hears how you actually sound and nudges your accent, rhythm and stress closer to a real native speaker.
Corrections that don’t break the flow<br>Mistakes are caught and explained on the side, so the conversation keeps moving.
All four skills<br>Speaking, listening, reading and writing, tracked together and anchored to CEFR levels.
Practice built from your errors<br>Auto-generated exercises target exactly what you got wrong, nothing you already know.
Bring your own material<br>Practice with the texts, topics and vocabulary from your world, your work, your field, not a generic syllabus.
After every session
Every session leaves you something to work with.
Hang up and Elena has already written it up: every correction, your fluency and range, the full transcript. Then it turns those exact mistakes into targeted reading, writing, and speaking drills.
Session reportSession 5312m 18s<br>Pianificazione viaggio autunnale: Valle d’Aosta vs Lago di Garda
23<br>Errors
3.8<br>Fluency
214<br>Distinct words
60<br>Sentences
Feedback · 23Grammarnon penso di andare lì<br>non penso di andarci
For a place already mentioned, ‘andarci’ (with the pronoun ‘ci’) sounds more natural than ‘andare lì’.
Exercises4 / 30<br>Grammar29Vocabulary4Reading1Writing1<br>Grammar · Correct itFix the subject–verb agreement and the partitive pronoun in the passage below.<br>Le cammino per le bici o devi andare su autostrada?<br>Type the corrected sentence…Check
Your progress
Growth you can actually measure.
Elena turns every session into signal. Speaking, listening, reading and writing are each scored against the CEFR scale and tracked over time, so you watch real...