Why not having a look at this online free course by the Future Learn website, to introduce oneself to some basic Italian?

If you know any Spanish at all (and all Cardinal Newman students know even a bit, don´t let yourself be underestimated) this shouldn´t be very challenging.

Quite on the contrary, it is a great opportunity to open your knowledge of languages a bit more! And remember it is an adding skill, learners always build on top of what they know, so the more they learn, the easier it will be to learn more!

Source: Introduction to Italian – Università per Stranieri di Siena (UniStraSi)