The course consists of twenty modules on different topics, for students to discover and deeply understand the contemporary Italian culture, history, politics, customs and society through authentic material, texts, newspaper and social media. A complex portrait of Italy today, from the eyes of the locals.
Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able:
- To completely understand the complexity of contemporary Italian culture and society
- To master Italian language in different fields and to learn a large variety of vocabulary from different subjects
- To elaborate their own ideas, to share and to debate the local and global social issues in Italian
- To read and understand complex contexts, literature works and essays.
- To prepare written text on different subjects
- To deeply understand the Italian media, newspaper and social media and to get firsthand information.
- To enrich the personal cultural background to a better understanding of the contemporary worlds and society
Modules
- Italian TV – The programs and TV stars who made history
- Italy in Art and Architecture
- Mysteries of Italy
- Migrants and immigrants. The society of those who arrive and those who leave
- Men and women of this century. Five iconic characters of Italy in the 1900s
- Great sporting achievements – Sport and its characters
- Italian in contemporary songs
- Political Tribune – History of parties and major Italian political figures
- Twentieth-century poetry – Modern Italy in verse
- Writing in Italian – Basic course of creative writing
- Italian Press, Newspaper Reading
- Dante words of mouth
- The Italian Cuisine, from the ancient times until today
- Italian Dialects
- ltaly in the movies
- Italian Landscapes
- The great Italian families
- History of Italian Fashion
- Italian Comics
- Italian scientists
- Il giallo italiano
- L’Italiano quotidiano 2.0: slang, espressioni colloquiali
- Medicina 33
- L’Italia nella mitologia
- 5 fatti che hanno cambiato la storia italiana dal Dopoguerra a Oggi (Moro, la strage di
Bologna, G8, Piazzale Loreto, …) - Patrimoni immateriali UNESCO italiani
- Carte e giochi da tavola della tradizione italiana (origina, storia e come si gioca)
- Studenti in cerca d’autore
- 100 dubbi della grammatica italiana
- Italiano per amanti del vino
- Cappie famose italiane
Language Medium
Italian
Learning materials
No textbook. Handouts will be given by the teachers
MODE of instruction
Face-to-face learning (*Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the mode of instruction may be subject to change from face-to-face to online at the discretion of the school in accordance with the instructions from the Education Bureau and situation in Hong Kong.)
Target
This course is suitable for any students who have completed B2 level.
Online Enrollment
Enrollment form – Italian Group Course
Enquiries
Please call us at 2832 9799 or email us at dantealighieri@ladante.cc
Course organized by
Dante Alighieri Society in Hong Kong