Italian Talk: Giacomo Puccini a cento anni dalla morte (Lucca 1858-Belgio 1924)

This foreign language talk will be delivered entirely in the language, so you will need a good understanding of the spoken language to understand the content. You don’t need to be a fluent speaker, but you do need to understand sentences on unfamiliar topics (CEFR B1/C2)

This talk will present Puccini's life and most significant works. This talk will be fully delivered in Italian.

Resources will be shared on Google classroom before and after the talk, so it is important that you have access to this Virtual Learning Platform to stay up to date. There will be no exams or qualifications, and the course will focus mainly on listening comprehension. At the end you will complete a simple task or a quiz to check your understanding and overall comprehension of the presentation. Additionally, we are going to ask you to complete a course evaluation survey to share your learning experience. This survey will be shared via Google classroom at the end of the course.

You need to have an intermediate to advanced level of understanding of the spoken language to enable you to follow the content (CEFR B1/C2).

This course will lead to further talks in the language or Advanced Courses