Upper-intermediate Italian The course will focus on improving and fixing students' abilities in comprehending complex written and spoken text, including authentic material such as newspaper and magazine articles, popular songs, cinematographic material as well as brief literary texts, and to produce creative written text as well as participate freely and easily in conversations. The students will be able to learn and use complex language structures and express themselves on a range of opinions, and emotions such as fears and hopes. The students are expected to make oral and written presentations on an approved topic of their choice. Special attention will be given to several cultural aspects of Italy, according to students' needs and interests and to the production of a written research on an approved topic in relation to the course projects.