ITALIAN 302S
Italian Conversations: Explore Italy and Italians through Media, Film, Literature
Mattia Begali
Description from DukeHub
A high-intermediate/advanced language course designed for students who wish to learn about contemporary Italy and improve their conversation skills, including their listening and speaking competencies and pragmatic sensibilities. The aim of this course is to develop students' ability to participate in culturally nuanced discussions, successfully negotiate transactions and gain greater confidence in giving presentations. Emphasis on discussion of cultural topics explored through film, media and news, and specific student interests. Prerequisite: an Italian 200 level FL course or above.
Skills
- languageslanguage department: ITALIAN
- negotiationAI review: "successfully negotiate transactions"
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "intermediate"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "negotiate"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 15 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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