The project
An anthology which highlights the various material and cultural aspects of Italian reality which, assembled harmoniously like the fragments of a Kaleidoscope, convey an overall view of the Italian cultural panorama.
It is designed for learners who already have good language skills (levels B1-C1) and want to reinforce and deepen their knowledge of the Italian language and culture by studying its main authors.

The structure
• It is composed of six chapters, each one of which revolving around a specific aspect. The first four chapters are thematically arranged and deal, respectively, with the Italian language, landscape, people, their tastes and habits.The fifth chapter explores the topic of migration, and the sixth one provides a selection of excerpts of detective fiction.
• Every section and text can be dealt with independently.

The didactic apparatus
• pre-reading activities
• reading activities
• cultural context fact sheets
• language exercises
• hints for further work