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Years 9 and 10 Italian

The nature of the learners At this level, students bring existing knowledge of Italian language and culture and a range of language learning strategies to their learning. They are increasingly aware of the world beyond …

Years 9 and 10 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Foundation to Year 2 Italian

The nature of the learners Children enter the early years of schooling with established communication skills in one or more languages and varying degrees of early literacy capability. For young students, learning typically focuses on their immediate …

Foundation to Year 2 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (9) ACLITC001

expressing satisfaction/dissatisfaction, for example, Sì; no; mi piace; non mi piace

Elaboration (9) ACLITU014

understanding and responding to imperatives, for example, Vieni qui!

Elaboration (9) ACLITU033

using adjectives to describe characteristics or qualities of a person or object, such as nationality, shape and colour (for example, Chiara è italiana), and noticing that they change with gender, for example, la macchina rossa, il libro rosso,

Elaboration (9) ACLITC039

providing options and choices, inviting, accepting or refusing, for example, Vuoi venire a …? D’accordo/No, non posso … un’altra volta. Vuoi il CD di … o di …? Che buona idea!

Elaboration (9) ACLITU052

using present tense of regular, some irregular verbs, and immediate future tense to present situations and events for example, using avere, essere, stare, giocare, dormire, fare, leggere, scrivere, andare in sentences such as: Andrea va a casa alle sei. …

Years 3 and 4 Italian

The nature of the learners At this level, children are developing awareness of their social worlds and of their memberships of various groups including the Italian class. They are developing literacy capabilities in English, such as writing in the Roman …

Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Years 5 and 6 Italian

The nature of the learners Students are expanding their social networks, experiences and communicative repertoires in both their first language and Italian. They continue to need guidance and participate in structured, collaborative tasks that both recycle …

Years 5 and 6 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Years 7 and 8 Italian

The nature of the learners These years represent a transition to secondary school. Students in this pathway are continuing to study Italian, bringing with them an established capability to interact in different situations, to engage with a variety of …

Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard Italian Foundation to Year 2

By the end of Year 2, students use Italian to communicate with their teacher and peers through action-related talk and play. They demonstrate comprehension by responding both verbally and non-verbally. They imitate simple words and phrases. They respond …

Achievement Standard Italian Years 3 and 4

By the end of Year 4, students comprehend a range of spoken, written, and multimodal texts on familiar topics, including home life, friends and classroom activities. They use Italian to communicate and to interact, for example, to exchange greetings and …

Achievement Standard Italian Years 5 and 6

By the end of Year 6, students interact using spoken and written Italian to describe and give information about themselves, family, friends, home and school routines, experiences, interests, preferences and choices. They share aspects of their environment, …

Achievement Standard Italian Years 7 and 8

By the end of Year 8, students use spoken and written Italian to interact in a range of personal and social contexts. They describe or present people, places, events or conditions; discuss likes, dislikes and preferences; present information; recount …

Elaboration ACLITC009

identifying when Italian or English is being used in the classroom

Elaboration (2) ACLITC011

noticing similarities and differences in language use in Italian and English

ACLITU017

Recognise that Italian and English borrow words from each other

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Elaboration ACLITU036

maintaining a record of loan words from English to Italian and from Italian to English, noting how borrowing relates to cultural change, for example, new terms for technologies, or the use of Italian words in English advertisements or English words in …

Elaboration (3) ACLITU054

comparing language use in similar social situations in Italian and English

Elaboration (1) ACLITU091

comparing Italian and English versions of particular text types, noticing any differences

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