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
ACLITU038
Compare and reflect on different cultural practices and the ways in which language use reflects culture-specific ideas
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ACLITU038 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
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 | Achievement Standards | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITC030
Compare experiences, noticing how these are influenced by language and culture and how readily they may be expressed in Italian[Key concept: assumption; Key process: comparing]
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ACLITC030 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITC031
Express aspects of own identity reflected in various group and community memberships, including their developing bilingual identity[Key concept: membership; Key process: representing]
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ACLITC031 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITC028
Translate texts to compare meanings and share understandings about aspects of Italian language and culture that are different from English[Key concepts: translation, comparison; Key processes: translating, explaining]
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ACLITC028 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITU032
Experiment with pronunciation and intonation and use rules of spelling
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ACLITU032 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITU036
Understand that languages change with use over time
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ACLITU036 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITU035
Understand that language use varies according to the participants’ age, gender and relationship, and the context of use
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ACLITU035 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITU033
Use key grammatical structures to form simple sentences, including the use of possessive pronouns, prepositions, definite and indefinite articles, and gender and singular/plural forms
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ACLITU033 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLITU032
developing pronunciation between sound blends in Italian in comparison to English, for example, sc followed by h or i/e (schiavo, piscine, pesce); letter combinations such as gn in lavagna and gnocchi, and gl in figlio and famiglia
Elaboration | ACLITU032 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACLITC030
noticing how their own language use influences expectations about Italian language use, such as seeing word order as ‘back to front’, for example, la macchina rossa = the red car
Elaboration (4) | ACLITC030 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
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 | ACLITU036 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLITU038
recognising similarities and differences between the meaning of signs and symbols in everyday life, for example, use of Roman numerals, male/female signs, street signs (Senso Unico and Zona Pedonale), currency
Elaboration | ACLITU038 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLITC026
experiencing different types of children’s texts (for example, Lo Zecchino d’Oro, video clips on Suonolandia and RAI Junior); appreciating elements of humour and drama, use of sound effects, and facial expressions; and responding to the characters and …
Elaboration | ACLITC026 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum