Italian Beginners
Length of Course
Level
Learning Area
Core or Specialist
Pre-requisites
Nil
Subject Description
My Journey Begins
Students are beginning their study of Italian and typically have had little prior exposure to the language and associated cultures. Many will have learnt an additional language in primary school, some have proficiency in different home languages and bring existing language learning strategies and intercultural awareness to the new experience of learning Italian.
Students will learn to use modelled and rehearsed language in familiar contexts and begin to use the language to communicate. They will observe the relationship between language and culture, comparing what they learn in Italian to their own language(s) and culture(s).
Language skills will be the focus. Students will greet each other and introduce themselves.
They will be able to have a simple conversation, which includes chatting about their preferences.
Speaking, listening, reading and writing skills will be developed. Grammar such as Italian sentence structure and adjectives, will be explicitly taught.
Each term, students will engage in one summative assessment task and two formative tasks.
A summative task can be a verbal assessment task, or a written task. The formative task will be a project about Italian culture and a grammar/vocabulary test.
- Year 8 Italian Beginners
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