Italian Continuers
Length of Course
Level
Learning Area
Core or Specialist
Pre-requisites
Year 6 Italian
Subject Description
From the Colosseum to the Pizzeria
Students work with different modes of communication and text genres, with reference to their own social, cultural and communicative interests. They learn to use rehearsed language in familiar contexts and begin to use the language to communicate.
They work with others collaboratively to plan, monitor and reflect on aspects of their learning. Students learn how to make observations about the relationship between language and culture, particularly through comparing what they learn in Italian to their own. They reflect on the process of developing their capability as learners of Italian.
- To create confidence in speaking and using Italian.
- To understand that there are many similarities and differences between Italian and Australian language and culture.
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.
- Grammar such as Italian sentence structure and adjectives, will be explicitly taught.
Year 8 Italian Continuers.
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