LITERACY SUPPORT – YEAR 8

LANGUAGES

ITALIAN – YEAR 8

ELECTIVE SUBJECT – TWO SEMESTERS

Learning Focus:

This course focuses on consolidating previously learned vocabulary, grammar, and cultural knowledge. Students exchange information, ideas and opinions through class discussions and self-scripted role plays. They read and listen to information in order to build their comprehension and respond effectively in written, aural and oral tasks. Students produce assessment tasks in Italian which more fluently utilise the vocabulary and grammar they have studied.

Victorian Curriculum Strands:

Communicating

Students will be able to: • Introduce people in their family • Describe family members • Describe themselves • Describe friends and other people • Tell the time • Describe animals and say where they live • Discuss quantity using singular and plural language and grammar • Describe their pets and those of others • Ask and respond to questions in Italian • Talk about their likes and dislikes • Express opinions and agreements/disagreements • Understand and apply Italian verb constructions

Understanding

Students will learn about and develop an appreciation for: • The Latin connections between Italian and English • The similarities and differences between Italian and English grammar • The similarities and differences between Italian and Australian culture • Formal and informal modes of address and their cultural significance

Assessment:

● Class quizzes ● Unit tests ● Oral tasks ● Written tasks ● Aural tasks ● Reading /viewing tasks ● Multi modal tasks