Tas Curriculum K-10 - Languages - Italian - Department of Education

Standard one Standard two Standard three Standard four Standard five
Nouns
Rehearsed use of
frequently used nouns
e.g. il papà, la mamma
False friends, cognates,
idioms
Introduce Italian words
that have been
absorbed into the
English language e.g.
ciao, bravo, presto, la
pizza, gli spaghetti
bolognese, lasagne
Nouns
Incidental use of
gender and number e.g.
il papà, la mamma
Incidental use of simple
plurals e.g. il bambino, i
bambini
False friends, cognates,
idioms
Introduce a number of
cognates (Italian words
similar to English) e.g.
la banana, la pera,
l’autobus, possibile
Nouns
Increasing knowledge
of nouns
Developing
understanding of
gender, number and
plurals
Proper nouns e.g. Italia
False friends, cognates,
idioms
Continue to raise
awareness of cognates
and to encourage the
noticing of words in
Italian and that have
the same origin in
English e.g. ‘cento’, list
words in English to do
with a hundred like
century, centenary;
‘verde’ verdant; ‘acqua’
– aquatic; ‘sole’ – solar;
‘mare’ – marine
Nouns
Formation and use of
regular nouns, gender,
number and plurals
Awareness of common
irregular forms
(singular and plural)
Recognition of
compound nouns e.g.
l’altoparlante, il
portafoglio
Recognition of
irregular nouns ending
in -a and their plurals
e.g. il programma i
programmi, il problema
i problemi
False friends, cognates,
idioms
Learn about falsefriends:
words that are
apparently similar but
actually have different
meanings e.g. parenti -
relatives, sensibile -
sensitive, fattoria -
farm, libreria - book
shop
Increasing range of
cognates e.g. il deejay,
il gruppo
Nouns
Nouns ending in -ista and plurals e.g. la
turista, l’artista
Invariable forms in the plural e.g. la
città, le città, il film, i film
Use of suffixes e.g. -ino, -etto, -
ello, -one, -accio
Use of prefixes e.g. dis, in
False friends, cognates, idioms
Increasing range of false-friends e.g.
arrangiarsi, attualmente, argomento,
palazzo
Learn some commonly used idiomatic
expressions that are also used in
English e.g. è più facile dirlo che farlo,
essere giù, mollare qualcuno
Learn some commonly used idiomatic
expressions that are translated
differently in English e.g. non vedo
l’ora di __ , essere suonato, prendere
in giro, fare quattro salti
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