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

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Focus on:<br />

identity<br />

relationships<br />

belonging<br />

stereotypes<br />

• communities<br />

• youth culture<br />

• heroes<br />

• adapting known language<br />

Learning opportunities standard four<br />

• speaking and listening for particular purposes<br />

• a range <strong>of</strong> text types and media<br />

• expressing simple opinions<br />

• recognising and using familiar language patterns<br />

• personal and group identities<br />

• participation in local and global communities<br />

• using a variety <strong>of</strong> ICT tools to communicate<br />

interactions<br />

respect<br />

responsibility<br />

diversity<br />

Linguistic items<br />

Key concepts and topics<br />

• leisure / music<br />

• cooking / eating out<br />

• getting around<br />

Everyday language<br />

Exclamations e.g. Che peccato! davvero? non e’<br />

possible! allora, senti, mi dica, dimmi<br />

Beginning to converse within familiar contexts<br />

Intonation and Pronunciation<br />

Stress on final syllable when accented e.g. città,<br />

papa<br />

Pronunciation <strong>of</strong> ‘c’ and ‘g’ followed by vowels<br />

and use <strong>of</strong> ‘h’ ( hard and s<strong>of</strong>t sound) e.g. caffe’ /<br />

cinema, gondola / giocare, chi, ghiaccio<br />

Pronunciation <strong>of</strong> sc and followed by ‘h’ or ‘I’ / ’e’<br />

e.g. sci, schiavo<br />

Pronunciation <strong>of</strong> letter combinations ‘gli’ and ‘gn’<br />

Adjectives<br />

Agreement <strong>of</strong> number and gender with noun<br />

Common adjectives that precede the noun and<br />

their forms e.g. buon, buono, buon’, buona,<br />

buone, bel, bell’, bello, bella, bei, belle, begli<br />

environment<br />

lifestyle<br />

wellbeing<br />

sustainability<br />

• natural environment<br />

e.g. water,<br />

landscapes, regional<br />

areas<br />

• sport / health<br />

tradition<br />

celebration<br />

culture<br />

change<br />

• the Arts<br />

• performance e.g.<br />

plays, songs<br />

• fashion / clothing<br />

Possible teaching emphases<br />

• Have students listen to classmates’ descriptions<br />

and record responses e.g. listen to classmates<br />

describe their favourite leisure activities,<br />

record the findings and make a bar graph<br />

representing popularity.<br />

• Have students distinguish the difference<br />

between formal and informal register e.g. listen<br />

to two dialogues in the target language, one<br />

between adults, such as between a parent and<br />

teacher, and the other between a parent<br />

greeting a child on return from school;<br />

compare the differences.<br />

• Have students work in small groups to script<br />

and perform a role play e.g. in a restaurant<br />

• Remove key words from song lyrics and listen<br />

to songs to identify the missing words.<br />

• Have students write and perform in pairs a hiphop<br />

/ rap song in the target language on a topic<br />

<strong>of</strong> their choice.<br />

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