7–11 The Italian-speaking communities: La vita quotidiana dei giovani in Italia (Daily life of young people in Italy) young people in Italy daily routine school popular activities. Assessment task 4: Response: Viewing and reading (Week 8) Text types and textual conventions: article, blog posting, conversation, email, script. Linguistic resources Vocabulary, phrases and expressions associated with La vita quotidiana dei giovani in Italia Grammar adjectives – regular and common irregular; position and agreement; possessive cont. articles – indefinite nouns – regular and common irregular cont. numerical expressions – date; time pronouns – reflexive verbs – present tense – regular (including isc), common irregular; common reflexive Sound and writing systems – consolidation of: vowels and consonants, including: rolled ‘r’; ‘c’ or ‘g’ followed by ‘i’ or ‘e’; ‘ch’ and ‘gh’ followed by ‘i’ or ‘e’; gli/gle vowel elision stress and accent Intercultural understandings Reflect on own language and culture in relation to the Italian language and culture: common behaviours/practices related to interpersonal relationships typical everyday activities and common social rituals engaged in by young people school and types of schools. Language learning and communication strategies identifying parts of a sentence e.g. noun, verb listening for key words, transcribing unfamiliar vocabulary phonetically, summarising information experimenting with formulaic language to create new meaning identifying key words and main points in texts using a bilingual dictionary – identifying verbs, adjectives and common abbreviations.
1–7 Introduction The individual: Il mio quartiere (My neighbourhood) my neighbourhood weekend places holiday places. Assessment task 7: Response: Listening (Week 5) Assessment task 8: Response: Viewing and reading (Week 6) Assessment task 9: Written communication (Week 7) Text and textual conventions: blog posting, email, journal entry, message. Linguistic resources Vocabulary, phrases and expressions associated with Il mio quartiere. Grammar adjectives – superlative using – issimo, molto interrogatives – chi?, che cosa?, dove?, quando?, perché? prepositions – articulated – with places verbs – present tense – irregular, including dare, stare, dire, venire; present perfect (past tense) – singular forms Sound and writing systems vowels and consonants, including: double consonants; ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘z’, ‘zz’; ‘gn’; ‘sc’,‘sch’ and ‘gh’ followed by ‘i’ or ‘e’ syllabification and stress. Intercultural understandings Reflect on own language and culture in relation to the Italian language and culture: the Italian neighbourhood places in the neighbourhood to catch up with friends – Australia and Italy and rural living. Language learning and communication strategies identifying parts of a sentence e.g. noun, verb listening for key words, transcribing unfamiliar vocabulary phonetically, summarising information identifying key words and main points in texts experimenting with formulaic language to create new meaning thinking critically and analytically a bilingual dictionary – differentiate between nouns and verbs, cross-checking meaning. 8–11 The Italian-speaking communities: Lavoro e divertimento in Italia (At work and at leisure in Italy) young people balancing: school, work and leisure time. Assessment task 10: Response: Listening (Week 10) Text and textual conventions: article, chart, conversation, review. Linguistic resources Vocabulary, phrases and expressions associated with Lavoro e divertimento in Italia. Grammar adverbs – quantity – molto, poco, troppo; time – spesso, qualche volta, ieri, prima, dopo conjunctions – e, con, ma verbs – modal – dovere, potere, volere; present perfect (past tense) – singular forms (cont.) and writing systems – consolidation.