Subject Details - 8 Italian (Optional)

  
Subject Length1 semester
DescriptionStudents are introduced to basic grammar and vocabulary through explicit grammar lessons, conversation, role-play, listening tasks, comprehension tasks. Students will learn about Italian lifestyle, values and culture.
TopicsA variety of topics are covered and by the end of year 8 students use spoken and written Italian to interact in a range of personal and social contexts. They describe or present people, places, events or conditions: discuss likes and preferences, present information: recount and narrate events and talk about social and school worlds.
AssessmentStudents are assessed against the Australian Curriculum achievement standard.
Additional InformationLearning Languages develops overall literacy and is enhanced through the use of multimodal resources, digital environments and technologies in the target language. Students develop the personal and social capability and become open minded as they recognise that people view and experience the world in different ways. Students are taught explicitly to acknowledge and value difference in their interactions with others and to develop respect for diverse ways for perceiving and acting in the world. The development of intercultural understanding is a central aim of learning languages.