YEAR 7 ITALIAN

This is a year long course which acknowledges the skills and abilities of those students who minimal to no experience learning Italian. The content of the course incorporates linguistic and cultural interactions for the purpose of nourishing students’ perception and appreciation of cultural diversity. In Year 7, students communicate in Italian, interacting with peers and known adults to exchange information about self, family and friends, and interests. They engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve making arrangements, inviting, planning, deciding and responding, or work together to highlight their language learning for family, friends and their school community. In Year 7, students learn Italian through rich and varied language input, and the provision of experiences that are challenging, but achievable. English is predominantly used for discussion, clarification, explanation, analysis and reflection. The content of this course will be balanced in the four key areas of speaking, writing, reading and listening. This course will prepare them for further studies in year 8 Italian.