Italian (LAN)

‘La Dolce Vita’ - Year 10

Italian Music, Film, Food and Travel

This Year 10 Italian Elective is an extension of the Year 9 ‘La Dolce Vita’ course, which exposes students to a variety of media and allows them to immerse themselves in the Italian language and culture.

Taking inspiration from ‘The Voice Italia’, students will explore contemporary Italian music and create or find an original Italian song for the winning contestant. Through inquiry-driven learning, students will explore contemporary issues through classic and current films prior to attending the Italian Film Festival. Students will savour the flavours of Italy by uncovering a range of regional cuisines and entering their favourite dish in our version of ‘MasterChef Italia’. Finally, students will access authentic online resources to develop a travel blog based on the Italian top sites and travel experiences from The Lonely Planet. Students will further develop their language skills through key grammar and vocabulary, which are linked to these themes.

The assessment tasks are designed to develop students’ communication skills. They enable ongoing feedback to students to encourage language interaction, using a variety of resources including oral, visual and ICT.

Pathways and Opportunities
Where possible, incursions and excursions will be offered. These may include the Dante Alighieri Poetry Competition at Melbourne University and Lygon Street excursion, the Italian Film Festival excursion and the Italian Week incursion.

Year 10 Italian students may apply for the biennial CSC ‘Italian Study Tour’ and travel to Italy, to put their language skills into action and experience the Italian language and culture firsthand.

Year 10 Italian students who successfully complete Semester 1 and Semester 2 Italian, will be eligible to enrol in VCE Italian.