Italian Y9

Y9 Italian Summer Exam Revision List

How will I be assessed?

What exams will I have?

-A 30 minute listening and a 2 minute speaking exam (which will involve some general conversation on the topics covered this year) These will both take place in class time in the weeks beginning 6th and 13th May. The exact dates will be confirmed in class after the Easter holidays.

-A 1 hour reading and writing exam

What should I revise?

Content

Self, Family and Friends

• What your name is and how you are

• Where you live

• How old you are and when your birthday is

• What you look like

• Your personality

• Who is in your family and who you get on with

• Describing people physically and their personality

• Comparing people

• Qualities of a good friend

• What pets you have

School

• School subjects and opinions with reasons

• Teachers- descriptions + opinions

• School facilities

• School day

• Uniform-description and arguments for and against

Grammar 

Focus on:

Verbs & tenses

• Present tense

• Negation (non, non….mai)

Adjectives & nouns

• Gender- masculine and feminine nouns and their endings and articles

•  Making nouns plural

• Adjectival endings eg colours and physical/personality descriptions

• Comparatives- più…di, meno…di, tanto….quanto

Connectives

Developing opinions and sentences using connectives

What revision resources are available to me?

Google Classroom

• Slides per topic

• Quizlet lists for each topic

This is School

• You have a login for this and can use it to practise vocabulary or listening and reading.

Quizlet

• see lists in the Quizlet classroom

Sentencebuilders.com

• Log in and search for the relevant sentence builder or topic

Languages Online

• sections on grammar and some on vocabulary too

Gliglish

• a free and useful way to practise speaking.

How should I revise?

Your books are your starting point. Your teachers work extremely hard to make sure you have everything you need at your fingertips.

Go through all your exercise books - read feedback and look at self-reflection. Look at previous assessments & prior preparation too - where could you improve next time?

• TEST YOURSELF - do NOT use passive revision techniques such as reading notes or highlighting random pieces of information. You MUST employ active recall techniques. Ask your teacher to help you, or ...

Consult this document with 20 effective revision strategies particularly suited for language learners - there are loads of tips and tricks on here - do not ignore.

Not feeling prepared for your speaking assessment? Be proactive. Ask someone else in the class to practise with you. Ask a parent or relative to ask you the questions- they do not need to speak Italian to be able to do this.

Login to www.sentencebuilders.com and www.thisisschool.com using your password and login given to you by your teacher. Use the many different activities to improve your reading, listening and writing skills. A fantastic resource for revision.