LOTE / Italian

Year 10 Italian

When you gain fluency in your speaking, listening and writing of Italian, it is really easy to fall in love with this subject. Students will make strong and frequent gains in this subject. English isn't enough. Learning another language demonstrates skills and commitment to employers that that are rare among the number of people applying for a job.

Students acquire communication skills in Italian. They develop understanding about the role of language and culture in communication. Their reflections on language use and language learning are applied in other learning contexts.

Learning languages broadens students’ horizons about the personal, social, cultural and employment opportunities that are available in an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world. The interdependence of countries and communities requires people to negotiate experiences and meanings across languages and cultures. A bilingual or plurilingual capability is the norm in most parts of the world.

Unit 1 & 2 Italian

On completion of Unit 1 students should be able to establish and maintain a spoken or written exchange related to personal areas of experience. In addition to this, students should be able to listen to, read and obtain information from spoken and written texts, as well as being able to produce a personal response to a text focusing on real or imaginary experience.

For Unit 2 the student should be able to participate in a spoken or written exchange related to making arrangements and completing transactions, as well as being able to listen to, read, and extract and use information and ideas from spoken and written texts. On the completion of this unit the student should be able to give expression to real or imaginary experience in spoken or written form.

Unit 3 & 4 Italian

Unit 3 On completion of this unit students should be able to express ideas through the production of original texts. In addition to this, students should be able to analyse and use information from spoken texts, as well as being able to exchange information, opinions and experiences.

Unit 4 On completion of this unit students should be able to analyse and use information from written texts as well as being able to respond critically to spoken and written texts, which reflect aspects of the language and culture of Italian-speaking communities.

For further information please refer to Year 10 page 49 & VCE page 85 of the St. Joseph's College Senior School Subject Information Handbook.

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