AC9LIT10EU01
Years 9 to 10
Languages
AC9LIT10EU01 | Years 9 to 10 Italian: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor apply features of the Italian sound system, including pitch, rhythm, stress, pronunciation and intonation, and show how these are represented in familiar and some unfamiliar contexts
Years 7 to 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 9 to 10 Italian · Years 7 to 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration recognising the differences in pronunciation and stress of words with similar spelling, for example, sùbito, subito
- • Elaboration recognising and using some common interjections, for example, oh!, e?, cioè, ahimè, ohimè, uffa!
- • Elaboration comparing and contrasting the pronunciation of similar-sounding words using text-to-speech software or the audio option in word processing programs
- • Elaboration recognising common cognate words in speech, for example, organizzazione, programmare, arrivare
- • Elaboration identifying and interpreting sounds and textual features and devices (onomatopoeia, repetition, simile, metaphor, etc.) and understanding how they can be used to express emotion and convey attitudes
- • Elaboration recognising the difference between anglicised and Italian pronunciation in words such as hamburger, bruschetta, spaghetti, caffelatte
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Read the full Years 9 to 10 Italian · Years 7 to 10 sequence achievement standard