AC9LIT10EU03 Years 9 to 10 Languages

Content descriptor reflect on and evaluate Italian texts, using metalanguage to discuss language structures and features

Elaborations

• • Elaboration developing a metalanguage for discussing ideas, issues and experiences related to intercultural communication, such as being able to discuss polite forms of pronouns and verbs in order to use appropriate forms with others, for example, La ringrazio, arriveredLa
• • Elaboration discussing grammatical structures, for example, relative clauses, relative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives, using metalanguage in order to be able to choose between che and quel
• • Elaboration comparing procedural, recount and persuasive texts (recipes, advertisements, weather reports, etc.) in Italian and English, and using metalanguage to describe their similarities and differences
• • Elaboration noticing changes in style, lexicon and grammatical structures, observing how the same facts may be communicated differently by different people in different contexts, for example, describing a school assignment, Non sono stato/a promosso/a; Sono stato/a bocciato/a.
• • Elaboration using metalanguage to discuss the differences between Italian and English ways of communicating which involve cultural dimensions, for example, sono stato rimandato a settembre, ho la media del 7; ho fatto buca/forca; abbiamo occupato la scuola; abbiamo fatto sciopero; mangiare alla mensa; il rientro; or the language choices in the context of respect/politeness, for example, Mi scusi vs scusa, S'accomodi