AC9LIT2U02 Years 1 to 2 Languages

Content descriptor recognise that the Roman alphabet is used to construct meaning in texts in Italian

Elaborations

• • Elaboration copying and tracing the Italian alphabet
• • Elaboration identifying that the letters ‘j’, ‘k’, ‘w’, ‘x’, ‘y’ are not part of the Italian alphabet
• • Elaboration noticing that Italian is a phonetic language and is written as it sounds
• • Elaboration recognising that there are spelling rules in Italian that affect pronunciation, for example, ci, ce, gi, ge/ca, co, cu ga, go, gu
• • Elaboration noticing that most words in Standard Italian end with vowels ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’
• • Elaboration observing that some words which do not end with a vowel are the same in English, for example, computer, robot, yoghurt, sport
• • Elaboration observing that days of the week and months of the year are written with lower case letters

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• • Elaboration recognising singular and plural forms
• • Elaboration noticing that adjectives are used to describe people, objects or places and are usually placed after the noun, for example, la penna rossa
• • Elaboration using pronouns to identify people, for example, io, tu, lui, lei, noi, voi, loro
• • Elaboration recognising formulaic use of the verbs essere and avere when used to give personal information about state or identity, for example, Ho due fratelli, Sono basso, Ho 6 anni, Ho gli occhi verdi, sono alto.
• • Elaboration learning the structure of simple statements and questions based on models, for example, lo sono Anna. Non sto bene. È un gatto? Sì è un gatto.
• • Elaboration learning simple verbs to describe actions and using them in formulaic expressions, for example, Guardo la television, Ascolto la musica, Leggo il libro.
• • Elaboration noticing how likes and dislikes are expressed in Italian, for example, Ti piace fare lo sport? Mi piace cantare/giocare; Non mi piace nuotare.
• • Elaboration expressing negation, for example, Non sono bassa, Non ho un cane.