AC9LIT6C01 Year 5 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 5 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

initiate and sustain modelled exchanges in familiar contexts related to students’ personal world and school environment

Elaborations

• 1

  interacting to agree or disagree politely with others when questioning and evaluating classroom activities, for example, (non) sono d’accordo. Anch’io! Secondo me non è vero/bello/giusto. Buon’idea!

• 2

  exchanging greeting or invitation cards for significant occasions such as, il compleanno, l’onomastico

• 3

  asking and responding to questions that elicit personal information about themselves and others, for example, Da dove vieni? Vengo da Melbourne. Sei australiana? No, non sono australiana, sono cinese. Sono di origine greca. Quanti siete in famiglia? In famiglia siamo in sei. È/non è interessante … Che bello!

• 4

  expressing feelings (about a singer, sports figure, etc.), for example, È simpatico e bravo, mi piace tanto. Vorrei ... Mi piacerebbe …

• 5

  talking about the local environment and expressing opinions and preferences, for example, Qui c’è molto verde. A/In… c’è tanto inquinamento; Mi piace il caldo. Mi piace/non mi piace la musica rock/pop/classica …

• 6 responding to an email from a penfriend who speaks Italian or who is also learning Italian
• 7

  asking and responding to questions about personal preferences, for example, Quale materia ti piace? Mi piace … /No, non mi piace …, È facile/È difficile. Quale sport fai? E tu? Bravissimo! Eccezionale!

• 8

  describing a person’s physical state, for example, Ha fame/sete/freddo/caldo; Ho mal di … Sono stanco/sono rilassato

• 9 asking and giving directions to places in the local area or an imagined locality, using print or digital maps
• 10 participating in a school blog with other students learning Italian to exchange experiences of learning Italian or ask for assistance from older students, and providing advice to younger students learning Italian

Related Achievement Standards