AC9LITF01 – Foundation Languages: null

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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.

Elaborations

• 1

  using simple greetings relevant to the time of day, the celebration or event, and their relationship to the person, for example, Ciao! Buongiorno! Arrivederci! Tanti auguri!

• 2

  introducing themselves, for example, Come ti chiami? Mi chiamo …, e tu? Quanti anni hai? Ho cinque anni, e tu? Come stai? Bene, e tu?

• 3

  using formulaic phrases, for example, grazie! prego, scusa, per favore, bene, buon appetito!

• 4

  naming family members and friends, for example, mio fratello Carlo, il papà Tom

• 5

  expressing likes and dislikes, for example, sì; no; mi piace; non mi piace

• 6

  participating in class activities and following instructions, for example, Entrate! Sedetevi! Andiamo!

• 7 imitating Italian speech, using Italian patterns of intonation, pronunciation and stress, and incorporating appropriate gestures, facial expressions and body language
• 8 participating in songs that may include actions, movement or dance
• 9 identifying familiar objects in the classroom by labelling, naming, pointing, matching, clicking and dragging, drawing and tracing letters
• 10

  playing games such as counting games, sorting and order games, number games, tombola

• 11 using simple gestures to add emphasis to expressions, for example, joining their thumb and index finger to form an ‘O’ meaning ‘thumbs up’

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