Years 7 and 8 Italian
The nature of the learners These years represent a transition to secondary school. Students in this pathway are continuing to study Italian, bringing with them an established capability to interact in different situations, to engage with a variety of …
Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Achievement Standard Italian Years 7 and 8
By the end of Year 8, students use spoken and written Italian to interact in a range of personal and social contexts. They describe or present people, places, events or conditions; discuss likes, dislikes and preferences; present information; recount …
Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
ACLITU075
Understand the value of communicating within and across languages, and discuss the interrelationship between Italian, English and other languages
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACLITU075 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLITC064
comparing aspects of Italian texts to the way similar issues are portrayed in English-language texts
Elaboration (3) | ACLITC064 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLITC066
translating texts describing events occurring in present and past, considering that Italian expresses concepts across time in different ways to English
Elaboration (1) | ACLITC066 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLITC066
taking note of ‘false friends’ in translation, for example, that the English word ‘annoyed’ does not translate to ‘annoiato’ in Italian
Elaboration (3) | ACLITC066 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACLITU074
investigating the impact of the media on the Italian language by analysing headlines, advertisements and news reports, and comparing these with texts in English (for example, comparisons of vocabulary or syntax) noticing how English is modifying Italian …
Elaboration (1) | ACLITU074 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACLITU075
discussing how loan words in both Italian and English have come from other from other languages such as Latin and Greek, for example, agenda, census, via, metafora, stigma
Elaboration | ACLITU075 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACLITU075
reflecting on the history of Italian migration to Australia, the formation of communities of speakers of Italian in specific cities and suburbs, and the resulting regional variations of language, such as Australo-Italian, and the impact of Australian …
Elaboration (2) | ACLITU075 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLITU075
analysing the influence of the Italian language on English in areas such as food, music and fashion, and considering the value of this influence
Elaboration (3) | ACLITU075 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACLITU076
analysing the meaning and use of proverbs and sayings (for example, l’abito non fa il monaco) and considering equivalents in English and other languages
Elaboration (3) | ACLITU076 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Years F–10 Sequence | Italian | Languages | F-10 curriculum