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Italian / Year 1 and 2 / Understanding language and culture / Understanding systems of language
Curriculum content descriptions
notice that Italian has features that may be similar to or different from English (AC9LIT2U03)
Elaborations
noticing that Italian words end mostly with vowels which mark gender and number, for example, o–i (masculine singular and plural); a–e (feminine singular and plural); e–i (masculine/feminine, singular and plural)
observing gender in patterns of naming, for example, Paolo/Paola, Alessandro/Alessandra
noticing that Italian has definite and indefinite articles that are gender based, for example, la casa, una casa; il giardino, un giardino; lo zoo, uno zoo
- noticing that Italian forms singular and plural differently from English
noticing some words for asking questions, for example, Chi? Cosa? Quando? are similar to English and do not change, and some change to denote number and gender, for example, Quanti?
- noticing that rising intonation denotes a question
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Loanwords, Italian language, Language conventions, Metalanguage