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How old are you?: family members

Text How old are you?: family members

TLF ID M012929

This collection of digital resources and printable worksheets introduces ways of asking about and saying your age, and the vocabulary for family members. It provides exercises and drills to develop pronunciation, recognition of meaning in predictable contexts, and some guided application of functions in independent scenarios. Translations, solutions and flashcards for essential vocabulary are also provided. This collection is section 7 of 36 from Languages online Italian resources, produced by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This is a highly valuable resource for both the Communicating and the Understanding strands of the Italian language curriculum for Foundation to year 8, especially the years 7 and 8 beginner pathway. It develops fundamental functions to ask and say your own and others' ages, by exemplifying, drilling pronunciation and setting the language in very predictable contexts.
  • This resource also has value in introducing and developing oral productive skills, concentrating on some fundamental sounds of Italian phonology, through simple exchanges, which are particularly accurate for primary years and beginner pathway learners. It also facilitates beginner pathway learners when observing similarities and differences between Italian and English, and possibly other known languages.
Year level

F; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8

Topics Personal identity Number (Mathematics) Family trees Family relationship Italian language
Learning area
  • Languages
  • Languages other than English

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: State of Victoria\, Department of Education and Early Childhood Deve
  • Organization: State of Victoria\, Department of Education and Early Childhood Deve
  • URL: http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of Victoria\, Department of Education and Early Childhood Deve
  • Organization: State of Victoria\, Department of Education and Early Childhood Deve
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
  • Image
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) 2007. This material may be downloaded, copied, used and communicated free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes, provided all acknowledgements are retained.