Continuum of Learning in Italian
Early Stage1 & Stage 1
Students learn Italian through role play situations (e.g. puppets), games, imitation and repetition, and in particular rhyme, songs and gesture. At this stage students often imitate spoken Italian without necessarily understanding its meaning. The teacher assists with the contextual support to help communication.
Stage 2
Students are able to generate phrases and simpler sentences in Italian, but rely heavily on modelling, rehearsal and teacher support. Students begin to experiment in the use of Italian, drawing on a wider range of language.They begin to understand the structure of Italian and develop a greater understanding of language as a system.Students are provided with reading materials and engaged in writing tasks appropriate to their age.These tasks draw and build on knowledge that has been acquired through oral/aural work.
Stage 3
Students communicate in Italian in familiar social and classroom situations. They understand and respond to short texts based on simple language structures set in familiar contexts.They compose simple coherent texts using basic sentence structures which include features of learnt oral and written language. The production of original spoken and written texts can be supported by the use of multimedia.