Italian: Second Language

form-focused learning activities mode morphology modal verb register macro skills oracy context language comprehension persuasive texts content text structure textual features/textual conventions intensifiers productive language use preposition second language infinitive read pronoun author talk language communication conjunction composing digraph lexical cohesion learning trajectory compound sentence clause speak cognates bilingualism scaffolding genre phonics word borrowing metalanguage orthography translating face media texts socialising background language narrative root of a word purposeful learning prediction stereotype skimming cohesion accuracy decode grapho-phonic knowledge adverbial adverb task morpheme characters comprehension strategies digital media intercultural capability language variation and change comprehension/comprehending alliteration text framing encode pedagogy paralanguage stress imaginative texts literacy resources syntax question complex sentence convention language patterns pronunciation create tone pragmatics diaspora medium input adjective concrete language understanding language systems/systems of language enunciation intercultural language teaching and learning collocation prefix digital texts homophone language specificity mediate filler communicative competence language functions role of language and culture diphthongs honorific cues language features code-switching biography intonation auxiliary verb translation culture accent marks identity informing fluency reflecting idiomatic expressions scanning verb first language romanisation phoneme noun informative texts interpret receptive language mnemonic text processing strategies character components de-centre accent complexity dialect suffix formulaic language synchronous phonological awareness script reciprocating audience multimodal text performance directionality text types (genres)authentic (texts/materials)semantic knowledge communicating creating narrative devices

The Italian: Second Language subject enables all students to communicate proficiently by providing students with essential communication skills in Italian, an intercultural capability, and an understanding of the role of language and culture in communication.

The design of the Western Australian Curriculum: Languages takes into account different entry points into language learning across Pre-primary to Year 10 to reflect current practice in Languages. For Italian: Second Language, there are two learning sequences to accommodate these practices: a Pre-primary – Year 10 sequence and a Year 7 – Year 10 sequence.

Pre-primary to Year 10

Year 7 to Year 10

Italian: Second Language learning area contacts:

Pre-primary to Year 6 : +61 8 9273 6355 | Nadia.Civa@scsa.wa.edu.au
Year 7 to Year 10 : +61 8 9273 6754 | Aureliana.DiRollo@scsa.wa.edu.au