Notice and use context-related vocabulary and some first elements of grammar to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- noticing definite and indefinite articles with nouns, for example, la matita, il libro, il quaderno; una maestra, uno studente; i ragazzi, le ragazze
- noticing that Italian words end mostly with vowels to mark gender and number, for example, fratello, sorella, libro, libri
- observing that some words which do not end with a vowel are the same in English, for example, computer, robot, yogurt, sport
- identifying people using pronouns, for example, io, tu
- noticing the use of formulaic structures with ho and sono when giving personal information about state or identity, for example, Ho due fratelli; Sono basso; Ho sei anni; Ho gli occhi verdi; Sono alto
- understanding and responding to imperatives, for example, Vieni qui!; Fate attenzione!
- learning the structure of simple statements and questions based on models, for example, lo ho sei anni; Io abito a Subiaco; È Marco? No, è Stefano
- developing number knowledge for numbers
0–31
(ACLITU014)
Notice and use context-related vocabulary and some first elements of grammar to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- noticing definite and indefinite articles with nouns, for example, la matita, il libro, il quaderno; una maestra, uno studente; i ragazzi, le ragazze
- noticing that Italian words end mostly with vowels to mark gender and number, for example, fratello, sorella, libro, libri
- observing that some words which do not end with a vowel are the same in English, for example, computer, robot, yogurt, sport
- identifying people using pronouns, for example, io, tu
- noticing the use of formulaic structures with ho and sono when giving personal information about state or identity, for example, Ho due fratelli; Sono basso; Ho sei anni; Ho gli occhi verdi; Sono alto
- understanding and responding to imperatives, for example, Vieni qui!; Fate attenzione!
- learning the structure of simple statements and questions based on models, for example, lo ho sei anni; Io abito a Subiaco; È Marco? No, è Stefano
- developing number knowledge for numbers
0–31
(ACLITU014)