Italian: Second Language

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

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