Develop an understanding of differences in pronunciation of consonant and vowel combinations such as famiglie, gnocchi, chiese, barche, chiavi, buono, cena and stress and accents such as sono and sonno, vale and valle, felicità
(ACLITU070)

Extend knowledge of context-related vocabulary and additional elements of grammar, including:

• beginning to use nouns: gender and number, regular and irregular
• using subject pronouns for emphasis, for example, Sei andato alla partita, anche tu?
• beginning to use articulated prepositions a, di, da, in, su plus article and prepositions that do not combine, for example, tra and per
• learning to use adverbs to qualify verbs, for example, proprio, troppo, abbastanza, specialmente, spesso, nemmeno, purtroppo
• beginning to use verbs to express action in time
• using a range of regular and some irregular verbs in the present tense and perfect tense, for example, Imparo l’Italiano da tre anni; L’anno scorso ho imparato il tedesco
• recognising and beginning to use the imperfect tense of verbs in formulaic expressions such as Il festival era divertentissimo!
• connecting or elaborating clauses by using conjunctions, including anche

Continue to build a metalanguage to describe grammatical concepts and to organise learning resources
(ACLITU071)

Understand the structures, conventions and purpose associated with a range of texts created for information exchange or social interaction
(ACLITU072)