Ciao! Benvenuti!
Italian at TRBPS practices a fun, dynamic and authentic approach to teaching a language.
In weekly 50 minute lessons, every student from Prep/Foundation to Year 6 learns Italian using a mixture of games, singing, dancing, speaking, listening and movement. Students are exposed to the language and culture through a variety of authentic resources from Italy (maps, brochures, posters, post cards, images, artefacts) as well as a variety of ICT resources including YouTube videos, songs, voice clips and images.
Each Term students cover a range of topics that incorporate both cultural and linguistic elements of the Italian language. Topics include:
- Italy
- Sport
- Maths and the Fibonacci Sequence
- Going to the restaurant
- The classroom
- Clothing
- The world and nationalities
- The Olympics
- Shopping
- Animals
Other areas that are covered and revised constantly are:
- Greetings
- Classroom commands
- Colours
- Numbers
- Fruit and vegetables
- Expressing likes and dislikes
- Feelings and emotions
- Similes and comparisons
- Days of the week
- Months of the year
- Shapes
Why learn a language?
Research has shown that learning another language can:
- Stimulate brain development
- Significantly enhance English literacy skills
- Improve memory, concentration and numeracy skills
- Improve overall performance at school
- Encourage respect and understanding of other cultures
To find out more about what’s happening in Italian at Tucker Road BPS please visit http://trbpsitalian.weebly.com/
“In the heart of every man, wherever he is born….there is one small corner which is Italian.” The Italians – Luigi Barzini
Ciao!