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AC9LIT4U03
Understanding systems of language
recognise familiar Italian language features and compare with those of English, in known contexts
Elaborations
- AC9LIT4U03_E1<p>noticing how their own language influences expectations about Italian language, for example, seeing word order ‘back to front’, and, for example, realising where adjectives are placed in Italian <em>il pennarello nero</em> = the black marker pen</p>
- AC9LIT4U03_E2noticing some commonalities between particular text types in Italian and English, for example, discovering that greeting cards in both English and Italian have a front cover with images or photos specific to the occasion, an opening and closing address, and a written message
- AC9LIT4U03_E3<p>noticing that Italian, unlike English, uses cardinal numbers for dates except for the first of the month, for example, <em>il 23 marzo, il primo giugno</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U03_E4recognising differences in punctuation and capitalisation rules when writing, for example, omitting capitals for days of the week, months of the year and nationalities
- AC9LIT4U03_E5<p>discussing the influence of English words on the Italian language and considering why word borrowing occurs, for example, discovering English words incorporated into Italian <em>il tennis, i jeans, fare lo shopping, l’email</em> and Italian words incorporated into English <em>espresso, bellissimo</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U03_E6<p>identifying cognates, for example, nouns such as <em>cioccolata, cinema, pera, parco and stazione</em>; adjectives such as <em>intelligente</em> and <em>interessante</em>; and verbs such as <em>arrivare, studiare, telefonare</em> and <em>visitare</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U03_E7beginning to develop a metalanguage for talking about language
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