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AC9LIT2U01
Understanding systems of language
recognise and imitate the sounds and rhythms of Italian
Elaborations
- AC9LIT2U01_E1imitating the pronunciation of the 21 letters of the Italian alphabet
- AC9LIT2U01_E2reproducing Italian sounds and intonation patterns through imitation, and reciting nursery rhymes, tongue twisters and songs
- AC9LIT2U01_E3imitating Italian speech using Italian patterns of intonation, pronunciation and stress, and incorporating appropriate gestures, facial expressions and body language
- AC9LIT2U01_E4practising rolling ‘r’ by reciting rhymes and chants
- AC9LIT2U01_E5comparing vowel sounds in Italian and English
- AC9LIT2U01_E6<p>recognising ‘c’ as in <em>ciao</em> sounds like ‘ch’ in English and that ‘ch’ as in <em>chi</em> sounds like a ‘k’ in English</p>
- AC9LIT2U01_E7<p>observing that words which stress the final letter have an accent on that letter, for example, <em>papà, città</em></p>
- AC9LIT2U01_E8<p>noticing syllable patterns in words such as <em>la/sa/gna; pa/ta/ta</em></p>
- AC9LIT2U01_E9acknowledging that rising intonation denotes a question
- AC9LIT2U01_E10noticing that Italian is a phonetic language and is written as it sounds
- AC9LIT2U01_E11<p>comparing similarities and differences in pronunciation of cognates with English, for example, <em>università, animale,</em> <em>appartamento</em></p>
- AC9LIT2U01_E12recognising that there are different dialects spoken in Italy and variations of accents in Italian-speaking communities in the diaspora
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