Course Overview

Stage 5

The Stage 5 Year 9 course is Primi Passi, a course produced by CLI. The course consists of 25 weekly packages of work including a required number of projects. Students receive their aural work on CDs and are expected to phone their teacher on a weekly/fortnightly basis to complete the oral component of the course.

The Stage 5 Year 10 course is based on the textbook Pronti Via!, with course materials adapted for Distance Education. The course consists of 28 weekly packages of work including a required number of projects. Students receive their aural work on CDs and are expected to phone their teacher on a weekly/fortnightly basis to complete the oral component of the course.

Stage 6

Italian Beginners

The Italian Beginners Course is Tutti Insieme, a course originally produced for Distance Education and recently adapted to meet the demands of the new syllabus. The Preliminary course consists of 4 modules each containing 5 units of work and relevant CDs. The HSC course consists of 6 modules each containing 5 units of work and relevant CDs. The last unit in each module is a revision unit, which also contains a progress test.

This course comprises a mixed mode of delivery: part of the course exercises are on-line through the Moodle website, while others are paper based. Phone lessons are organised to ensure the oral component of the course is delivered interactively on a weekly basis.

Italian Continuers

The Italian Continuers Course is Italiano per tutti, a course originally produced for Distance Education. The Preliminary course consists of 3 modules each containing 7, 7, 6 units of work and course cassettes respectively. The HSC course consists of 3 modules each containing 7, 7, 6 units of work and course cassettes respectively.

This course is a very comprehensive course and aims to develop the students skills as interactively as possible. Phone lessons are organised to ensure the oral component of the course is delivered on a weekly basis with the aim of developing the students conversational skills.

Italian Extension

The Italian Extension Course is a course produced solely for Distance Education. The course consists of 18 units of work with relevant cassettes, and aims to allow students to practise adequately the various skills required, at the appropriate level. The course also provides a very comprehensive Film Study Booklet based on the prescribed film for study.

Stage 6 Syllabi (From Board of Studies)

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Country Overview

Italy is on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Most of Italy consists of a boot-shaped peninsula that juts out from southern Europe into the Mediterranean. Italy also includes the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia and Sicily and many lesser islands. Italy is blessed with varied and splendid landscapes, and because of its location most of the country enjoys sunshine and a mild Mediterranean climate.

Official Language Of

Italy; Switzerland; European Union; San Marino; Slovenia; Vatican City

Total Number of Speakers

More than 70 million

Language Family

Indo-European

Writing System

Latin alphabet

Language Overview

Italian is a Romance language spoken by about 70 million people primarily in Italy. Standard Italian was strongly influenced by the Tuscan dialect and is somewhat intermediate between the Italo-Dalmatian languages of the South and the Gallo-Italian languages of the North. Like many languages written using the Latin alphabet, Italian has double consonants. As in most Romance languages, stress is distinctive. Out of the Romance languages, Italian is generally considered to be the one most closely resembling Latin in terms of vocabulary.