Specialist Report: Italian

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CIAO!

This month, students at Aitken Hill Primary School have enjoyed learning more about how to say different greetings, as well as strengthening understanding and pronunciation of numbers in Italian, and also working towards being able to have a basic conversation! With practise and learning new words during each vocabulary cycle, as an example, our conversations are building towards the following:

Sara: Buongiorno! Come stai?

Yusuf: Buongiorno! Bene, e tu?

Sara: Bene, grazie. Come ti chiami?

Yusuf: Mi chiamo Yusuf, e tu?

Sara: Mi chiamo Sara. Quanti anni hai?

Yusuf: Ho otto anni, e tu?

Sara: Ho nove anni. Quanti fratelli hai?

Yusuf: Ho tre sorelle e un fratello, e tu?

Sara: Ho una sorella e quattro fratelli.

Yusuf: Molto bene! Devo andare, scusa!

Sara: Di niente! Arrivederci, Yusuf!

Yusuf: Arrivederci, Sara!

While some students are working on strengthening their recall and pronunciation of numbers 1-10, other students are ready to take on numbers to 100! Number systems usually build in the same way, so it is encouraged to make sure you are very strong with numbers 1-10 first! Please see the video at the end of this page to check your pronunciation!

Students have also started working on their second study of Italy - GEOGRAPHY - such as developing a general understanding of the continent, country, capital city and regions of Italy!

Lastly: a  reminder for students to download the DUOLINGO app - it's free, and you can practise Italian at home!

Grazie mille! (many thanks!)

Best wishes,

Signora Michelle 

Italian Studies

AIUTAMI! Help me pronounce my numbers correctly in Italian:

[Banner picture: The Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy]