Italian 12

Core Competencies

Communicating
 
Collaborating
Critical and Reflective Thinking
 
Creative Thinking
Personal Awareness and Responsibility
 
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity
 
Social Awareness and Responsibility

Students are expected to know the following:

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Big Ideas

Big Ideas

Language learning is a lifelong process.
Sharing our feelings, opinions, and beliefs in a new language contributes to our identity.
With increased language proficiency, we can discuss and justify opinions with nuance and clarity.
Exploring diverse forms of cultural expression
representing the experience of the people from whose culture they are drawn; for example, celebrations, customs, folklore, language use, traditions, and creative works (e.g., books, paintings, pictures, sculpture, theatre, dance, poetry and prose, filmmaking, musical composition, architecture)
promotes greater understanding and appreciation of cultures worldwide.
Becoming more proficient in a new language enables us to explore global issues.

Content

Learning Standards

Content

increasingly complex vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions, including:
  • complex questions
    use of stare with the gerund form of the verb (e.g., Cosa stavi facendo? Stavo lavorando...)
    and opinions
    e.g., Sono d'accordo con tutto tranne...
  • sequence
    using appropriate verb tenses and expressions of time (e.g., primo, poi, dopo, successivamente)
    of events in stories
  • needs
    e.g., Ho bisogno di sapere la verità
    and emotions
    e.g., Mi sento triste…
First Peoples perspectives connecting language and culture, including oral histories
e.g., conversations with an Elder about celebrations, traditions, and protocols
, identity
Identity is influenced by, for example, traditions, protocols, celebrations, and festivals.
, and place
A sense of place can be influenced by, for example, territory, food, clothing, and creative works.
multiple forms of past, present, and future time frames
nuances within all time frames, such as passato prossimo, l'imperfetto, il futuro semplice, il condizionale, and il congiuntivo
language formality and etiquette
  • use of titles to address people (e.g., Signore(a) Maria, Professore Rossi, Avvocato Lanni)
  • use of tu and Lei
  • use of loro or Loro and related verb forms
  • includes cultural sensitivity (awareness of cultural differences and similarities)
features of major Italian regional dialects
e.g., accents, idiomatic expressions, local slang vocabulary
cultural aspects of Italian communities around the world
Italian creative works
e.g., painting, sculpture, theatre, dance, poetry and prose, filmmaking, musical composition, architecture
Italian resources and services
e.g., blogs, courses, clubs, community centres, newspapers, magazines, online resources
contributions
e.g., artists, athletes, humanitarians, inventors, educators
of Italians, and Italian Canadians, past and present
ethics of cultural appropriation
use of a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, knowledge, story, song, or drama, shared without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn
and plagiarism

Curricular Competency

Learning Standards

Curricular Competency

Thinking and communicating

Negotiate meaning in a wide variety of contexts
e.g., contexts differing in terms of audience, purpose, setting, formality/informality
Explore and interpret a variety of Italian texts
“Text” is a generic term referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication. Oral, written, and visual elements can also be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements).
Comprehend points of view in stories
Recognize different purposes
e.g., to convince, inform, entertain
, degrees of formality, and cultural points of view in a variety of texts
Analyze and compare elements of creative works from diverse communities
Adjust speech and writing to reflect different purposes and degrees of formality
Retrieve and analyze information from authentic sources
Use various strategies
For example:
  • negotiate meaning by using questions in Italian and other techniques for clarification
  • summarize information in oral, visual, and written forms
  • use dictionaries and other reference materials for clarity of comprehension and expression
to increase understanding and produce oral and written language
Narrate
  • Use expressions of time and transitional signs to show logical progression.
  • Use past, present, and future time frames.
and write stories
Stories are a narrative form of text that can be oral, written, or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity.
Respond personally
provide personal interpretations or opinions
to a variety of texts
Support and defend opinions on a variety of topics
Exchange ideas
with peers, teachers, and members of the wider community; can include virtual/online conversations
and information, both orally and in writing
Express themselves effectively, with fluency and accuracy
using the full range of tenses and moods, developing flow, employing precise vocabulary, and using appropriate structures
, both orally and in writing
Share information using the presentation format
e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media
best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities

Personal and social awareness

Identify perspectives
A text can reflect the author’s personal point of view which may include bias.
 in texts
Recognize and explain connections between language and culture
as expressed through creative works, regional dialects, and historical origins of words and expressions
Engage in experiences
e.g., visiting local Italian neighbourhoods, interviewing members of the Italian community, inviting guest speakers, and watching documentaries; blogs, classroom and school visits (including virtual/online visits), concerts, exchanges, festivals, films, plays, social media, and businesses where Italian is spoken
with Italian people and communities
Identify and explore educational and personal/professional opportunities
e.g., academic research, translation, international affairs, government, teaching, travel, study abroad
requiring proficiency in Italian
Identify and explore opportunities
e.g., clubs, online resources, personal connections, travel, and volunteering
to continue language acquisition beyond graduation
Analyze personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens
e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions
Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing
e.g., First Nations, Métis, and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive
, and local cultural knowledge