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6 TO 9 YEAR oLDS

CELEBRATING 30 YEARS AS MELBOURNE'S
LEADING ITALIAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL

Time: 6 to 7 year olds

          Tuesday 4.30pm to 5.30pm OR

           Wednesday 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm OR

           Saturday 9.10 am to 10.10 am OR 10.20 am to 11.20 am OR 11.30am to 12.30am OR 12.40 pm to 1.40 pm

          8 to 9 year olds

          Wednesday 4.30pm to 5.30pm OR

          Saturday 10.20 am to 11.20 am OR 12.40 pm to 1.40 pm

Fee: $179.00 (incl. GST) per term
         (The second child and there after receive a 10% discount)

Aim: To provide students with an opportunity to speak in Italian as much as possible. To expand students' vocabulary and extend their language skills to include reading and writing in Italian.

Description: Whilst conversation is the main focus of this level, students are beginning to develop their reading, writing and grammatical skills. They are presented with various activities (games, songs, role-play etc.) as a means of encouraging them to communicate in Italian. The class is conducted almost entirely in Italian and every care is taken to cater for the specific needs and abilities of each child. Small class sizes ensure that each child receives lots of individual attention.

Class Text: No set text for 6-7 year old classes. Materials are prepared and supplied by teachers. Each child will receive a scrap book in which to store their work.
8-9 year old classes 'Avanti' textbook is used. This is available from the CIS bookshop.

Homework: Children are encouraged to go over any new vocabulary and/or grammar points during the week. Words of all songs, poems, rhymes etc. are kept in students' scrap book so that parents can monitor their childs' progress. Where possible parents are encouraged to listen to children's poems, songs, etc. to reinforce the new words and phrases that have been taught during the lesson.

Possible communicative tasks:

• understand and carry out commands related to the classroom situation

• describe physical appearance of self

• identify and describe family members and extended family

• describe weather conditions

• identify months/days of the week/seasons

• identify activities which take place during the day at home or at schools

• express likes and dislikes

• identify numbers and count up to 20 and beyond

• and much, much more

Possible themes: 

• celebrations: Christmas, Easter, birthdays, Mother's day, Father's Day

• myself and my family

• parts of the body

• feelings

• activities: at home/school

• animals

• food and shopping