Description

AUTHORS: Paolo Bosio (Revised by Tiziana Campaner and Italian Teachers Network, for the Italian School Committee Inc. QLD)
ILLUSTRATOR: Phillip Watson
PUBLISHER: Thinking Italian
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2019
GENRE: Educational
RECOMMENDED AGE: Grade 4 (Native Italian Language Speakers & Italian Second Language Speakers)
NUMBER OF PAGES: 74
FORMAT: Paperback 21cm x 29.5cm
LANGUAGES: Italian with English Instructions

ITALIAN DESCRIPTION:
“ANDIAMO IN ITALIA BOOK 4” è un bellissimo libro-quaderno pieno di attività linguistiche realizzato esclusivamente per gli studenti che continuano lo studio della lingua italiana (quarta elementare). La metodologia usata riflette sull’importanza del metodo della communicazione di base principale, basato su fatti reali con l’enfasi “dell’aspetto gioco”. Questo “quaderno di lavoro” è stato realizzato sia per stimulare l’interesse e la costante partecipazione dello studente con risultati positivi, sia per semplificare l’insegnamento e l’apprendimento della lingua italiana per bambini con il coinvolgimento dei genitori.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION:
“ANDIAMO IN ITALIA BOOK 4” was born as a necessity and to fill the need for structured, educational resources to support the teaching of Italian in schools. This book is intended to support teachers who are implementing the Italian LOTE programs in providing language skills and activities which promote culturally appropriate communicative interactions in the appropriate context for grade 4 children. It has been develop to:
* Provide a framework to assist teachers in developing, implementing and evaluating an effective Italian LOTE curriculum;
* Develop language skills which enable the learner to manipulate the language in a confident manner and to demonstrate their knowledge with others;
* Highlight the value of Italian learning and its contribution to establishing the foundation for lifelong learning;
* Provide suggestions of language functions for the linguistic content of the Italian LOTE program;
* Promote developmentally, socially and culturally appropriate opportunities and outcomes for children learning Italian;
* Easy to use resource for parents to monitor their child’s progress and reinforce simple words & sentences learnt at school.

Each level of materials is supported by a corresponding TEACHER MANUAL.

UNITÀ DI LAVORO – LANGUAGE UNITS:
1) Mi presento – I introduce myself
2) La mia famiglia e i miei amici – My family & my friends
3) Il Carnevale e la Pasqua – Carnival & Easter
4) A far comepre di vestiti – Shopping for clothes
5) Ecco la mia scuola – Here’s my school
6) Gli animali australiani – Australian animals
7) Gigi va in Italia – Gigi goes to Italy
8) Natale e altre feste – Christmas and other festivities
Also includes Vocabolario – English & Italian “word bank”

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