Italian 2nd Level
Classroom Talk!
Second Level Significant Aspects of Learning
• Actively take part in daily routine
• Understand and respond to classroom instructions and personal
information from familiar sources
• Listen, join in and respond to a story, song or poem
• Participate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role plays
• Further develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for
other countries, cultures and languages
• Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the value of
language learning including skills for life and work
• Take part in simple, paired conversations about themselves, others
and interests of their choice
• Ask for help confidently using learned phrases and familiar language
• Give a short presentation about a familiar topic
• Pronounce words sufficiently accurately so as to make the meaning
clear
• Work with others and make a successful contribution to a group
presentation in English supported by the target languages
Second Level Significant Aspects of
Learning
• Read aloud a simple text
• Read and understand a variety of simple texts
• Make comparisons between English and
target language (including use of a bi-lingual
dictionary with support)
• Write about themselves and others and check
the accuracy of own writing
• Exchange straightforward information in
writing using familiar words and phrases
Classroom Talk! Vocabulary
Ascoltate
Guardate
Per piacere o per favore
Mettetevi in fila
Si
No
Grazie
Seduti
In piedi
Lelzate la mano
Ripetete
Ecco!
Per piacere o per favore
Io ho finito
Prego o di niente
Non c’e` problema
Posso andare al bagno?
Listen
Look
Please (for use when pupil is talking to the
teacher, or the teacher is talking to the
whole class)
Line up
Yes
No
Thank you
Sit down
Stand up
Put your hands up
Repeat
Here you go!
Please (for use when pupils are talking to
each other or when the teacher is
talking one pupil)
I’m finished
You’re welcome
No problem
Can I go to the toilet?
Sacoltate
Per piacere!
Ripetete
Ripetete
Ripetete
Ripetete
Ripetete
Ripetete
Per piacere!
Guardate
Per favore!
Mettetevi in fila!
Seduti
In piedi
Alzate la mano
Si
No
Per favore
Ecco!
Grazie!
Prego!
grazie
prego
Non c’e` problema!
Io ho finito!
Posso andare al
bagno?
Embedding the language
All this language is designed to be used as part of everyday
classroom practice.
You could do the register with oui and non on some days (on
fait l’appel for the register is in the Greetings PPT).
For this topic, embedding the language would be the focus as
opposed to the language being taught as such.
There are example activities however to help teachers
reinforce the language being used.
Sample activities
You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to
practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or
adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
Si grazie or no grazie?
Pupils look at the following slides and decide if they would like
it or not by saying either Si grazie or no grazie!
You could make this more active by having 2 sides of the room
with each designated as the Si grazie side and the other as the
No grazie! side. Ask pupils to then choose a side which matches
their opinion and say their opinion (Si grazie or no grazie) as a
group.
You could follow this up with asking them to choose pictures
from cut outs or create their own drawings under the headings
Si grazie and no grazie!
Si grazie o no grazie?
Le foto
Guardate
Decidete se
e
o
Si grazie !
No grazie!
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Si grazie o no grazie?
Parola della settimana
parola del mese
1.
2.
3.
Parola della settimana means word of the week. Parola del mese
means word of the month.
As a way of building up classroom vocabulary gently, you could
have a word of the week/month which everyone will use in class
(or out of class too if they like!)
Once you move onto your next word, keep the previous words
going! This way the pupils will build up their language gradually!
The Big Buongiorno Challenge!
1. Set pupils the challenge of saying Buongiorno, grazie, si grazie
and prego (or whichever vocab you like) to everyone they speak
to.
2. You could get them to tally mark how many they do in a week
and have an inter-class competition.
Simone dice
Simone dice is Italiana for Simon says.
It works exactly the same way whereby if you say Simone dice
(Jack said) at the start of a command then everyone has to do
it. If you just say the command then pupils should stand still. If
they do the action, they then sit down. Sample commands are
below:
Simone dice ascolatate! (pupils can cup hand to ear)
Simone dice guardate! (mime searching)
Simone dice mettetetevi in fila! (pupils get into a line)
Ascoltate!
Guardate!
Mettetetevi in fila! In piedi Seduti
Songs and videos!
You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use
to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt
them to suit the needs of your class.
Mettetevi in fila
Mettetevi in fila!
Mettetetevi in fila!
Tutti I bambini della classe
mettetevi in fila!
Mettetevi in fila!
Mettetetevi in fila!
Tutti I bambini della classe
mettetevi in fila!
Mettetevi in fila
Mettetevi in fila!
Mettetetevi in fila!
Tutti I bambini della classe
mettetevi in fila! Mettetevi in fila!
Mettetetevi in fila!
Tutti I bambini della classe
mettetevi in fila!
Io ho finito!
Io Ho finito il mio lavoro
Senza problema!
Ho finito il mio lavoro
Senza problema!
Ho finito il mio lavoro
Senza problema!
Ho finito il mio lavoro,
Non c'è problema!
Arrivederci!