Italiana Early Level
Greetings
Early Level Significant Aspects of Learning
• Use language in a range of contexts and across learning
• Develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the
language being learnt
• Begin to develop an awareness of other countries, cultures and
languages
• Listen and join in with simple songs, stories and rhymes
• Explore and recognise patterns and sounds of language through
listening, watching and playing
• Understand, respond to and say simple greetings and personal
information (e.g. name)
• Repeat and understand simple familiar language from a familiar
source
• Actively take part in simple daily routine language
• Participate in familiar games including outdoor learning
• Begin to explore resources to support my learning e.g. picture
dictionaries
Vocabulary
1. Greetings
Build into daily routines starting with Buongiorno and Arrivederci and then gradually
adding in more vocabulary as learners progress.
Buongiorno!
Salve!
Buongiorno Signora for a teacher Maestra!
Buongiorno Signore for a teacher Maestro!
Ciao!
Facciamo l’appello!
Facciamo la nanna
Buona Notte!
Arricederci!
Hello
Hello
Hello Miss
Hello Sir
Hi
We will take the register
Go to sleep
Goodnight
Goodbye
Buongiorno!
Buongiorno Maestra!
Buongiorno Maestro!
Ciao!
Facciamo l’appello!
Facciamo la nanna
Buonanotte!
Arrivederci!
Embedding the language
1. Do the register in Italian each morning – teacher
says, “Facciamo l’appello” and pupils respond with
“buongiorno”.
2. Use a la canzone del buongiorno and/or an la
canzone dell’arrivederci at the start and end of each
day.
3. Use Fate la nanna and buonanotte with a Italian
puppet. You can “put him to bed” at the end of a
Italian lesson getting the class to say “Fai la nanna +
name” and then saying buonanotte to him instead
of goodbye .
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.
You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level
Greetings.
Buongiorno ou Buonanotte?
1. Pupils look at the selection of photos and
then decide if they would say this is
buongiorno o buonanotte?
2. This can be further extended to create a
wall display if doing day and night
paintings for example.
I have experienced the wonder of looking at the vastness of the sky, and can recognise the
sun, moon and stars and link them to daily patterns of life.
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Buongiorno o buonanotte?
Le foto
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Buongiorno!
Buonanotte!
Buongiorno o buonanotte?
Buongiorno o buonanotte?
Buongiorno o buonanotte?
Buongiorno o buonanotte?
Buongiorno o buonanotte?
Buongiorno o buonanotte?
Toc, toc, toc!
• If you are using a puppet for Italian, you can keep it in
a box with a lid on it (its bed) and ask the pupils to
knock on the door to wake him/her up by saying “Toc,
toc, toc”.
• When he “wakes up” they can then say Buongiorno! to
the puppet.
• When it’s time for him to go back to bed, they can
then say “Facciamo la nanna, arrivederci, buonanotte”
etc.
• If you like you can also add in “svegliarsi” which means
wake up.
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.
You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings
and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.
I saluti
BUONGIORNO
Due piccoli uccelli
Due piccoli uccelli
seduti sul ramo
Io mi chiamo Mimi`
Io mi chiamo Gigi
Arrivederci Mimi`
Arrivederci Gigi
Lo zecchino d’oro
CIAO
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•
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Ciao amico ciao
Ciao amico, ciao ciao ciao, ciao!
Ciao amico, ciao ciao ciaociao!
Se lo dici con il cuore
vuole dire affetto e amore
dimmi ciao!
Ciao amico, ciao ciao ciao ciao!
Ciao amico, ciao ciao ciao ciao!
Se lo dici con speranza
vuole dire fratellanza dimmi ciao!
Dico ciao al bimbo indiano,
al cinese e all’australiano,
negretto e all’inglese,
al tedesco e all’olandese.
Allo svizzero e al francese,
a chi vive in Lussemburgo,
in America e nel Belgio
mando a tutti il mio messaggio:
“Non ti scordar, ti aspetto
come il fiore sboccia a maggio…
Non ti scordar, ti aspetto!”
Rit.
Ciao amico, ciao ciao ciao ciao!
Ciao amico, ciao ciao ciao ciao!
Se lo dici con il cuore
vuole dire affetto e amore
dimmi ciao!…
Se lo dici con speranza
vuole dire fratellanza dimmi
ciao!…
(2^ voce: non ti scordar t’aspetto).
Ninna Nanna Ninna oh
song
Arrivederci