Italian Early Level
Names
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
Names
There are two ways of asking someone’s name in Italian. Use whichever you feel most
comfortable with.
Come ti chiami?
Qual e` il tuo nome?
What are you called?
What are you called?
Io mi chiamo
I am called...
Chi e`?
Chi c’e`?
Who is it?
Who is it?
E`
It is...
Come ti chiami?
Qual e` il tuo nome?
Io mi chiamo…
Chi e`?
Chi c`e`?
E`
Embedding the language
You can use this when you are doing the
register in the morning and ask pupils to
say their name in Italian.
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
Talking about yourself.
Come ti chiami?
Clapping game
• All pupils sit in a circle and clap time to the
question Come ti chiami? (or whichever version of
the question you are using with your class). They
do this whilst also passing a toy around the circle.
• Pupils clap the question 3 times and whoever is
holding the toy when they stop must then say their
name in Italian e.g. Io mi chiamo Tony.
• The class can then all answer, “Buongiorno Tony!”
and continue with the game.
• To say let’s continue – it’s “Continuiamo!”
Testa giu` e pollice in alto
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This is, “heads down, thumbs up!”
In a circle or at desks, pupils lie down or put their heads
down on the table and lift their thumbs up. You can amend
this according to the class.
3 pupils circulate amongst them, choose a pupil and put their
thumbs down.
Once time is up, the 3 who were chosen stand up, the whole
class ask “Chi e`?” or “Chi c’e`”and they then have to say
which pupil chose them by saying E` Paul (for example).
The pupils in question can then say Si or No depending on if
they are correct or not.
Whoever guesses correctly then gets to choose for the next
round.
Puppet play
Teacher can perform a puppet play for pupils with two puppets
(sock puppets for example). Here is an example script:
Puppet 1: (Pokes head out from behind teacher’s back)
Buongiorno!Buongiorno a tutti!
Class: Buongiorno!
Puppet 1: Come stai?
Class: Sto bene!
Puppet can then ask pupils their names and Come stai?
Puppet 2 then appears
Puppet 2: Buongiorno a tutti!
Class: Buongiorno!
Puppet 1: Chi e`?
Class can then ask puppet 2 what their name is.
Puppet 2: Io mi chiamo___. E tu? Come ti chaimi? (to puppet 1. (get class
to repeat the question).
Puppet 1: Io mi chiamo.
Can the repeat Come stai??s and finish with Arrivederci and a song.
Statues Musicales!
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This is exactly the same as musical
statues but with a Italian twist!
Play some Italian music and pupils
dance.
As soon as the music stops, they
must freeze and then turn to the
person nearest to them and have a
short conversation which could
include:
Buongiorno, Come stai?
Come ti chiami? Io mi chiamo___
and arrivederci!
This could be much shorter and just
use the name.
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 challenging activities in First Level
Talking about Yourself.
Come ti chiami?
Come ti chiami tu?
Tuc.mp3
Io mi chiamo Barbara.
Come ti chiami tu?
Io mi chaimo Georgia.
Come ti chiami tu?
Io mi chiamo Giulia.
Come ti chiami tu?
Io mi chiamo Marco
Come ti chiami tu?
Io mi chiamo Giacomo
Come ti chiami tu?
Io mi chiamo…..
Come ti chiami tu?
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Italian Topic 02: What's your name? < previous topic
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Interactive tasks
1. Come ti chiami?
2. Costruisci la frase.
3. Trova le parole
4. Abbina le parole.
5. Completa la frase.
6. Pacman
Answers and Translations
Language focus
Asking and saying one's name.
Come ti chiami?
Mi chiamo Roberto.
Come ti chiami?
Mi chiamo Anna.
Lei come si chiama?
Lei si chiama Giulia.
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/italian/topic02/index.htm
Arrivederci!