BACK TO SCHOOL ITALIAN GREETINGS BUONGIORNO BUNTING BANNERS It’s great to create a new look for the new school year - I use bunting / banners not only to create a real Italian look and feel in the learning environment, but also to promote everyday language and core vocabulary for learners of all ages. Bunting / banners work well throughout the entire school year, but definitely has a celebratory back to school feel! The bunting has a small tag that you can clip to a line of string across the room (like a washing line!), or to a wall.
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ITALIAN ARE VERBS CONJUGATION PRACTICE #4
**A LEVEL ITALIAN KS5 ITALIAN ARE VERBS CONJUGATION PRACTICE** ***3 workbooks & tenses @ £1.20 each in the bundle featuring 25 high-frequency Italian ARE verbs in the pluperfect, future perfect & conditional perfect tenses, 150 conjugations in each workbook, 450 conjugations in total, answer keys & verb lists*** ideal for ***advanced Italian KS5 Italian*** students who are working with more complex language and texts, including ***authentic resources*** featuring a broad range of tenses, and generally developing their understanding and knowledge of tense and mood in ***Italian***. My students really like this kind of grammar activity, as they like to work and learn independently, which is a successful way of varying teaching and learning methodologies, as it's really important to avoid predominantly teacher-led learning in the languages classroom. It's actually really useful for example to introduce the ***conditional perfect tense in Italian*** along with the ***future perfect tense***, as the patterns are identical, other than the ***auxiliary tense***, and it allows students to ***compare and contrast*** the tenses using a range of texts including ***authentic resources***, and to practise both fairly simultaneously - in my experience, students do not confuse or mix up the tenses when they're learning and using them together. In general, I move forward quite rapidly with conjugation, as this also gives us the opportunity to work with a wide range of authentic texts in our learning programme, and students' ability to ***create and use new language*** isn't restricted by not having an understanding and knowledge of the required tense. ***The workbook focuses on formation and conjugation, rather than usage***, though it’s definitely useful to remind students of a number of things when focusing on or revising tense and verb formation and conjugation. Language learners often conflate what they know about grammar in their first language with the grammar of the language they are learning. For example, with the ***conditional perfect tense***, with students whose first language is ***English*** really need to be confident about using the ***auxiliary essere*** when it's required, as well as be able to conjugate both ***essere and avere in the conditional tense***. Additionally, of course they have to be able to ***form past participles accurately***, to ensure that they can construct the ***conditional perfect tense*** correctly. In terms of the ***past participle***, there are clear patterns in its formation, which students begin to be able to ***predict accurately***: the more they see and use the participles, the more embedded these patterns become. I've used these kinds of grammar activities for many years with my Italian classes. My students definitely find them to be a great way of practicing, reinforcing and revising how to conjugate essential verbs in ***Italian***. I use them in a range of contexts such as independent work either in class time or at home, holiday refresher work, or individual activities for cover lessons. I tend to give my students regular opportunities to practice the conjugations during the whole school year, and they find this really useful for mapping their own progress and developing their overall understanding of how ***Italian*** conjugation 'works'. Though the workbooks focus solely on the correct conjugation of verbs, and does not look at word order in the context of full sentences, there are ***conjugation patterns that students can learn, recognise and apply***, ensuring that their ***spoken and written Italian is accurate***, and that their understanding of***Italian*** across the skills of ***listening, speaking, reading and writing*** is robust. Students become very familiar and confident the more they work with conjugation, and these quick conjugations certainly help to embed that successfully. **The tenses are:** ***pluperfect tense (trapassato prossimo) future perfect tense (futuro anteriore) conditional perfect tense (condizionale passato)*** Grammar books are not consistent with grammatical terminology, so in this context, the ***conditional perfect is I would have done or I would have been*** for example - we often see this tense called the ***conditional past*** too. **Each set is structured as follows:** ***Two alphabetical verb reference lists***: Italian-English and English-Italian. ***Three conjugation challenges***, each with 50 individual conjugations: **Conjugation Challenge 1**: each verb conjugated in Italian across a range of pronouns, with students writing the corresponding English verb conjugation. **Conjugation Challenge 2**: gives the infinitive of each verb in Italian, specifying the target pronoun. Students write the corresponding verb conjugation in Italian. **Conjugation Challenge 3**: students write the corresponding Italian verb conjugation, and its infinitive, from an English prompt. ***Notes and Next Steps*** template which students visit regularly - it really does encourage them to think about where they are now, how confident they feel, and what they might need to work on a little more to be absolutely sure of their conjugation skills. We also note down any new verbs we meet, which enables students to build up their own verb vocabulary bank. It's a great tool to guide and inform whole-group discussion about learning and progress in general, which is a really successful and popular activity. ***answer key***: 6-page booklet which is absolutely essential in my view. Answer keys help students develop more independence in their learning, and provide them with an additional opportunity to engage with language and grammar. They also genuinely enjoy correcting their own - and particularly each others' - work. ***Try this free samler to assess whether this kind of activity would work well for your students:*** **ITALIAN QUICK CONJUGATION PRACTICE SAMPLER** [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/italian-conjugation-practice-sampler-12359601](http://) ***Currently in my store I have Italian conjugation workbooks for a range of verb groups featuring the following tenses:*** * present tense (presente) * perfect tense (passato prossimo) * imperfect tense (imperfetto) * future tense (futuro semplice) * conditional tense (condizionale, presente) * pluperfect tense (trapassato prossimo) * future perfect tense (futuro anteriore) * conditional perfect tense (condizionale passato) ***Have a browse in my store for more Italian grammar activities, and a wide range of Italian language teaching and learning materials, with special offer bundles, resource boxes, and lots of freebies too - I've included a couple in this bundle for you to try.*** *The product is non-editable in a zipped format. 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ITALIAN VERBS CARDS MINI-BUNDLE
**KS3 ITALIAN KS4 ITALIAN GCSE ITALIAN A LEVEL ITALIAN GRAMMAR ITALIAN VERBS CARDS** ***Files are non-editable in a zipped format. The resource is copyright, all rights reserved. It may not be copied, rewritten, amended, shared or distributed outside your own classroom in any way. The license for purchase is a single-user license only. Please read the Terms of Use carefully.*** ***198 high-frequency Italian verbs with 198 matching English verbs cards, 2 sets each with 99 Italian verbs and matching English verbs cards @ £1.75 in the bundle*** really do help to create a lively language learning environment, ideal for ***intermediate Italian*** students, and those preparing to move into and work confidently at ***advanced intermediate Italian*** level. The games and activities are a really successful alternative to more traditional 'vocabulary drilling' exercises. Students can develop, embed, reinforce and refresh their core ***Italian*** verbs vocabulary in a cooperative, communicative and interactive way, independently of the teacher. The game cards and accompanying ***Recall & Write activities*** have a ***bonus multi-skill focus on listening, speaking, pronunciation, reading, writing and spelling***. It doesn’t matter if any of the verbs don’t feature in your medium or even longer-term learning plan: this is a great way of encouraging your students to engage with new language, and to build their vocabulary at the same time. This prepares them really well for creative activities in ***Italian*** - they will have a rich vocabulary to choose from. Students can work independently of the teacher, challenging themselves and each other in their best Italian accent to find all the matching verbs cards in ***Italian and English***. The card templates allow students to ***apply their Italian knowledge practically and creatively***, as they put together mini-quiz cards for each other, preferably from memory. This is an essential aspect of successful language learning. The ***Reference, Recall & Write*** book has 18 pages. It includes an ***alphabetical Italian-English reference list*** of all 99 verbs. Students find this really useful as a learning support resource, and it comes in very handy for quick vocabulary quizzes too. The ***Recall and Write challenges*** help students familiarise themselves with, and really embed, the range of verbs in the set, and also get used to reading, writing and spelling in Italian. It’s also a great way of ***developing literacy skills in Italian***. The challenges can be done several times, as students simply cover previous responses, so they definitely get a lot of use from a single workbook. ***There are three differentiated recall challenges:*** ***Written Recall Challenge One*** students write the English verbs from an Italian prompt, with all the verbs in alphabetical order, Italian-English. ***Written Recall Challenge Two*** again, students write the verbs in English from an Italian prompt, but the Italian verbs are now in random, rather than alphabetical order. Language learners often learn or are familiar with new vocabulary in a particular order, so it increases the recall challenge by changing that order. ***Written Recall Challenge Three*** the final challenge requires students to write the corresponding Italian verb from an English prompt. The English verbs are also in random order. This challenge really helps with vocabulary recall, which is quite challenging when vocabulary does not appear in the context of a sentence. It's really useful for spelling in Italian too. I encourage students to visit the ***Ideas, Notes and Next Steps*** page regularly, reflecting not only on the verbs they feel confident about, but also how they think their skills in ***listening, speaking, pronouncing Italian, reading and writing are developing*** - and equally importantly, what they can reasonably do to keep improving. I always have activities where creative application of language is required too, so that they can use the verbs in ***real-world contexts***, which is ***essential for progressing in language learning***. We also use their notes to guide and inform whole-group discussion about learning and progress in general, which again is really useful, and a very popular activity with students too. The resource works best when used frequently and regularly - students should store their work carefully in a learning folder or file that they can refer to at any point to support their learning and revision. Students also note down any new, related vocabulary, which builds into a really comprehensive ***high-frequency Italian verb vocabulary ban***k in a very short space of time. Laminate the game cards if you can - they are far more learner-friendly, and the additional prep and expense is definitely worth it, as the cards will last in excellent conditional for years. Print & photocopy an appropriate number of quiz card templates and ***Reference, Recall & Write books***. The books are best copied double-sided, and double-stapled on the left-hand side, rather than a single staple in the top left-hand corner for example. This format is again far more reader and writer-friendly, and can be used more effectively as a learning and reference resource. ***Have a browse in my store for more Italian independent learning activities, and a wide range of other Italian teaching and learning materials, with Italian resource boxes, special offer bundles, and lots of freebies too - I've added a couple here for you to try.*** **GRAZIE MILLE E BUON APPRENDIMENTO!**
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