Summary of most common Students Comments:

Why learn a language?

You need to do it in VCE, it is part of the curriculum and you get points Expand you knowledge, and understand different cultures Increase your communication skills Communicate when travelling Appreciate cultural differences Job opportunities Fun

PMI- What I think about learning Italian

Positive Like my teacher, she is funny Teachers are easy to understand Like having the Assistant Italian Teacher, we can practice language with him and

learn lots about the culture It was fun doing cooking classes, it made Italian real to us The movie we went to see ( Red Like the Sky was awesome) Like learning about Rome History, Regions, Geography....topics are interesting Like projects but not the pressure Like listening to facts/ explanations about our work before we start our task Like excursions Like projects Italian days are fantastic Teacher, teachers things so that I can easily understand Liked writing and creating Italian cards Fantastic learning atmosphere in Italian Fun environment We use the Italian intranet for learning We learn how to speak Italian Italian sounds good they have a nice language Italian words that are in the Newsletter each week, we can practice at home Going on Lygon Street tour was a real experience for practicing our Italian Learning how to count Doing projects with partners is more fun than doing them on your own We are very hands on and use lots of technology Love looking at photos of Italy and watching videos Love learning about all the things I have been told about Ityaly, I really want to go to

Italy to see them Like stories my teacher tells us, they are interesting and funny

Minus Don’t have any Don’t know much Italian No more coping things off the board/ don’t learn things off the board Less teach talk so we can start sooner Dont learn enough about the history of Italy Not enough creative activities, I learn best that way More hands on activities Not enough time More time for Italian needed, not enough time to finish projects off More conversation/ talking

No more long chats on the floor more hands on Don’t have LOTE room, better when we had a room Boring when we have to write in our books Dont learn enough language, speak more Doing word finds cos you don’t learn much Not enough lessons to learn and remember the language Don’t get time to complete things Dont like Crt’s they don’t do the work we do in Italian class Don’t get outside much Cut and paste activities

Interesting Go on more excursions because you learn a lot and it makes Italian real to me Maybe we can make 3 D models of Rome Go to an Italian Soccer camp Cooking and eating Italian food More conversation with assistant teacher /more speaking More art Learn more about Italian culture Set up a program to communicate with each other, Emailing, pen friends, do this

again Like learning the language Like term projects to be done in class not for homework Speaking a language and knowing about culture helps you in life We have an Italian teacher from Italy teaching us Interesting learning about Carnevale How other countries do stuff differently to us Give us bigger challenges

What would make language learning more interesting? Themes: Food, Soccer, Ferrari’s / cars, wars, culture, legends and myths, Research based topics /posters Learning words Creative writing Arty things that’s what children enjoy the most Learning about culture/ food/ monuments/ clothes/ art/ craft More games More performances Like to learn about Italian music More outdoor activities Make movies Make a school play More computer and multi media in class Something that lets us be more creative Get our parents involved talk Italian at home, get them to buy Italian cd’s practice the

Newsletter words at home, do language on line programs at home, makes ilearning Italian real and fun to practice when we go to restaurants

More role plays Writing a play then acting it out maybe filming it Visit another school Decorate tea shirts with Italian designs Make Italian designs around the school Need more variety More computers More team work Ask the school to give us more time for Italian

What I would like to see happen in Italian in the Future

Have an Italian camp for 5 days Create 3 D models of something.... Italian mascot? More Italian lessons Our classroom teacher could give us more time to finish Italian work in free time More time for Italian, to finish projects off Trip to Italy would be awesome ( gives us something to look forward to and work

towards) Coming up with our own projects using ICT Going to an Italian restaurant in the city and practicing Italian in a real life situation

where teachers can help us out Visit other schools that study Italian Italian Room would be cool Our classroom teacher could give us more time to finish Italian work in free time Get an interactive whiteboard I would like to use things that I’m good at in Italian, like

Multi media. Camera. and other technologies so we can do better projects and be creative in Italian class

Boys CommentsComputerSports culture, play soccerMini Italian OlympicsPerformance in schoolsHands on stuffLess writingMore projects more themes based on culture- food cars Excursions videosTrying to learn a language spoken rather than writtenNo work sheetsNo books or different text books that are more funHistory- Roman, colosseumItalian School playHistory of food where pasta originated etc...

Girls CommentsMore oral work, hear it as often as possibleCommunicate with students from ItalyPen pal send emailsHands on interactive activitiesCreating postersReading BooksArt based activitiesTopics on fashionActual talking conversationPlay music

Expanding vocabulary , writing sentences real life situations writing reviews cooking acting / dramaItalian games, songsCelebrate Italian festivalsBring in public speakers about cultureMore technology create an Italian environment at school, make it really Italian , spend a term designing something Italian