Text The weather

TLF ID M012950

This is a collection of digital activities and printable worksheets for the Italian language curriculum that focuses on discussing what the weather is like and expressing likes and dislikes regarding climate conditions. It uses expressions such as 'Che tempo fa?', 'Fa caldo?', 'Fa freddo?', 'Oggi fa ...' and 'Mi piace la neve / la pioggia' in a variety of contexts such as weather forecasts and personal introductions. Translations and solutions are also provided. This collection is section 28 of 36 from Languages online Italian resources, produced by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria.





Educational details

Educational value
  • This is a highly valuable resource for both the Communicating and Understanding strands of the Italian language curriculum for years 8, 9 and 10, for both the beginner and continuer pathways. It supports learning of words and language structures in isolation, as grammar elements, as parts of texts and in cultural contexts such as weather forecasting and personal introductions.
  • This resource also supports comparisons between the language systems of Italian and English, in particular noticing recurrent patterns in the different ways of asking about and describing weather conditions.
Year level

8; 9; 10

Learning area
  • Languages
  • Languages other than English

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: State of Victoria\, Department of Education and Early Childhood Deve
  • Organization: State of Victoria\, Department of Education and Early Childhood Deve
  • URL: http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of Victoria\, Department of Education and Early Childhood Deve
  • Organization: State of Victoria\, Department of Education and Early Childhood Deve
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
  • Image
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) 2007. This material may be downloaded, copied, used and communicated free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes, provided all acknowledgements are retained.