Italian

This course rewards students for their ability to converse in Italian on a general topic area that they have chosen in advance. Students will need to demonstrate that they can engage in  discussion in Italian that relates to a chosen general topic area and allied subtopics. 

Students will be expected to give relevant and appropriate information, convey opinions, interact and respond to a range of questions. They must choose one of the following topic areas: Youth culture & concerns; Lifestyle: health & fitness; The world around us: travel, tourism, environmental issues and the Italian speaking world.

Qualification: 
AS Level Italian
Length: 
Level 3 one year course, 1 period per
Unit 1: 

This unit rewards students for their ability to converse in Italian on a general topic area that they have chosen in advance. Students will need to demonstrate that they can engage in discussion in Italian that relates to a chosen general topic area and allied subtopics. Students will be expected to give relevant and appropriate information, convey opinions, interact and respond to a range of questions. They must choose one of the following topic areas: Youth culture and concerns; Lifestyle: health and fitness; The World around us: travel and tourism; environmental issues and the Italian speaking world.

Unit 2: 

This unit requires students to understand and convey their understanding of Italian language texts and recordings. In addition, students will be expected to recognise and use the Italian language in a variety of contexts and in relation to a prescribed range of general topic areas. 

The unit draws upon four general topic areas: Youth culture & concerns; Lifestyle: health & fitness; The world around us: travel, tourism, environmental issues and Education & Employment. 

What the department specifically offers that is noteworthy...: 

Resources
The learning resources at Loreto are unique and set a standard of excellence second to none.  Loreto’s use of IT is nationally renowned and this innovative approach to teaching and learning, combined with traditional excellence, is what gets us such exceptional results, not only in raw terms, but also value added.

Whichever language course you choose, you will cover interesting topics such as drug abuse, unemployment, women’s rights - see the course outline for more details. All our students have unrestricted access to state-of-the-art resources unavailable elsewhere, as well as video clips and sound files, available on demand from any computer anywhere in the college (and in most cases from home too).  Interactive learning materials are complemented by subscription to the best websites for learning, printed magazines, revision CDs – everything you could imagine and a lot more besides. You won't find better than Loreto for languages. 

Exam Board: 
Edexcel
GCSE Requirements: 
General College entry requirements.