Languages teaching resources

There are a series of clips from YouTube for pupils to watch. They are either films that relate to Italy or Italian films. Pupils need to watch the clips, and try and think about the key issues that are listed on the handout e.g. the style of the film, the cinematography, the period that each represents. This lesson could start with a discussion about different aspects of cinema, and a key vocab list. Pupils should watch the clips with the aim of deciding whether they can discern any key differe

1. Vocab sheets for pupils 2. Vocab sheets for teacher 3. Questions on literature for discussion 4. Biography of Italo Calvino to read 5. Se una notte d’inverno: Reading comprehension based on an adapted version of the opening of the novel. Pupils have to answer some comprehension questions, but also look at the use of the gerundio and the imperative. 6. Homework task: gap fill reading exercise based on a review of the novel.

1. Explanation of the past conditional and its uses. 2. Hypothetical clauses to practise the conditional 3. Future in the past - new year's resolutions to transform, using the past conditional. 4. Allegedly - examples of scandalous headlines, to demonstrate this use of the conditional in Italian. Pupils can then write some examples of their own.

A series of activities based on the film by Marco Bellocchio. You can buy the film easily on Amazon but if not there is a link to a series of clips on Youtube. This film is an excellent way into discussions re. the anni di piombo and the brigate rosse, and Italian politics more generally. 1. Vocab list to assist with comprehension of a text on the brigate rosse 2. Summary of information on the Brigate Rosse. Scrambled version for pupils – who should use the vocab to put the text into the correc

This is a summary of the way in which different newspapers reacted when Berlusconi resigned. The pupils have to work out the meaning of key vocab by using the context to help them. They then have to pull out key details from the text. Finally, there are some key essay phrases. The teacher should check that pupils understand these and they then use them to discuss the issues emerging from the text.

1. Look at how to form the imperative and the negative imperative. 2. Exercise to check pupils' understanding - they categorise a list of imperatives. 3. Dalla nonna - pupils have to transform infinitives into the appropriate imperative to complete a story about a bossy grandma. 4. Pupils have to come up with formal and informal imperatives for a range of scenarios.

World Wide Problems Study Pack 1. Vocab list 2. Article: La povertà nel mondo. Each pupil could be given a section of this article to summarise in 20 words. They then present their summary, plus any key vocab, to other pupils. 3. Gli obiettivi del millennio – pupils look at these and ensure that they understand them. They could research one of them in Italian for their homework – find out further information and the extent to which the objective has been achieved. 4. La dimensione globale de

This is a review of the Italian RAI TV series La Meglio Gioventu, which was released into cinemas as two three hour films. Pupils should read the review. There are a series of questions for them to answer. They then have to complete a series of grammar exercises on prepositions, to which you can draw pupils' attention while they read the article. There is then a translation for pupils to complete, based on the language in the text, and finally they can reflect on and write about a film of their

1. Elicit the meaning of the present continuous via sentences about the environment. 2. Review stare in the present and imperfect tenses. Discuss how to form the gerund. Draw pupils' attention to irregular gerunds. 3. Practise using the present continuous to invent excuses. 4. Transform infinitives into the past continuous to tell a story of betrayal! 5. Explore the use of the gerund by itself 6. Look at how the gerund can be used to replace a clause in Italian.

A series of sentences, each of which contains a use of the subjunctive. Pupils need to identify the use of the subjunctive in each, and then translate them. These sentences are less complex than the other similar resource that I have uploaded.

An article about the winner of the Nobel Prize who received the award thanks to the bank he established to lend to those in the developing world who would not otherwise have access to funds. Article plus a variety of comprehension and grammar exercises.

A series of sentences, each of which contains a use of the subjunctive. Pupils need to work out which use of the subjunctive is featured in each one, and then translate them.

There is a worksheet with a few prompts to help pupils think about what makes a work of art. There are then some pictures of famous works of art on the notebook file. Pupils should look at each of them, and discuss together whether or not they think each is a work of art. This will lead to further topic - related vocab.

This is a resource to use to help pupils think about how to write an effective essay. They can think about how to structure the essay, and they then have a series of statements to look at: they can decide how they would use them in their essay.

A vocab list with all key terms relating to politics. There is also a version with the answers for the teacher.

Pupils have a series of adjectives and need to identify the equivalent adverb for each of them. There is a series of sentences to translate, each of which contains an adverb. Pupils then need to work out the comparative and superlative adverb for each of the adverbs they worked out. There is a second series of sentences to translate, each of which contains a comparative or superlative adverb.

A list of 25 irregular adverbs. Pupils need to add the English meaning. I have included the answers on a second sheet.

This is a series of activities that tackle the issue of the advantages and disadvantages of the internet. Pupils have an initial resource to read. They then have a guided vocab list - with definitions in Italian to help them work out the meanings of the key vocab. This page also includes headings to add to each of the paragraphs of the original article, to familiarise pupils with the text. There are a series of exercises for them to work through based on the text, including an extended essay tha