Welcome to the Italian section! Benvenuti alla pagina italiana!

                                                                              
In this section you will find 

• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) resources
• Additional resources for the Italian classroom 
• resources for developing a Whole School Approach
• Information on projects and events

The resources and documents can be downloaded by clicking on the relevant icon.    

Che belle maschere!

St. Mary's NS, Cobh celebrate Carnevale

See the gallery section of the website for more photographs of MLPSI  schools.    

Continuing Professional Development  (CPD) Resources

L'iniziativa per le lingue moderne nelle scuole elementari in Irlanda (MLPSI) offre due corsi all'anno agli insegnanti che stanno partecipando nel nostro progetto. Questi corsi trattano delle metodologie e degli approcci per insegnare la lingua italiana ai bambini nella scuola elementare. 

CPD Booklet 11

 Il linguaggio dell'aula  

 informalclassroomconversation

  Classroom language games

 School notices  

 Classroom signs   

  Classroom signs in Irish and Italian

 Christmas Activities

CPD Booklet 12  

 Teaching the ML to Children with Special Needs

 Teaching numbers

 I numeri

 Integrating Maths and Italian

 I giochi dei bambini italiani

CPD Booklet 13

 Language awareness

 Carnevale

CPD Booklet 15

 CLIL - an overview

 CLIL - PE and Italian

 CLIL - Geography and Italian

CPD Module 1: Active Learning

 Module 1- Active Learning

Additional classroom materials used in conjunction with CPD Module 1: 

 Teacher language flashcards

CPD Module 2: Progression, Differentiation and Assessment in the Modern Language classoom 

 booklet_and_powerpoint

 CPD2 Progression

 CPD2 Assessment

CPD Module 3: Integrating the Modern Language with SESE and SPHE/Strategies for developing Cultural/Intercultural Awareness

1. General Resources:

 CPD 3 PowerPoint Presentation

 Introduction 

 Integrating the ML with SESE and SPHE

 cultural__intercultural_awareness

 cpd3_subject_overviews

 general_bibliography

2. Strategies to delop Cultural/Intercultural Awareness:

 project_work      class_interview    postcards_and_photos    links_with_a_partner_school 

 questions_for_interviews  video  using_webquests  using_trails  using_newspapers

 using_culture_boxes  schooltrips 

3. Practical activities for integrating the Modern Language with

Science:     magnetism    The solar system

History:  history-famous_people   history-timeline  Something interesting I have from Italy

Geography:  Trails    Where I live   weather_barrier_game   weather_comparison   Italy webquest

SPHE:  iphones   Healthy living   Emotions   Healthy food    Our heroes  Food tasting

CPD Module 4: Language awareness and integrating the Modern Language with Literacy, Oracy and Numercy

 cpd_module_4_intro

 cpd4-ppt

 braintraining

Language Awareness

 language_awareness_intro

 a_world_of_languages   playing_with_language language_learning_strategies  how_language_works

The folders below contain activities such as language audits, questionnaires, surveys, checklists and language detective posters which can be used to develop pupils' language awareness. Also included is  an adult questionnaire which can be used to reflect on your own language learning strategies. See also the IWB section of the website for resources related to this area.

 la_posters  la_detective   lang.learning_strategies   extra_activities_la 

Below are documents which can be used for planning a language awareness component in your Modern Language class and in your school:

 topic_progression_worksheet   my_elp   planning_for_la

The folders below contain Italian specific activities to develop language awareness. They include language detective activities, playground chants, skipping chants, a school signs trail and other language awareness material.

 italian_millionaire    italian_recipe  italian_animal_sounds  corda   la_activity_using_penpal_letter  italian_penpal_letters  punctuation_exercise  survey_languages  le_conte_-italian_counts  songs_and_language_awareness language_detective_activities   la_and_poetry

Integrating the Modern Language with Literacy and Oracy

 literacy__oracy_intro 

 sounds_and_letters_activities  sentence_level_activities word_level_activities  text_level_activities

The following folders contain Italian specific activities to develop literacy and oracy. See also the IWB section of the website for resources related to this area.

 language_of_literacy

 activities_on_the_alphabet dictionary_detective  sample_dictionary_page  human_alphabet 

 syllables-_wordmaking_activity  human_sentence_activity

Integrating the Modern Language with Numeracy

 the_language_of_maths

 Teaching numbers  integrating Mathsand Italian  Large numbers and maths symbols

Additional Resources for the Italian Classroom

MLPSI Resources for the classroom 

The tape of Traditional Italian Songs, used in conjunction with CPD/Incareer Booklet Day 2, 2003, (CPD/Incareer Day 10), has been transferred to CD.  Copies of the CD are available for MLPSI  teachers on request from the MLPSI, Kildare Education Centre. The lyrics of all the songs on the CD can be downloaded by clicking here:  italiansongs3

The tape of Rhymes, Songs and Roleplays for the Italian Classroom, used in conjunction with the CPD/Incareer Booklet entitled Teachers Book to Accompany Italian Cassette Two, 2000, (CPD/Incareer Day 4) has been transferred to CD.  Copies of the CD have been sent to all MLPSI schools doing Italian and are available to new schools on request from the MLPSI, Kildare Education Centre. The booklet can be downloaded by clicking here:  Italian Cassette 2

Thanks to Dott. Bruno Busetti, Director of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura for his assistance with these projects. 

Resorse per l'insegnamento dell'italiano nella scuola elementare/Resource list for Italian:

 Italian Resource List  A list of recommended resources for use in teaching Italian in the Primary school.

Resorse da scaricare/Downloadable Resources:

In this section you will find downloadable resources for use in the Italian classroom. To download the resources click on the selected file icon. The resources are organised in keeping with the list of suggested topics in the NCCA Draft Curriculum Guidelines (1999) and the topic checklists that are contained in the MLPSI My ELP.

Io e gli altri/Myself and Others/Mé féin agus Daoine Eile

 Myself and Others-classroom games  - Games for reinforcing and extending the vocabulary around the topic of myself and others. 

Il cibo e i negozi/Food and Shops/Bia agus Siopaí:

 La frutta   La verdura    La cucina italiana - Flashcards for teaching the topic of food.

I numeri e il calendario/Numbers and the Calendar/Uimhreacha agus an Féilire

 I giorni della settimana   I mesi    Le stagioni  I numeri - Flashcards for teaching numbers and the calendar.  

Resources and suggested appoaches for teaching numbers and integrating Italian with the general Maths curriculum can be found in Incareer booklet 12 above.

Le Festività/Festivals/ Laethanta Speisialta

IL natale/Christmas:

Resources for teaching the topic of Christmas can be found in Incareer Booklet 11 above.

Carnevale/Carnival:

Resources for teaching the topic of Carnevale can be found in Incareer Booklet 13 above. Below you will find some additional materials.

Carnevale di Venezia - fotografie  carnevalephotos 

Fotografie di Venezia:  venezia_photos

For more information about aspects of Carnevale in Italy click on the following links:

             http://www.carnavalexhibit.org/

            http://www.dienneti.it/feste/carnevale.htm

            http://www.disegnidacoloraregratis.it/festivita/carnevale.php

            http://www.buttalapasta.it/tag/ricette-carnevale/

Dove abito/Where I Live/M'áit Chónaithe

 Worksheets for CLIL Geography approach 

I colori, il tempo e le vacanze/Colours, Weather and Holidays/Dathanna, Aimsir agus Laethanta Saoire

 Il tempo - Flashcards for teaching the weather:

Resorse in rete/websites

Here you will find the links to useful websites.

http://www.ncca.ie/  To view the NCCA Draft Curriculum Guidelines and the NCCA Teacher Guidelines for teaching the modern language in Primary schools as well as the general Primary School Curriculum.

http://www.leargas.ie/ For information on:

• Italian Language courses abroad and grants available for modern language teachers
• How your school can get involved in a Comenius project
• How to apply for a Language Assistant for your school
• How to apply for a European Language Label for your school

Cultural, Trading and Tourist Agencies:

http://www.ambdublino.esteri.it/Ambasciata_Dublino - Italian Embassy Dublin

http://www.iicdublino.esteri.it/IIC_Dublino - L'istituto Italiano di Cultura, Dublino

http://www.enit.it/ - The Italian State Tourist Office

http://www.ice.it/ The Italian Trade Commission in Dublin

General sites for teaching resources and materials:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ 

http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/

http://www.pics4learning.com/

 http://www.freegraphics.com/

http://www.tobar.ie/

For stories, songs, tonguetwisters, playground chants and other material in Italian:

http://www.filastrocche.it/ 

http://www.isolamagica.it/

http://www.infanziaweb.it/

http://www.bambini.it/

For Italian language learning activities for teachers and children:

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/italian/italian.htm

http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/

http://pdictionary.com/italian/

http://www.wannalearn.com/Academic_Subjects/World_Languages/Italian/

http://www.italymag.co.uk/italian-lessons

Interactive sites suitable for use with an Interactive White Board

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/italian/italian.htm

http://www.atantot.com/italian.htm

http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal

http://www.dienneti.it/  - a general website used by Italian teachers

http://www.dienneti.it/risorse/arte/artisti.htm  - a section of the above website - useful for information on Italian artists  

http://digilander.libero.it/scuolarodari.oleggio/index.htm  - the website of an Italian Primary school that contains stories,  games, video and sound files of school activities 

http://digilander.libero.it/scuolarodari.oleggio/iniziative/biancaneveoggi.htm -  a video

production of a school performance of Biancaneve from the above site    

Progetti, spettacoli e manifestazioni/Projects and Events

Il Mondo della Pesca incontra il Mondo della Scuola

A number of MLPSI schools have participated in this project which is based in Ancona in Italy. For a general description and account of our participation in the project click on the following icon:  Il Mondo della Pesca incontra il Mondo della Scuola 

For further information on the project and to read about the participation of MLPSI schools click on the following website:

http://www.comune.ancona.it/ankonascuola/contesti/ankonascuola/news/12129_pesca_scuola.html

To view a photographic record of the visit of Scoil Raifteirí in Castlebar to Ancona in 2007 click on the following webpage:

http://www.scoilraifteiri.com/Tavullia.htm

To read accounts of the trip to Ancona written by participating schools click on the relevant icon: Scoil Raifteiri    Scoil Chaitriona

UCC Art Exhibition

To mark International Italian Week Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn mounted an art exhibition in University College Cork (UCC). To see more images from the exhibition see our photo gallery.For an account of the work undertaken click on the following icon:  Italian Art Exhibition in UCC

Certificato di Italiano come lingua straniera

IT, Certificato di Italiano dell'Università di Roma Tre è un esame di lingua italiana destinato agli stranieri che la conoscono bene e che vogliono misurare la propria competenza. Si può fare l'esame sabato 14 giugno a Dublino.

For more information and to download the enrolment forms please click on the following icons.

 roma_3_locandina_2008 - General information leaflet

 enrolment_form_roma_tre_2008 -Enrolment form

 modulo_iscrizione_esami_it_2008 - Enrolment form

 italian_quiz_for_children   Classroom quiz 

Sincere thanks to Dr. Anne O'Connor and Emauela Godino of the Department of Italian, NUI Galway, who developed the quiz for their kind permission to reproduce it here.