{"id":23045,"date":"2026-07-03T21:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/?post_type=article&#038;p=23045"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:03:08","slug":"a-taste-of-italy-year-7","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/article\/a-taste-of-italy-year-7\/","title":{"rendered":"A Taste of Italy &#8211; Year 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As 7A, 7E AND 7I finish their semester of their taste of another language &#8211; for these girls it was Italian &#8211; we reflect on what they learnt about the Italian culture and a bit of the language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They learnt about:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Italian regions and their capital cities &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you know the name of the region Florence is found in?<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">some famous Italian landmarks and where they are found &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you know that according to legend, throwing a coin over your left shoulder using your right hand ensures you&#8217;ll return to Rome one day?<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the similarity of Italian words to English &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you know the meaning of the Italian word \u201cparco\u201d?<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the Italian alphabet and pronunciation &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you know that \u201cch\u201d in Italian is pronounced as \u201ck\u201d?<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the different ways to greet people in Italian &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you know that you don\u2019t use \u201cciao\u201d to say hi to everyone?<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">expressing how they are feeling in Italian\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">giving their age and birthday in Italian\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">saying where they live in Italian<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AND to end the semester, students created their own \u201cvisions of Italy\u201d in the form of a painting or mask.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a pleasure to expose these lovely girls to the beauty of Italy and its language and I hope they have enjoyed these six months and will want to continue with Italian by choosing it for their language study in Year 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alla prossima! &#8211; Till next time! Prof. Gulisano<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ms Tina Gulisano, Italian Teacher<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/IMG_9410.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23046\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/IMG_9410-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/IMG_9410-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/IMG_9410-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/IMG_9410-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/IMG_9410-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/IMG_9410.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As 7A, 7E AND 7I finish their semester of their taste of another language &#8211; for these girls it was Italian &#8211; we reflect on what they learnt about the Italian culture and a bit of the language. 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