Italian at Del Monte

From Term 2 onwards, Italian lessons will include the intervention of a language assistant who will support class activities for all grades and enhance the active use of Italian in the classroom. This opportunity stems from a project developed in collaboration with Co.As.It (Sydney) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome (Italy) for promoting the teaching of Italian in Australian schools. At Del Monte, we have welcomed Ms Marianna and Ms Giulia who are certified teachers of Italian as a second language. Students have greeted Marianna and Giulia in the classroom and have shown great interest in knowing about their life in Italy. Everyone was very excited to interview Marianna and Giulia in Italian and to find out that they respectively come from Venice, the city of the most famous Italian Carnival, and from Siena, the place of ‘the world’s most insane horse race’, the Siena’s Palio. We hope that Marianna and Giulia have a fun time with us until the end of the year!

Daniela Panico
Italian Teacher