E-assessment task
Language: Italian
Year: 9
Indicative time: 4 hours
Topic: Leisure, hobbies and
pastimes
Mark/weighting: Speaking 15 marks (15%)
Task: Create a podcast about the student’s preferred leisure activity.
This will include a written draft of the speech to be checked by the teacher before recording
the speech using Audacity and posting the recording to a designated location on the school
server.
Context: Students have been working on a unit about leisure activities including sport and
how some activities are influenced by the seasons and about how teenagers in Italianspeaking countries enjoy many of the same leisure activities as Australian teenagers. They
have learnt to express their preferences for particular activities. They have also learnt some
expressions relating to leisure time activities in Italian e.g.: gioco a calcio, faccio la ginnastica,
suono la chitarra, gioco con il playstation, etc.
Outcomes
5.UL.3
5.MLC.1
Learn about:
 the manipulation of
structure, format and
choice of vocabulary to
achieve specific purposes

the application of known
linguistic structures in new
contexts

ways to support and
sustain communication in
extended text

the importance of being
aware
of the choices that are
made to
convey
precise meaning
Learn to:
 select and incorporate particular
structures to achieve specific
communication goals

reconstruct information from a range
of sources

describe features of text structure,
textual coherence and cohesion in
sequencing ideas

evaluate the accuracy and
appropriateness of structures when
constructing and editing text
Software application used:
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Microsoft Office OneNote
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Audacity
Description
Step 1
 Students survey members of the class in Italian about their leisure activities.
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There is a class discussion on results of survey.
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Students collate the information and ensure that they include relevant vocabulary and
structures in Italian regarding leisure activities, likes and dislikes, preferences and
reasons, e.g. perché è difficile / facile; perché preferisce ballare / giocare a calcio, etc;
perché è pigro / sportivo / energetico, etc.
Step 2
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Students write a draft speech describing their preferred leisure activity (approximately
one minute) and email the draft to the teacher.
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Teacher provides feedback using comment balloons on the review application of the
toolbar.
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The final product should be printed as a hard copy on A4 paper as well as posted
electronically to accompany the podcast.
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Students practise the speech.
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Students record the speech using Audacity, saving it to a designated location.
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Students upload the sound file to a designated location.
Feedback
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The podcasts are presented in class.
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Teacher leads discussion in English about the podcasts, providing detailed oral
feedback to students on content, including vocabulary and structures.
Teacher provides feedback to individual students as a separate recorded Audacity file.
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Resources
Application to other topics
Microsoft Office OneNote
This concept could be used with most Stage 5
topics for speaking skills
Audacity
Italian student task
Language: Italian
Due date:
Year: 9
Indicative time: 4 hours
Mark/weighting: Speaking 15 marks (15%)
Task: Create a podcast of your favourite leisure activity
Marking criteria:
In this task you will be marked on your ability to:
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use vocabulary that is appropriate to the topic of hobbies, leisure and pastimes
use a range of grammatical and linguistic structures appropriate to your level of study,
including present tense
use correct grammar and spelling
speak clearly, using correct pronunciation and intonation
demonstrate basic ICT skills to record and save a sound file in the appropriate form and
post a podcast.
Instructions:
You are required to create a podcast of your favourite pastime.
In your speech you should include:

relevant vocabulary and structures in Italian regarding leisure activities

likes and dislikes

preferences and reasons, e.g. perché è difficile / facile.
The draft of your speech must be presented to your teacher for feedback on language and
content before proceeding to record a sound file.
The final product should be presented as a hard copy on A4 paper, as well as posted
electronically to accompany the sound file e.g. embedded in OneNote.