[1985guy]

Does anyone here do extension italian?

[iambored]

none of us 03ers did it except Soma

[steph@nie]

I do ext italian. There's only two at my school but its a pretty good course- heaps better than continuers!

[1985guy]

i really feel like my italian continuers work is getting much better bcos of extension, ti piace Aidi? perche' la mia insegnante ha detto che alla maggior parte delle ragazze non piace Aidi.
Secondo me, l'attrice e' molto bella! e Aidi e' un personaggio molto complesso

[steph@nie]

I think its because ext demands better control of vocab and tenses etc. I don't know about you, but doing ext, when i go to continuers, I find that I seem to know more that the other students when it comes to all the "teen angst" issues that are covered in ext.
Mi piace Aidi, specialmente la sua musica- lei piace Simon e Garfunkel come io.. ma Aidi non e' normale, ma non mi piace i suoi capelli. Ti piace la musica nel Jack? Non sono sicura che Aidi e' una ragazza complessa- penso che lei ha paura di un relazione con Alex perche lei ha questi sogni di andare in America a studiare, e con Alex, vuole stare in Italia- cambia tutto per lei. Che ne pensi del Martino?

[iambored]

of ocurse your work would get better, you are getting extra hours of italian per week. on top of that the class is likely to be smaller so you get more individual attention. and as well as all that you are learning a higher level than the others! it will be a great benefit to you!

[Soma]

Originally posted by steph@nie
I think its because ext demands better control of vocab and tenses etc. I don't know about you, but doing ext, when i go to continuers, I find that I seem to know more that the other students when it comes to all the "teen angst" issues that are covered in ext.
Mi piace Aidi, specialmente la sua musica- lei piace Simon e Garfunkel come io.. ma Aidi non e' normale, ma non mi piace i suoi capelli. Ti piace la musica nel Jack? Non sono sicura che Aidi e' una ragazza complessa- penso che lei ha paura di un relazione con Alex perche lei ha questi sogni di andare in America a studiare, e con Alex, vuole stare in Italia- cambia tutto per lei. Che ne pensi del Martino?

Use sopratutto instead of especialmente it's much more italian, also the phrase "ma Aidi non e' normale, ma non mi piace i suoi capelli" seems really weird, i mean come on you don't like her hair, what has that got to do anything. Also remember that an uncertainty takes the subjunctive, should be "Non sono sicura che Aidi sia una ragazza complessa". Also that last phrase doesn't really make sense. Instead of saying "e con Alex" u should probs say, Da un lato Aidi vuole...e dall'altro Alex solo vuoloe stare in Italia ecc.
Also it shouldnt be 'cambia' should be cambiare and, 'cambiare tutto per lei' doesnt sound very italian in its expression.

[1985guy]

Martino e' anche un personaggio molto complesso. Lui non e' contento a scuola o a casa. Penso che lui sia un tipo isolato e perche' non vediamo i suoi genitori credo che lui sia abbastanza trascurato.
Devo ricordarmi che lui non e' un adulto, perche' lui e' molto diverso agli altri personaggi maschi e il attore non e' un adoloscente.
Stephanie, ti piace Siiimooon e Gaarfunkeeel?
Sono degli anni settanta?

[steph@nie]

gee.. you can't tell that I suck at writing can you? I hate writing with a passion, but only because there's so much I haven't learnt yet. Last yr's Italian teacher was a shocker and she didnt teach us the subjunctive, direct/indirect object pronouns, and I haven't really done a lot of the work for italian this year even though my teacher is heaps better.. but Soma, thanks for the corrections- feel free to correct me anytime you like.. I need the help..

Non sono degli anni settanta, ma amo la musica. Simon e Garfunkel e' il complesso preferito della mia mamma, quindi, quando ero giovane, ogni mattina ascoltavo Simon e Garfunkel, Beatles e the Doors. Non ti piace la musica degli anni settanta?

[1985guy]

Mi piacciono molti tipi di musica.
Ma non so la musica degli anni settanta

[steph@nie]

you don't know what you're missing out on..

[1985guy]

Ti piace la musica di Queen?

[steph@nie]

haha.. si!! Mi piace la musica di Queen- sopratutto "Bohemian Rhapsody". Hai un complesso preferito?

[anitabenita]

Ciao Ragazzi!
Im doing ext. italian as well...i think i'll be needing your help though, the teacher is pretty crap our class had to complain about not doing half yearly's because we haven't been taught the info being assessed! Anyways if you guys have any notes of the issues from 'Jack' handy do u mind sending them over?

Thanks guys!

[1985guy]

i have my extension exam 2morrow.
Im really worried about the monolougues.

[anitabenita]

good luck! let us know how it went

[steph@nie]

My half yearlies doesn't have Jack in it.. If it did.. I'll probably die. I had my continuers exam yesterday and I died- it was really hard, but my teacher said that I did really well .. hope so.

anitabenita i've got notes for jack but they're in english.. is that ok? If so, I'll fix them up and I can send them to you if you want.. up to you.

[anitabenita]

yeh that would be great thanks heaps steph, in your continuers exam was it a past HSC paper?

[steph@nie]

Nah, we've already done a majority of the past papers for continuers so it was just an exam that my teacher made up. I got 25/25 for listening.. so i was really happy.. lol.. my teacher was so happy that she kissed my exam paper.. weirdo..

[anitabenita]

hehe good work....how do u study for continuers? i have no idea what to study for

[steph@nie]

i dont study... I think I posted a thread about studying.. some of the past italian students posted, have a look at their suggestions. Are you Italian in background? cause if so, for speaking I go to my nonni's house and I talk to them for a few hours about stuff.. its good practice!
Listen or watch the Italian news and learn your tenses etc. Thats pretty much it, if you get a dictionary, its pretty alright- in mine theres a verb table and how to conjugate them, and the middle bit has some good expressions.

Italian Extension speaking was an absolute killer- I definetly have to practice that one a bit more!

[anitabenita]

yeh i'm from Italian background but when I go to my nonni's its Calabrese dialect...so i'm there trying to teach them italian! Dad has rai so thats a bonus for listening skills i guess but hello how fast do they want to speak during the telegiornale my god! Had italian continuers friday. The paper turns out to be a past HSC exam which I had done ages ago so I guess I went alright on it. When I asked my teacher where she got the exam from she said she made it up... e` una bugiarda! hehe

Buona Pasqua!

[steph@nie]

Buona Pasqua to you too.. I so forgot about that!

Oh yeh I know what you mean about the dialect, my dad only speaks dialect and I spend more time correcting him than actually practising! Mine are from the north, so its not that bad, my nonno can speak proper, so thats good- over easter we had this argument about how you say 'farm' in italian (he says farma, I say fattoria).
I'm sure you went well in your exams, especially if you're doing extension. Enjoy your holidays!!

[anitabenita]

hey steph!
Are u going to the 2 unit and 3 unit italian info day at the Co.As.It place in Leichhardt? 2 unit is on the 18th May and 3 Unit is 28th

[steph@nie]

hey anita,
No.. i wish we were going! My teacher mentioned it, but she wasnt allowed to take us on 3 excursions in 3 weeks, some stupid rule at my school. We're going to see a film at Norton though on the 13th.. I hope its good, other wise what a waste of a day!
We got the letter for the speaking exams, 11th and 18th of sept if I remember correctly. I'm so scared.. How did you do in your half yearlies? I think after this, I'm going to be the only one left in extension at my school... scary! I'm halfway through those notes for Jack, sorry they've taken so long, I've been given what seems like 4 million assessments this week. Ciao!

edit: We're going to continuers, not extension, i dont think.

edit 2: Had extension this morning, we're going to both. So much for the rule... :s

[anitabenita]

Hey Steph,
Sorry haven't written in a while, i've just had sooo many assessments. I'll only be going to the extension italian study day this friday because we have a maths exam on the day of the 2 unit study day which is a pain.
Anyways i'll see you friday i guess! Ciao ciao!

[blacmajic]

ciao a tutti!!
io ho fatto extension anche! l'ho trovato molto interessante, mi e aiutato molto con il mio continuers course. mi e piacuto la musica nel film, in particolare quello che ascolta Alex, pero non mi e piacuto i personaggi, specialmente alex e aidi!! gli ho trovati.... non so, non posso descrivere, pero il gruppo di amici di alex sono abastanza simpatici!
in boca al lupo a tutti per gli esami!!

[iambored]

benvenuti!

you said you always forget the accents, no wonder since you leave them out, practice putting them on in here as well, with " ' " like "mi e' piaciuto ... pero' il..."

[Kakie]

check out one of the other threads, i have just posted how to do the correct accents....