Language study allows students to develop communication skills, learn about languages as systems and explore the relationship between language and culture. Students engage with the linguistic and cultural diversity of societies and reflect on their understanding of social interactions.
The study of a language is compulsory for 100 hours in one continuous school year from Year 7 to Year 10, but preferably in Years 7 or 8.
In Years 11 and 12, NSW schools offer a wide variety of languages, catering for beginning students to background speakers.
Students who have not studied Italian since Year 8 may be eligible to study the Italian Beginners course. With a focus on personal world topics such as family, friends, leisure, holidays, and work, students develop their communicative skills in Italian.
Please note: that the Italian Continuers course takes preference to the Beginners course, and therefore the Beginners course may not run if there are insufficient numbers.