HSC Italian Continuers study plan
HSC Italian Continuers · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
The personal world & Writing skills in Italian
Draft a personal profile in Italian covering family, friends, daily routine and future plans, using at least 15 topic-specific nouns and adjectives
Conjugate present-tense regular and the eight most common irregular verbs in written sentences about your own life
Record yourself speaking for 90 seconds on your family and listen back to note three pronunciation or grammar fixes
Build a vocabulary table of 40 personal-world words grouped by family, school, hobbies and aspirations
Your checkpoint
A 200-word written personal profile in Italian with a corrected second draft showing at least ten self-edits
The personal world & Listening and responding skills
Use passato prossimo and imperfetto to narrate two personal anecdotes, choosing auxiliaries correctly
Complete three short listening tasks on everyday personal topics and transcribe the key information in note form
Practise answering personal questions aloud in full sentences within ten seconds of hearing them
List and drill 30 expressions for describing feelings, opinions and relationships
Your checkpoint
Two 120-word anecdote texts plus a listening log recording scores and transcribed details for three tasks
The Italian-speaking communities & Reading and responding skills
Summarise in Italian the key facts about three Italian regions or cities, including local traditions and food
Read two short authentic-style texts on Italian community life and answer comprehension questions in Italian
Compile 40 vocabulary items linked to Italian-speaking communities, festivals and migration
Explain in Italian, in five sentences, one cultural practice and why it matters to the community
Your checkpoint
A one-page Italian fact sheet on three Italian regions with a 100-word comprehension answer set for two reading texts
The Italian-speaking communities & The personal world
Compare an Australian and an Italian cultural practice in a structured 150-word Italian response using comparatives
Use the conditional to express polite opinions and hypothetical situations about community life
Revise all personal-world and community vocabulary through spaced-repetition review of at least 80 items
Complete a timed 30-minute mixed practice set on domains 1 and 2 and log every error by type
Your checkpoint
A 150-word comparative response in Italian plus an error log classifying at least 15 mistakes into grammar, vocabulary and comprehension
Listening and responding skills & Writing skills in Italian
Complete four listening passages of increasing length and answer in Italian, targeting 80 percent accuracy
Write a 120-word informal message and a 150-word formal email in Italian using appropriate register
Practise note-taking while listening, capturing names, times, places and numbers accurately
Review connectors and text organisers such as inoltre, tuttavia and quindi, and apply them in writing
Your checkpoint
Four scored listening tasks with written Italian answers and two polished writing pieces in different registers
Reading and responding skills & Writing skills in Italian
Read three longer Italian texts under timed conditions and answer inference questions in Italian
Write a 200-word opinion piece on a community or personal-world issue with a clear introduction, two arguments and conclusion
Identify and correct ten common errors in your own past writing samples
Paraphrase five difficult sentences from reading texts into simpler Italian
Your checkpoint
A 200-word opinion piece in Italian plus a corrected error list showing fixes for ten recurring mistakes
Listening and responding skills & Reading and responding skills
Simulate a full listening section under exam timing and review every wrong answer against the transcript
Simulate a full reading section under exam timing and justify answers with evidence from the text
Skim and scan practice texts to locate specific details within two minutes per question set
Build a personal glossary of 25 new words drawn from listening and reading practice
Your checkpoint
Two full timed section simulations with scores recorded and a written justification for each corrected answer
The personal world & The Italian-speaking communities & Writing skills in Italian
Complete two full timed mock exams covering all five domains and record scores per domain
Redraft your weakest writing piece from weeks 1 to 7 using feedback and improved structures
Deliver a three-minute spoken response on a personal-world and community topic without notes
Review your consolidated error log and confirm mastery of the ten most frequent error types
Your checkpoint
Two completed mock exams with per-domain scores, one redrafted writing piece and a three-minute recording
Milestones
Week 2: Can narrate two personal anecdotes in past tenses with correct auxiliaries and sustain 90 seconds of speech on personal topics
Week 4: Scores at least 70 percent on a timed mixed set for domains 1 and 2 and has an error log with at least 15 classified mistakes
Week 6: Writes 200 words in Italian with clear structure and scores at least 75 percent on timed reading comprehension
Week 8: Achieves at least 80 percent overall across two full mock exams with no domain below 70 percent