QCAA Italian case studies

QCAA Italian is a senior secondary subject in Queensland, Australia, developed under the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority syllabus for Languages. It is designed for students who have already built a foundation in Italian, typically through earlier years of schooling, and who want to continue to a level that prepares them for university study, work and life in an Italian-speaking context. The course develops four interconnected skills: exchanging ideas in spoken Italian, understanding written and spoken texts, producing written Italian for real audiences, and interpreting cultural practices and perspectives across Italian-speaking communities in Italy and beyond. Assessment blends school-based internal tasks with an external written examination, and results contribute to the Queensland Certificate of Education and to an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank. The QCAA Italian case studies are 5 cases and about 2,719 words.