WACE Italian Second Language ATAR case studies
WACE Italian Second Language ATAR · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The WACE Italian: Second Language ATAR is a Western Australian senior-secondary course and external examination for Year 12 students who are learning Italian as a second or additional language. It sits within the Western Australian Certificate of Education, the state's senior secondary qualification, and is administered within the curriculum and assessment framework set by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA), the statutory body responsible for curriculum, assessment standards and certification in Western Australia. The WACE Italian Second Language ATAR case studies are 8 cases and about 3,568 words.
1Saying yes to an invitation without overcommitting
You are staying with a host family in Bologna. On Tuesday evening the host mother, Signora Rinaldi, speaks quickly: her sister is having a birthday lunch on Sunday at 13:00 in Modena, about 40 minutes away by train, and the whole family is going.
449 words, about 2 min2Hearing a price and a condition in a fast market exchange
You are at the weekly market in Palermo buying fruit for a picnic. The stallholder speaks in fast Sicilian-inflected Italian.
382 words, about 2 min3Reading a rental listing where the friendly words hide conditions
You are looking for a room in Florence for a semester and find this short ad: 'Affittasi stanza singola in appartamento condiviso, zona Santo Spirito. 450 euro al mese, spese incluse.
385 words, about 2 min4Reading a museum notice with an exception clause
At a museum in Naples you read a sign: 'Ingresso gratuito ogni prima domenica del mese. Ridotto 50% per studenti under 26 con documento.
386 words, about 2 min5Writing an email that complains effectively without closing the door
You booked and paid €180 online for a two-day Italian language course in Siena. The confirmation said the course included 'materiale didattico e visita guidata'.
505 words, about 3 min6Writing a narrative where tense choice carries the meaning
Your Italian teacher asks for a 150-word narrative titled 'Il giorno in cui ho perso il treno' for a class anthology. You want to describe: the ordinary morning before the incident (habitual actions), the moment you realised the train was leaving (a single event), what you were doing when it happened (an ongoing background action), and how you felt afterwards (a state).
474 words, about 2 min7Choosing between 'tu' and 'Lei' across one afternoon
You spend an afternoon in Verona with your Italian host sister, Giulia, who is 19. First you meet her grandmother, whom you have not met before.
501 words, about 3 min8Reading politeness that is not literal
You are invited to dinner at the home of your Italian teacher, Professor Bianchi. You arrive and she says, 'Vieni, vieni, accomodati, hai trovato facilmente?' During dinner she offers more pasta three times: 'Un po' di pasta?
486 words, about 2 min