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Category Archives: Italian
From the archives: The origins of Italian at the VSL in 1935 Catherine Bryant
When I started researching the school’s history for my PhD, I discovered the fascinating story about the origins of Italian teaching at the school. In 1935, there had been a strong push for the establishment of Italian and a … Continue reading
Posted in History, Italian, MacRobertson Girls High School, Uncategorized, VSL Vault
Tagged Catherine Bryant, History, Italian
When one language isn’t enough…
According to the British Council, more than half of the world’s population functions in two or more languages on a daily basis. In other words, multilingualism, not monolingualism, is the norm and for some students, learning just one language other than English … Continue reading
Posted in bilingualism, Bosnian, growing up bilingual, Italian, Uncategorized
Tagged bilingualism, Bosnian, Selma Makas
Italian Study Tour 2015-2016
On Saturday, 26th December 2016, 14 students studying Italian at the Victorian School of Languages (both Distance Education and Centre students) and their VSL Italian teachers, left Australia for a three week study tour to Salerno, Italy. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Italian
Tagged Italain Study Tour
Q & A with Federica Cologni, teacher of Italian
Meet the teacher: Federica Cologni, Teacher of Italian, Matthew Flinders Centre in Geelong I’ve been at the VSL for eight years as an Italian teacher; before that I’d been a VSL student (Italian and Spanish) for three years and a … Continue reading
Posted in Italian, Migration, teachers, Uncategorized
Tagged Federica Cologni, Italian
VCE Top Scorers Night
On Monday, 2 March, the VSL celebrated its top-scoring students in the 2014 VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) exams. More than 180 of the 1600 VCE students enrolled at the VSL received scores of more than 40, putting them in the … Continue reading
Posted in Indonesian, Italian, polish, VCE Top Scorers
Tagged Colin Brooks, Frank Merlino, Russell Cross
Q & A with Rita Peroni, Italian teacher
I’ve been working at VSL, Distance Education for more than 20 years. Lately, I’ve been … working on developing a new Practice Exam kit for VCE Italian students. The kit will contain two mock written papers and accompanying CDs. The … Continue reading
