Our Year 11 and 12 Italian students went to North Melbourne to participate in a Model United Nations with 10 other schools on Tuesday 1 August. The students were allocated a country to represent — Australia, Italy, Japan, Costa Rica and Egypt — and they had to debate a topic relating to ocean conservation in Italian.
This task required students to gain an understanding of the topic ocean conservation and to research their allocated country's stance on the issue, then represent their questions, concerns and ideas in the Italian language.
Our students did an excellent job, speaking confidently and fluently. It was a great opportunity to practice their Italian in preparation for the VCE oral examination in Year 12.
Below Year 11 Gold student Hannah J writes about the experience:
The Model UN Day was a full day of immersion in the Italian language. It was a great day to not only expand our Italian vocabulary, but to also learn more about ocean conservation around the world in an enjoyable and challenging way.
