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In the story, an alien visits Earth and he meets a girl called Anna Maria. The alien is curious why on the planet Earth there are so many things that they do not have on his planet, so Anna Maria explains why we have various things. The storyline incorporates useful Italian words and phrases from the topics of general conversation, clothes, weather and activities. The author of this book is a qualified teacher, with 20 years experience in teaching languages to children. This story is ideal for children aged 7 - 11 but it may also interest children of other ages who are learning Italian.
At the back of the book there are 3 pages which may be photocopied for class or home use:Useful Italian words and phrases - To help learn some Italian words and phrases you could create a poster by copying some of the Italian words and drawing a picture for each.
An Italian-English translation of the story - Ideal for checking you understand everything that happens in the story.
A short song that could be sung or made into a rap - how many different versions can you create using the lyrics?
Also available by the same author:Cool Kids Speak Italian (Books 1, 2 & 3)
On Holiday In Italy Cool Kids Speak Italian
Photocopiable Games For Teaching Italian
Un Alieno Sulla Terra
Hai Un Animale Domestico?
Young Cool Kids Learn Italian
40 Italian Word Searches Cool Kids Speak Italian
Italian Word Games - Cool Kids Speak Italian
First 100 Words In Italian Coloring Book Cool Kids Speak Italian
About the author
Joanne Leyland specialises in writing books teaching foreign languages to children in a fun and engaging way. Her varied range includes activity books, holiday phrase books with challenges, special Christmas editions, word search editions, first 100 words colouring book editions, photocopiable games and stories. Joanne studied languages at University and she lived abroad for almost 2 years in the 1990s. Before she became a teacher she worked in exporting where she enjoyed speaking her foreign languages on a daily basis. She has now been teaching languages to 3 to 11 year olds for almost 20 years. The two things she loves most about teaching is seeing her pupils enjoy her lessons and using her creativity to help them learn. When she isn't teaching or writing another book, she's probably speaking French, Spanish, German or Italian with her friends, trying out a new recipe, swimming or gardening. She's still a lot to learn about growing vegetables, but she's giving it a go, and believes it's always good to learn something new.
