phonics – Project-Based Italian

Understanding Onomatopoeia: Sounds That Speak

Upper left hand corner: black silhouette or icon of a person with hurt knee saying Ahia in a speech balloon; lower left a ringing yellow bell with the caption Din don; lower right center, comic explosion graphics saying Bang, pum, boom; lower right corner: wow; center right a locomotive in black and white with white smoke from its smoke stack and grey smoke near the wheels stating ciuf ciuf; upper right corner: a yellow face emoji with full cheeks and holding a bitten apple, with the graphic caption gnam gnam; upper right center: comic explosion graphics, one on top is yellow and red with the word Vlan! and the lower one is a red explosion graphic with the comic bubble word Slap! in light blue.

What is onomatopoeia? Crack! Brrr! Mmmm! These sounds, representing actions, are onomatopoeic. In one blog I found this statement about onomatopoeic words: “…there is another way to make us understood without using meaningful words: onomatopoeias…” but I would argue that onomatopoeic words are very much meaningful as they are a helpful way of showing, notContinue reading “Understanding Onomatopoeia: Sounds That Speak”

Learn Italian Animal Sounds: Fun Onomatopoeia Guide

This post all about onomatopoeia in Italian; the sounds animals make, for example, are not the same in Italian and English, though sometimes the sound is the same but the spelling uses Italian phonetics. Be prepared, though, for students to make these sounds in class – loudly! Cani e gatti (Cats and Dogs) While dogsContinue reading “Learn Italian Animal Sounds: Fun Onomatopoeia Guide”