AC9LIN2U03 Years 1 to 2 Languages

Content descriptor notice that Indonesian has features that may be similar to or different from English

Elaborations

• • Elaboration recognising that Indonesian and English sentences have similar structure using subject, verb and object
• • Elaboration recognising that Indonesian and English represent cardinal numbers in the same way
• • Elaboration noticing that Indonesian forms plurals in different ways from English, such as by duplicating, using a number or a qualifier, for example, kursi-kursi, dua kursi, banyak kursi
• • Elaboration recognising that Indonesian and English divide the day differently, for example, comparing ‘good morning’ and ‘good afternoon’ with Selamat pagi and Selamat siang
• • Elaboration noticing that in Indonesian siblings are identified in relation to position in the family, for example, kakak (older sibling)
• • Elaboration understanding that ways of showing politeness may differ, for example, using first name with title when addressing a teacher in English, Ibu Lynda, and using surname with title in Indonesian, Pak Hartono or Ibu Harsojo
• • Elaboration observing that features of familiar texts may be similar or different in Indonesian and English, for example, the chorus of a song or the lines of a nursery rhyme or poem

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• • Elaboration recognising that Indonesian has some loan words from English, such as komputer and televisi, and that English has some from Indonesian, such as ‘orangutan’, ‘satay’ and 'rambutan’, with some changes in spelling
• • Elaboration noticing that some Australian English terms or expressions have no equivalent in Indonesian, for example, ‘koala’, ‘meat pie’, ‘farm’, and that this is also the case with some Indonesian terms or expressions, for example, becak, kancil, bemo