AC9LIN4U03 Year 3 Languages

This Content Descriptor from Year 3 Languages provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

recognise familiar Indonesian language features and compare with those of English, in known contexts

Elaborations

• 1 recognising that Indonesian and English have the same punctuation rules, for example, using capital letters and full stops for sentences
• 2

  recognising similarities and differences between Indonesian and English ways of showing politeness, for example, making requests and expressing gratitude, Tolong/Silahkan …, Terima kasih. Boleh saya ...

• 3 recognising how own language influences expectations about Indonesian language, for example, perceiving word order as ‘back to front’ compared with English, wanting to use one word for ‘you’
• 4

  identifying examples of how Indonesian has influenced Australian English, for example, sarong, satay, batik, orangutan, nasi goreng

• 5

  noticing that Indonesian uses affixes to change parts of speech, for example, kolam renang and berenang; sepeda and bersepeda; makan and makanan

• 6

  identifying and explaining expressions which do not easily translate into English, for example, Sudah mandi? Makan di warung. Selamat jalan.

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