AC9LIN4U04 – Year 3 Languages: Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture
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.
Content Descriptor
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exploring the use of kinship words for terms of address, for example, Bapak and Ibu, Kak Mira, Dik Sri, Mbak Wati and comparing with other cultures
- • exploring how gestures differ between cultures, for example, Indonesian people beckon with palm down and moving all fingers
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participating in interactions associated with Indonesian practices, and applying appropriate etiquette such as waiting to be invited to eat, for example, Silahkan makan, and not eating or giving or receiving with left hand
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making connections between the languages of First Nations Australians from northern Australia and words and phrases in Indonesian such as the connection with food and cuisine, for example, susu, makan, sambal, semur, and making a wall display with images and labels
- • exploring representations of information used in cultural expressions of First Nations Australians and making connections with those of Indonesian language and culture, for example, discovering different regional words used by First Nations groups to identify themselves such as Zenadth Kes, Koori, Koorie, Noongar and Nunga, and finding out if similar identification occurs in Indonesian-speaking cultural groups
- • recognising that there are regional differences in language and cultural practices throughout Indonesia
- • comparing own ‘family culture’ with that of peers and considering how family can impact on identity, offering reasons for similarities and differences, for example, comparing different ways birthdays are celebrated
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discussing the connection between culture and naming systems, for example, Balinese birth order for names, or Javanese ending i for girl names – Dini, Sari and o for boy names – Joko, Budiono
- • understanding that facial expressions can vary across cultures and that the same expression can convey various emotions, for example, in Indonesia smiling may also reflect confusion, shyness or embarrassment, and eye-contact may be perceived as confrontational
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showing awareness that language carries cultural ideas, for example, upacara compared with assembly, padi/beras/nasi compared with cooked/uncooked rice, and kaki lima, becak, warung and congklak, which have no equivalent in English
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noticing how their Indonesian language learning has enriched their understanding of ‘untranslatable terms’, for example, using becak in English language conversation
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identifying character traits and values in Indonesian stories, for example, Kancil stories feature animals native to Indonesia, and comparing these with familiar Australian stories such as Diary of a Wombat, Bawang Putih dan Bawang Merah
- • discussing how Australian terms and expressions might be understood from an Indonesian perspective, for example, ‘bushwalking’, ‘kick a footy’, ‘No worries!’ or ‘BBQing’