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AC9LIN4U04 Years 3 to 4 Languages

AC9LIN4U04 | Years 3 to 4 Indonesian: Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

Content Descriptor

Content descriptor identify connections between Indonesian language and cultural practices

Foundation to Year 10 sequence

Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding the interrelationship of language and culture

This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 3 to 4 Indonesian · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Elaborations

  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration exploring how gestures differ between cultures, for example, Indonesian people beckon with palm down and moving all fingers
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration recognising that there are regional differences in language and cultural practices throughout Indonesia
  • • Elaboration 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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  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration noticing how their Indonesian language learning has enriched their understanding of ‘untranslatable terms’, for example, using becak in English language conversation
  • • Elaboration 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
  • • Elaboration discussing how Australian terms and expressions might be understood from an Indonesian perspective, for example, ‘bushwalking’, ‘kick a footy’, ‘No worries!’ or ‘BBQing’

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