AC9LIN6U04 Years 5 to 6 Languages

Content descriptor recognise that language reflects cultural practices, values and identity, and that this impacts on non-verbal and spoken communication

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• • Elaboration comparing the impact of gestures across cultures, for example, beckoning by pointing with index finger or with palm down, touching top of head, or laughing loudly, and noticing own comfort with these
• • Elaboration describing ways of showing politeness, for example, avoiding giving a negative answer as a way of saving face, or softening negatives by using belum or kurang
• • Elaboration recognising that their language use reflects their own cultural perspective and experiences, for example, ‘school camp’, ‘the bush’, ‘footy’
• • Elaboration exploring, in Indonesian or English, how language and culture are expressed through First Nations Australians’ song, dance or artworks, considering similarities and differences in an aspect of the cultural expressions of Indonesian-speaking people or communities
• • Elaboration exploring exchange of terms between Indonesian and First Nations Australian languages, such as the use of Makassan terms in Yolngu, for example, balanda, rupiah, nenek
• • Elaboration noticing how regional language, ethnic group and religious affiliation can influence use of Indonesian language, for example, assalamualaikum in greetings, Selamat Hari Paskah
• • Elaboration understanding that Indonesian as a national language enables communication across diverse groups of people and languages, and is part of national identity

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• • Elaboration reflecting on what they have learnt about Indonesian cultures through learning Indonesian and noticing how their assumptions might have changed