AC9LIN8U03
Years 7 to 8
Languages
AC9LIN8U03 | Years 7 to 8 Indonesian: Understanding systems of language
Content Descriptor
Content descriptor reflect on similarities and differences between Indonesian and English language structures and features, using metalanguage
Foundation to Year 10 sequence
Strand
Understanding language and culture
Substrand
Understanding systems of language
This content descriptor sets out learning for Years 7 to 8 Indonesian · Foundation to Year 10 sequence. Use it to plan lessons and assessment with the Australian Curriculum v9.
Elaborations
- • Elaboration reflecting that Indonesian may use gender-neutral language such as pacar, dia and nya and that these cannot be translated with equivalence without contextual clues
- • Elaboration understanding that Indonesian uses classifiers such as kota, pulau and pantai to categorise a place
- • Elaboration discussing language features such as word order, base words and affixations, using relevant metalanguage such as verbs, adjectives, nouns and pronouns
- • Elaboration comparing the forms, features and purpose of Indonesian and English texts, such as how texts are organised in terms of layout, sequencing of ideas, headings and stylistic devices
- • Elaboration understanding that Indonesian has been influenced by other languages, for example, pilot (English), mie (Chinese), sepatu (Portuguese), kantor (Dutch), guru (Sanskrit), sahabat (Arabic), raja (Hindi)
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Read the full Years 7 to 8 Indonesian · Foundation to Year 10 sequence achievement standard