AC9LINF01 – Foundation Languages: null

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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.

Elaborations

• 1

  greeting teacher and peers using appropriate forms of address and body language, for example, Selamat pagi kelas, Selamat pagi Bu/Pak, Apa kabar? Baik sekali, baik-baik saja, biasa saja, kurang baik

• 2

  introducing themselves with Nama saya ..., either directly or through a puppet or toy

• 3

  responding to classroom instructions, for example, duduk, berdiri, diam, ambil lem, ambil gunting

• 4

  using formulaic phrases in routine exchanges, for example, terima kasih, sama-sama, sampai jumpa

• 5

  participating in songs and chants by singing and performing actions, for example, Topi Saya Bundar, Lingkaran Kecil and Satu satu aku sayang Ibu

• 6 engaging with imaginative texts such as stories, rhymes and songs through play-acting, movement, illustrating, responding to questions in English
• 7 demonstrating early literacy skills by labelling, matching, tracing, copying and drawing, for example, labelling items in the classroom, drawing a picture to match animal words, tracing colour words with the corresponding colour
• 8

  using mime and actions to demonstrate understanding, for example, miming a cat pose in response to the word kucing, engaging in movement games such as jumping to a coloured spot, forming groups corresponding to teacher commands such as merah, tiga

• 9

  responding to simple verbs such as berlari, putar, angkat tangan with gesture, or to questions Apa itu? and Apa ini? accompanied by a prompt such as a flashcard image or toy

• 10 playing number games such as buzz and bingo, and using Indonesian to count places in dice games such as snakes and ladders

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