AC9LINF02 Foundation Languages

Content descriptor explore, with support, language features of Indonesian noticing similarities and differences between Indonesian and English

Elaborations

• • Elaboration noticing that Indonesian has the same alphabet as English, for example, singing displayed alphabet songs, sequencing alphabet cards
• • Elaboration tracing letters and simple words in both Indonesian and English, noticing similarities and differences
• • Elaboration repeating words and phrases to imitate authentic Indonesian pronunciation, intonation and rhythm, and clapping or tapping
• • Elaboration observing similarities in raising intonation at end of questions and understanding the difference between statements, questions and exclamations
• • Elaboration exploring differences in onomatopoeia for animal sounds in Indonesian and other languages represented in the classroom, for example, gong-gong (woof, woof), meong (miaow)
• • Elaboration recognising that Indonesian uses different words for cardinal numbers and sequencing number cards in Indonesian or matching a numeral with an Indonesian word
• • Elaboration recognising words that have been borrowed from Indonesian, for example, rambutan, orangutan

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• • Elaboration noticing Indonesian words that have been borrowed from English, and recognising sound differences, for example, favorit and ‘favourite’; kelas and ‘class’
• • Elaboration observing noun+adjective word order differences, for example, kucing hitam, mobil merah, bis besar