Indonesian: F–10 Sequence / Levels 5 and 6 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Content description
Recognise that Indonesian contains influences from other languages, such as regional and foreign languages
Elaborations
noticing how Indonesian is influenced by other languages and cultures, such as the influence of foreign languages in words for food, music and sport, for example, wortel, bakso, kriket, tenis, musik pop,musik klasik
keeping a class record of borrowings from regional languages, such as hangat (Minangkabau), batik (Javanese), juara (Sundanese)
noticing the use of loan words from English in texts such as advertisements and television programs to suggest values such as ‘modern’, ‘sophisticated’ and ‘educated’, for example, paket family, berinternet, koneksi bisnis
