Indonesian: 7–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Develop understanding of textual conventions and how they shape meaning and influence responses
Elaborations
analysing how texts are constructed, including cohesive devices such as conjunctions and coherence devices such as time markers
examining language structures and features used in a range of texts for communicative effect, for example, to persuade, amuse, ridicule, sympathise, challenge, include or exclude, offend or forgive
using literary devices to enhance ideas and expression in imaginative texts, for example, metaphor (adalah) and simile (sama dengan, seperti, bagai)
analysing and comparing textual features across cultures, for example, the convention of apologising at the opening and closing of formal Indonesian speeches, and showing humility in an Indonesian job application
understanding the prevalence of acronyms (for example, ultah, penjaskes, narkoba), and their use for convenience
