Students learn the sounds and written form of Indonesian. They notice similarities and differences between Indonesian and English, such as similar vocabulary and word order and differences in the position of adjectives and possessive pronouns. Students ask questions in English about Indonesia...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence
By the end of Level 10, students use Indonesian to communicate with teachers, peers and others in a range of settings and for a range of purposes. They pronounce the sounds ngg and ng accurately, as well as sy (masyarakat) and kh (akhir), and use stress to create fluency in sentences. Students...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10
By the end of Level 8, students use Indonesian to interact and exchange ideas, experiences and interests with teachers, peers and others. They pronounce polysyllabic words such as mendengarkan, pekerjaan and menyiapkan, stressing the penultimate syllable with some accuracy. When interacting, they...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8
By the end of Level 6, students use Indonesian to convey information about themselves, their family and friends, and daily routines and activities. They locate specific details and use familiar words and phrases to predict meanings in texts. They respond to and create texts such as descriptions...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6
By the end of Level 4, students interact in classroom routines and structured interactions with teachers and peers. They reproduce the sounds of au (mau) and g (gemuk) and the final sound k (tidak). Students follow instructions, make requests and respond with actions (Duduklah, Bukalah bukumu). They...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 3 and 4
Students participate orally in classroom routines and tasks. They respond to teacher-generated questions about texts. Students undertake word building and language exercises. They participate in shared reading and create texts using modelled language.
Students become increasingly aware that Indonesian...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence
Students engage with a range of Indonesian texts. They participate in tasks and experiences. Students acquire skills in analysing and translating increasingly complex texts. They use modelled language to write for personal and public purposes.
Students extend their grammatical knowledge and metalanguage...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence
Students interact using Indonesian in classroom routines and communicative tasks. They respond to short texts in Indonesian, locating specific details and gist. Students extend the range and quality of their writing through increased vocabulary and grammar knowledge, and by drafting and editing...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence
Students use formulaic phrases in Indonesian with the teacher and peers. They focus on aspects of their personal world and are introduced to content related to Indonesia. Students develop oral language through scaffolded tasks and texts. They extend their oral fluency by focusing on sentence-level...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence
By the end of Level 8, students share factual information and opinions about their personal worlds, including personal details, family, pets, friends, pastimes, school and neighbourhood. They interact with others orally and in writing, asking and responding to questions using Siapa, Apakah, Berapa...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8
By the end of Level 10, students interact with peers and adults using written and spoken Indonesian to communicate about personal interests and relationships, practices and experiences, and about broader issues such as health and the environment, including as these relate to Indonesia. They respond...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10
Students are introduced to the written and spoken forms of Indonesian, noticing that it uses the same alphabet as English but with some differences in pronunciation. They become familiar with a base word system with prefixes. Students are introduced to word order and simple sentence construction...
Level description | Languages | Indonesian | 7–10 Sequence
Indonesian is a standardised language that is the official language of government, education, business and the media. It has been and continues to be shaped (for example, in terms of lexicon, grammatical structures and idiomatic usage) by other languages, most significantly...
Overview material | Indonesian
A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):
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Overview material | Indonesian
VCIDC037 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Socialising
VCIDC093 | Languages | Indonesian | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Translating
VCIDC095 | Languages | Indonesian | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 7 and 8 | Communicating | Reflecting
VCIDC104 | Languages | Indonesian | 7–10 Sequence | Levels 9 and 10 | Communicating | Socialising
VCIDC038 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Informing
VCIDC045 | Languages | Indonesian | F–10 Sequence | Levels 5 and 6 | Communicating | Reflecting