Alignment to the
Victorian Curriculum
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Indonesian

Languages Online activities will be a useful resource for students working towards the Achievement Standards for Levels F-8.

Languages Online activities align with the following content descriptions. Please note that the activities relate to some (not all) of the elaborations for each content description.

Foundation – Level 2 Levels 3 and 4 Levels 5 and 6 Levels 7 and 8 (7-10 sequence)
Communicating
Socialising
Participate in structured play and class activities, exchanging with peers and teacher greetings and information about self, family and interests (VCIDC001) Share with peers and teacher information about aspects of personal world such as daily routines, home, and favourite objects and pastimes (VCIDC018) Interact with peers to describe aspects of daily life, school, friends and pastimes (VCIDC035) Interact with peers and teacher to exchange information and opinions about self, friends and family, pastimes, special occasions and the immediate environment (VCIDC086)
Participate in guided group activities such as games, songs and simple tasks, using movement, gesture and pictures to support meaning (VCIDC002) Respond to questions, instructions and requests, and participate in routine exchanges (VCIDC020) Participate in classroom interactions and structured tasks by asking and responding to questions, seeking permission and expressing preferences (VCIDC037) Interact in class routines and exchanges by asking and responding to questions, following instructions, and seeking help and permission (VCIDC088)
Participate with teacher and peers in class routines and activities, including following instructions and taking turns (VCIDC003)
Informing
Locate specific words and familiar phrases in texts such as charts, lists and songs, and use information to complete guided oral and written tasks (VCIDC004) Obtain and share information from peers and texts related to family, home, routines and interests (VCIDC021) Locate, classify and compare factual information from texts about aspects of daily life and significant events across cultures (VCIDC038) Identify gist and locate factual information (such as details about people and events) from a range of spoken and written texts, and use the information in new ways (VCIDC089)
Give factual information about self, family and significant objects using labels, captions and descriptions (VCIDC005) Present information about school and neighbourhood using tables, lists and descriptions (VCIDC022) Present factual information and ideas about aspects of language and culture in oral, written and multimodal form (VCIDC090)
Creating
Participate in shared reading and play-acting, and respond through singing, chanting, action and movement (VCIDC006) Listen to, read and view creative texts such as rhymes, songs and stories, identifying characters and acting out events (VCIDC023)
Create texts such as dialogues and stories, using formulaic expressions and modelled language (VCIDC024)
Translating
Translate familiar words and phrases, using visual cues and word lists, noticing how words may have similar or different meanings (VCIDC008) Translate using textual cues such as pictures, layout and key words to predict meaning, and comment on the non-equivalence of words due to cultural differences (VCIDC025)
Reflecting
Notice what may look or feel similar or different to own language and culture when interacting in Indonesian (VCIDC010) Communicate in Indonesian using routine phrases and expressions, recognising that such language reflects cultural practices and norms (VCIDC027)
Describe aspects of self such as family, school/class, gender and language/s, noticing how these are part of one’s identity (VCIDC011) Interact with others and notice how identity matters, such as in use of terms of address, who and what is included, and what language is used (VCIDC028)
Understanding
Systems of language
Reproduce the sound and spelling of the vowels and the letters c (ch) and trilled r, and recognise that Indonesian is written using the Roman alphabet (VCIDU012) Recognise and reproduce pronunciation conventions, including loan words from English and intonation for questions, statements and commands. (VCIDU029) Notice pronunciation of phonemes such as ng/ngg/ny, and notice the difference in pronunciation of loan words from English (VCIDU046) Develop understanding of pronunciation related to single and combined sounds and the use of intonation in statements and questions, noticing Indonesian spelling and pronunciation conventions (VCIDU097)
Recognise questions, commands and simple subject-focus sentences, and develop vocabulary for people, places and things in their personal world (VCIDU013) Develop understanding of ways to express possession and describe qualities of people and objects, and expand vocabulary related to personal and social world (VCIDU030) Understand how to express actions and events in time and place using prepositions, and continue to expand knowledge of ber- verbs and vocabulary (VCIDU047) Develop knowledge of structures and vocabulary for describing people, places and things, such as pronouns, ber- and me- verbs, adjectives, prepositions and word order (VCIDU098)
Language variation and change
Recognise that ways of greeting and addressing others may change according to cultural norms (VCIDU015) Understand that language varies according to age, gender and social position, such as place in the family (VCIDU032) Recognise that Indonesian contains influences from other languages, such as regional and foreign languages (VCIDU050) Understand that Indonesian, like all languages, varies according to participants, roles and relationships, situations and cultures (VCIDU100)
Develop awareness that Indonesian and English borrow from each other (VCIDU016) Recognise that Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and is one of many languages in the Asia-Pacific region (VCIDU033) Understand that Indonesian is a national language that has been and continues to be changed through interaction with other languages and cultures (VCIDU101)
Role of language and culture
Notice that the languages people use and the way they use them relate to who they are and where and how they live (VCIDU017) Make connections between cultural practices and language use, such as specific vocabulary and expressions (VCIDU034) Notice connections between language and culture in intercultural language use, recognising how words and expressions may be culture-specific (VCIDU102)