Recognise and reproduce pronunciation conventions, making connections between Indonesian and English sounds, for example, c (ch); g is the hard g in ‘gum’ but never soft as in ‘germ’; k is a soft sound if it appears at the end of a word as in tidak, kakak

Recognise and write high-frequency words and expressions in familiar contexts
(ACLINU029)

Notice and use context-related vocabulary and apply elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:

• describing people and animals using pronouns, gender and adjectives, for example, dia, Teman saya baik hati; Kucing saya lucu dan kecil
• describing quantity using cardinal numbers, for example, puluh, ratus and ordinal numbers using ke- prefix
• making plurals by duplicating, for example,
  buku-buku
• describing actions using simple base verbs, for example, tinggal, bermain, berjalan, berenang, berselancar
• recognising imperatives, for example, Angkat tangan!; Buka buku!; Ayo cepat!
• giving praise, gratitude and encouragement, for example, Coba; Bagus sekali!, Terima kasih banyak
• recognising that the same rules of punctuation apply as in English, for example, using capital letters and full stops for sentences

Begin to develop a metalanguage in Indonesian for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
(ACLINU030)

Recognise the particular language features and textual conventions in simple, familiar, spoken, written and multimodal Indonesian texts
(ACLINU031)

Understand that and demonstrate how language use varies according to the participants’ age, gender and relationship and the context of use
(ACLINU032)

Notice differences between Indonesian, Australian and other cultures’ practices and how these are reflected in language
(ACLINU034)