Year 7 SyllabusTest
Year 7 Syllabus
Year Level Description
Students begin their study of Indonesian in secondary school with little to no prior experience of the Indonesian language and culture. Many will have learnt an additional language in primary school and bring existing language learning strategies, textual knowledge and intercultural awareness to the new experience of learning Indonesian. Skills in analysing, comparing and reflecting on language and culture in the languages are mutually supportive. Students may need encouragement to take risks in learning a new language at this stage in their social development and to consider issues of how the experience influences their first language and culture.
In Year 7, students communicate in Indonesian, interacting with peers and known adults to exchange information about self, family and friends, and interests. They engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve making arrangements, inviting, planning, deciding and responding, or work together to highlight their language learning for family, friends and their school community. Students identify topic, gist and specific points of information from texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, convey the information and ideas, and use them in new ways. They respond to imaginative texts by discussing aspects, such as characters, events and/or key ideas. Students create simple own or shared imaginative texts by reinterpreting or adapting familiar texts and/or using modelled structures and language.
Students become familiar with the systems of the Indonesian language when encountered in simple spoken and written texts. They recognise and use features of the Indonesian sound system, including pronunciation of single and combined sounds and the use of intonation in statements and questions, and notice Indonesian spelling and pronunciation conventions. Students generate language for a range of purposes in spoken and written texts by recognising and using context-related vocabulary and elements of the Indonesian grammatical system, including concrete nouns and noun-adjective phrases, subject-verb-object construction and interrogatives. They build a metalanguage in Indonesian to talk about vocabulary and grammar concepts. Students reflect on their and others’ responses to interactions and intercultural experiences, and use these reflections to improve intercultural communication.
In Year 7, students learn Indonesian through rich and varied language input, and the provision of experiences that are challenging, but achievable. English is predominantly used for discussion, clarification, explanation, analysis and reflection. To assist students in the language learning process, support is provided from the classroom teacher in the form of scaffolding, modelling and monitoring, explicit instruction and feedback, structured opportunities for understanding and practising new language, and the chance to revisit, recycle and review.
Communicating
Socialising
Interact with peers and known adults orally and in writing to exchange information about self, family and friends and interests, for example, Halo kelas. Kenalkan nama saya …; Siapa namamu?; Berapa umurmu?; Kenalkan ini teman saya, bernama Fadhlan. Teman saya baik hati dan setia.; Ini keluarga saya – namanya Smith. Saya mempunyai dua kakak perempuan dan satu adik laki-laki.; Saya suka berlari tetapi kurang suka bermain mainan komputer.; Saya paling suka sejarah karena menarik.; Kamu di kelas berapa? Saya di kelas sembilan.
Engage in individual and collaborative tasks, such as making arrangements with a friend, planning for a class celebration or performance, or working together to create displays, presentations or performances to showcase their language learning for family, friends or school community
Participate in classroom routines and interactions by responding to teacher talk, following instructions, asking and answering questions, requesting assistance or permission, asking others how they are and offering wishes, for example, Maaf, saya tidak mengerti.; Apa artinya?; Maaf, sekali lagi, Bu.; Selamat pagi, Pak.; Permisi Bu.; Sampai jumpa.; Sampai besok.; Duduklah!; Berdirilah!; Diamlah!; Lihatlah!; Maju!; Klik di sini.
Informing
Identify topic, gist and specific points of information from a range of spoken and written texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, and use the information in new ways
Convey information and ideas from a range of texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, using different modes of presentation
Creating
Respond to imaginative texts by describing aspects, such as characters, events and/or key ideas
Create simple own or shared imaginative texts by reinterpreting or adapting familiar texts and/or using modelled structures and language
Translating
Translate and interpret phrases and short texts from Indonesian to English and vice versa, noticing which words or phrases translate easily and which do not
Reflecting
Reflect on own and others’ responses to interactions and intercultural experiences, and use these reflections to improve intercultural communication
Reflect on experiences of learning and using another language, and share aspects of own identity, such as age, interests and family background, reflecting on how these impact on intercultural communication
Understanding
Systems of language
Recognise and use the features of the Indonesian sound system, including pronunciation of single and combined sounds and the use of intonation in statements and questions, for example, wah and aduh, noticing Indonesian spelling and pronunciation conventions
Recognise that Indonesian is written using the Roman alphabet but with distinctive sounds and sound combinations, for example, a, e, i, o, u, c, r, ng, ngg, ny, au, aa, ai
Generate language for a range of purposes in simple spoken and written texts, by recognising and using
context-related vocabulary and elements of the Indonesian grammatical system, including:
- identifying people using appropriate terms of address, such as Ibu and Bapak, pronouns, such as saya/aku, Anda/kamu, dia, mereka
- identifying people, places and things using concrete nouns, for example, pena, meja, teman, and some nouns with -an suffix, for example, makanan, minuman, undangan
- describing the characteristics and qualities of people, places and things using noun-adjective phrases, for example, buku merah, rambut panjang, guru baru and describing possession using possessive pronouns in noun-adjective phrases, for example, Bapak saya tinggi.; Ibu saya lucu.
- indicating quantity using plurals, for example, teman-teman; tiga buku; banyak buku
- referring to numbers of things using cardinal numbers, such as puluh, belas, ratus, ribu, and things in a sequence using ordinal numbers, for example, pertama and kedua
- greeting and farewelling, for example, Selamat …; Sampai jumpa.
- telling others to do something using imperatives, for example, Duduklah!; Diamlah!; Ayo!; Mulai!
- describing simple actions using base word, for example, tahu, suka, mau, and ber- and me- verbs
- negating using tidak, bukan and belum
- describing actor, action and object using
subject-verb-object construction, for example, Saya suka membaca buku. - referring to existence/presence, for example, ada and tidak ada
- using prepositions, such as di/ke and dari, for example, Saya pergi ke sekolah.
- locating events in time, for example, days, dates and months, such as hari Sabtu, bulan Juli and pada akhir minggu, and referring to the past and future using time indicators, such as kemarin and besok
- seeking information and assistance using interrogatives, for example, siapa, apa, bagaimana, berapa, dari mana, di mana, ke mana, apakah, kapan, permisi boleh saya …
- joining ideas using simple conjunctions, for example, dan, karena, tetapi, atau
- expressing emotion, for example, wah, aduh, asyik, sayang, hebat
- accepting or declining invitations, for example, Mau ikut?; Maaf.; Sayang saya tidak bisa.
- describing people and things using acronyms, such as SMP, SMA, HP and PR
Build metalanguage to talk about vocabulary and grammar concepts
Identify and use text structures and language features of common spoken, written and multimodal texts, and compare with structures and features of similar texts in English
Language variation and change
Examine linguistic features in the texts to develop an understanding that languages vary according to elements, such as register
Understand that Indonesian, like all languages, varies according to participants, roles and relationships, situations and cultures
Recognise that Indonesian is a national language
Role of language and culture
Explore the relationship between language and culture
Achievement Standard
At standard, students use familiar language when participating in spoken and written interactions to exchange information about self, family and friends and interests, and in classroom tasks and routines. They identify and use some information, including topic, gist and some specific points of information in Indonesian texts. Students convey, in a variety of ways, simple information and ideas from texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds. They describe aspects of Indonesian imaginative texts, and use familiar and modelled language to create simple texts adapted from familiar imaginative texts. Students translate, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, familiar phrases and short texts, identifying some words or phrases that do not translate easily across languages. They reflect on aspects of language, culture, personal identity and experiences of learning a language, and how these may impact on intercultural communication.
Students apply most features of the Indonesian sound system with a high level of accuracy when using familiar vocabulary and expressions related to self, family and friends and interests. They apply most features of the Indonesian writing system, including rules of grammar, spelling and punctuation, with a satisfactory level of accuracy, to write short texts in Indonesian. Students use familiar grammatical terms to talk about how language works. They identify some features of Indonesian that may need to be adjusted to suit different situations and relationships, and use most features and structures associated with familiar text types, to make comparisons between similar texts in Indonesian and English. They identify examples of the relationship between language and culture, and the place of Indonesian as the national language of Indonesia.
Year Level Description
Students begin their study of Indonesian in secondary school with little to no prior experience of the Indonesian language and culture. Many will have learnt an additional language in primary school and bring existing language learning strategies, textual knowledge and intercultural awareness to the new experience of learning Indonesian. Skills in analysing, comparing and reflecting on language and culture in the languages are mutually supportive. Students may need encouragement to take risks in learning a new language at this stage in their social development and to consider issues of how the experience influences their first language and culture.
In Year 7, students communicate in Indonesian, interacting with peers and known adults to exchange information about self, family and friends, and interests. They engage in individual and collaborative tasks that involve making arrangements, inviting, planning, deciding and responding, or work together to highlight their language learning for family, friends and their school community. Students identify topic, gist and specific points of information from texts related to aspects of their personal and social worlds, convey the information and ideas, and use them in new ways. They respond to imaginative texts by discussing aspects, such as characters, events and/or key ideas. Students create simple own or shared imaginative texts by reinterpreting or adapting familiar texts and/or using modelled structures and language.
Students become familiar with the systems of the Indonesian language when encountered in simple spoken and written texts. They recognise and use features of the Indonesian sound system, including pronunciation of single and combined sounds and the use of intonation in statements and questions, and notice Indonesian spelling and pronunciation conventions. Students generate language for a range of purposes in spoken and written texts by recognising and using context-related vocabulary and elements of the Indonesian grammatical system, including concrete nouns and noun-adjective phrases, subject-verb-object construction and interrogatives. They build a metalanguage in Indonesian to talk about vocabulary and grammar concepts. Students reflect on their and others’ responses to interactions and intercultural experiences, and use these reflections to improve intercultural communication.
In Year 7, students learn Indonesian through rich and varied language input, and the provision of experiences that are challenging, but achievable. English is predominantly used for discussion, clarification, explanation, analysis and reflection. To assist students in the language learning process, support is provided from the classroom teacher in the form of scaffolding, modelling and monitoring, explicit instruction and feedback, structured opportunities for understanding and practising new language, and the chance to revisit, recycle and review.