Building
connections between new and prior knowledge, and between Indonesian and
English language:
*Introduce or revise directional language:
- Brainstorm a range of
expressions or directions to explain where things are located in
the classroom - this can be done in English or in Indonesian.
- Give students a copy of the
directional language sheet
Di mana itu? (in
Word or PDF)
or build on this sheet to include other vocabulary as listed in
the brainstorm.
- As a class, read through the
phrases with students listening and repeating the correct
pronunciation.
- Have students extrapolate /
suggest any other phrases that had not been included on the list eg 'on my left', '
in the middle row'.
- Discuss word order, comparing
English and Indonesian, for example - 'on the
top row'
and 'di jajaran
atas'.
- Play some 'Simon says' style of
game in the classroom where children move in response to quick
commands. Or drill in pairs using 'Battleship' style grids.
- Play an outside game where
you set up hoops, witches' hats, benches or other objects to
organise a game where students race to the correct place when
commands are given. The last one there is out. Students can also
take over giving the commands.
This is summarised in the introductory
activity (in
Word or PDF)
* Introduce or revise
descriptive language for geckos:
- Show students some pictures of
different geckos (see the gecko sets 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) and have
students work in small groups to list (in English) the types of
language that would be required to describe them. This should
include:
- body parts (head, eyes, tail,
feet)
- colours (including 'spotted',
'striped')
- adjectives such as long,
short, fat, big, small.
- Ask students to use their own
resources (dictionaries, books) to fill in the Indonesian they
would need next to each English word. Collate a class list,
checking that students agree. Discuss with students which words
are nouns, which are adjectives.
- Work with students to decode
gecko descriptions from the sheet
Deskripsi cicak-cicak (in
Word or
PDF).
Discuss:
- the different ways that
something can be said (in both English and Indonesian) eg 'Warnanya
hijau = Dia berwarna hijau' , 'Dia berkaki besar = Kakinya besar'
- similarities and differences
in word order in English and
Indonesian. Students can 'collect' examples such as order of
adjectives and nouns (green gecko = cicak hijau); position of
pronouns (My feet = kaki saya). Some word order is similar (I am
above ... = Saya di atas ...)
- briefly mention the concept of
classifiers eg seekor cicak. Ask students what they think 'dua
ekor cicak' might mean. In English we say '200 head of
cattle' but in Indonesian it is '12 tail of buffalo'. In English
we don't attach that classifier word to the noun as it is in
Indonesian
- explain the meaning of any
other words students don't know eg yang, tetapi, juga
- explain that the 'peci' is a
traditional hat for Indonesian Muslim men, and 'topi' is a
general word for 'hat'
- introduce grammatical terms
and ideas explicitly. For example
students could be asked
questions such as What are
prepositions? Do you know any prepositions in English? When do
we use them? Why do we use them? What patterns do you notice in
Indonesian and English?
- introduce the term 'the
comparative' and ask students to consider how we compare things
in English and Indonesian. Can they explain how it is done in
both languages? You could extend this to the superlative as
well.
- Have students write descriptions
of gecko characters for other students to try to draw. This could
be done as a game with time limits for the drawing, using a
whiteboard in front of the class, or with students reading out
their description and others needing to listen carefully to draw
the matching picture. Display the
matching descriptions and pictures, and allow each writer to check
that the drawing matches the description. Bacalah deskripsi dan
lihatlah gambar. Apa yang sama? (Read the description and look at the
picture. Are they the same?)
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