SACE Stage 2 Indonesian (background speakers) study guide
SACE Stage 2 Indonesian (background speakers) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Indonesian (background speakers) is a Stage 2 SACE subject, code 2IND20, worth 20 credits. The SACE Board describes the background speakers level as designed for students who have a background in the language and who have had more than 1 year's education in a country where the language is spoken, so it suits students who already use Indonesian with some fluency rather than learners starting out. The subject builds intercultural communication: students examine relationships between language, culture, and identity, reflect on how culture is created, expressed, and communicated through language, and clarify, extend, and develop ideas and opinions on prescribed themes and contemporary issues. Assessment is split into school assessment worth 70% and external assessment worth 30%. Topics on this exam: School assessment and External assessment. The SACE Stage 2 Indonesian (background speakers) study guide has 2 sections and about 799 words.
01School Assessment: Building and Defending Your Evidence
School assessment in SACE Stage 2 Indonesian (background speakers) rewards sustained, documented performance rather than a single lucky task. You must understand the assessment design: a set of summative tasks across the year whose results are reported against the performance standards, with each task type carrying its own conventions. The core concepts are the three strands of the subject - interact, understand, and create - and the assessment types that evidence them: oral interaction and discussion, response to text (written and spoken), text production, and investigation or reflective tasks depending on your school's program. A crucial concept is the difference between formative practice and summative evidence.
428 words, about 2 min02External Assessment: Examination Technique and Language Control
The external assessment for SACE Stage 2 Indonesian (background speakers) is a examination that tests your ability to understand and produce Indonesian under time pressure across listening, reading, and writing, with an oral component assessed separately. You must understand the section structure and the command words used: jelaskan (explain), bandingkan (compare), sejauh mana (to what extent), and ringkas (summarise) each demand a different shape of answer. Misreading a command word is the most common avoidable loss. Key concepts to master are text-type conventions, cohesive devices, formal versus informal register, and the grammatical accuracy expected of a background speaker - affixation (meN-, ber-, di-, -kan, -i), clause linking, and appropriate use of tense and aspect markers such as sudah , sedang , akan .
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