VCE Indonesian Second Language case studies
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VCE Indonesian Second Language is a Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) study administered by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). It is designed for students who already have some background in Indonesian - typically those who have lived in Indonesia, speak the language at home, or have studied it before entering VCE - and who wish to develop their literacy in the language alongside an understanding of Indonesian-speaking cultures. The VCE Indonesian Second Language case studies are 5 cases and about 3,149 words.
1The Pesantren Visit Recording
You are in the school language lab for the VCE Indonesian Second Language listening section. The recording is played twice only, with a short pause between playings.
653 words, about 3 min2Two Reviews of the Same Warung
In the reading section you are given two short Indonesian texts about the same neighbourhood eatery, Warung Bu Sri. Text A, from a local community newsletter, says the food is cheap and the portions generous, the owner has run the warung for twenty years, and the queue at lunchtime can reach thirty minutes.
630 words, about 3 min3The Homestay Complaint Letter
For the writing section you must produce a 200-250 word letter in Indonesian to a homestay agency. Your host family in Yogyakarta has been kind, but three problems have arisen: the wi-fi only works in the living room, your room has no desk for study, and dinner is served at 5pm, before you return from school at 6pm.
603 words, about 3 min4Choosing Your Oral Topic
The oral examination has a conversation section and a discussion section. For the discussion you must choose a topic related to Indonesian culture or society, present a viewpoint, and sustain about four minutes of exchange with the examiner.
640 words, about 3 min5The Interview Transcript Task
You are practising a listening-and-responding task in which the recording is an interview with a batik artisan in Solo. The artisan says: her family has made batik for three generations; she uses natural dyes because chemical dyes irritate her skin; a single hand-drawn cloth takes two to three weeks; she sells mostly to buyers from Jakarta and overseas; since the pandemic, orders have fallen by about half; and she has started teaching short courses to school groups to supplement her income.
623 words, about 3 min