Content of Indonesian Beginners Preliminary: 1. Interacting : The importance of listening and reading for key words to assist understanding (students learn to listen and read for meaning of vocabulary), maintain an interaction by responding to and asking questions and sharing information. 2. Understanding text : Explore the way text content is presented and how ideas and information are sequenced (eg headings, paragraphing, introductory sentences, topic shifts). 3. Producing texts : Students learn to apply a range of vocabulary and grammatical structures across a range of contexts. Students interact with one another, and through this interaction the key competencies of planning and organising activities and working with others and in teams are developed.