Teachers of Indonesian

Have you wondered about ways of using film in your Indonesian lessons?
Do you need some help with ideas for exploring Indonesian culture and history?
Would you like some additional short reading passages for your students?
Could you use some more ideas and resources for Investigative and In-Depth tasks?

Margot Ludbrook and Deetje Tunstill have produced a collection of photocopiable resources for use in the senior Indonesian language classroom in Australia.
The materials are based on four commercial Indonesian films and include teacher notes on the films, comprehension questions in English and short reading passages in Indonesian on topics related to the films, as well as links with Indonesian literature.
In addition there are oral and written text analysis tasks, research tasks and Investigative and In-Depth tasks relating to the topics and sub-topics of the National Collaborative Curriculum Statement and Assessment Framework for Indonesia.

The films are:

• Kartini
• Secankir kopi pahit (Bitter Coffee)
• Oeroeg (Going Home)
• The Year of Living Dangerously.

Note: the package does not include the videos but we can tell you where to get them.

Indonesian Film in the Middle School

Similar format to the previous text but the tasks and activities are created for students in Years 9-11.

The four films are:

• *# Ada Apa Dengan Cinta
• * My Blue Heaven
• * Langitku, Rumahku
• # Ibunda

Cost is $50 which includes GST, postage and packing.
NB All these films, with sub-titles, have been shown by SBS.

If you need to buy them, those marked * can be ordered from the Tape Services SA, part of the SA Education Department. www.tapeservices.sa.edu.au

Those marked # can be ordered from Monash University at www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/films/catalogue/html

My Blue Heaven and Oeroeg have Dutch soundtracks. Both have good stories, as well as being of historical interest relating to the colonisation of Indonesia by the Dutch.