YEAR 9 COURSE OUTLINE
BAHASA INDONESIA
Course Aims:
The Year 9 Indonesian course aims to teach students to communicate in Indonesian
and to make them aware of the Indonesian culture. It focuses on developing the four
skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing to levels of communication with
accuracy.
Textbook:
Bahasa Tetanggaku Book 1 Course Book
Bahasa Tetanggaku Book 1 Work Book
Areas of Work Covered:
Semester 1
1. Introduction – Course/Expectations, Why study Indonesian?
What do students already know?
Kenalkan
Keluarga
Nomor
Grammar
Indicating possession
-nya
‘Is’
Negative indicators
2. Chapter 3 – Di sekolah
Topics
Daily school life in Indonesia & Australia
Subjects
Asking & telling the time
Talking about days/dates
Hobbies
Grammar
Adjectives
Ordinal/cardinal numbers
Plurals
3. Chapter 4 - Berbelanja
Topics
Colours
Bargaining at the market
Shopping at the fashion store
Transport
Chores
Grammar
Classifiers
Comparatives
Enrichment/Cultural Areas:
 Indonesia in the news/employment
Students will find articles that relate to Indonesia.
 Major cities in Indonesia
In pairs all students will research into a city in Indonesia and produce a Web Page
about the city.
 V.I.L.T.A Sayembara Competition
All students will be required to submit an entry
into the State wide Indonesian Competition.
Semester 2
5.
Chapter 5 – Di Kantor
Topics
Working in an office in
Indonesia
Common use language
My ambitions
Grammar
Question words
Please
Prepositions – di, ke & kepada
Verbs with di/ter
6. Chapter 6 – Akhir Minggu
Topics
Weekend activities
Invitation to a party
Describing things
Grammar
‘We’
‘Very’
7. Chapter 7 – Melihat-lihat di Kota Jakarta
Topics
Pointing out landmarks
Asking and giving directions
Telling where you live
Making a report
Grammar
Preposition – sampai
-nya
Enrichment/Cultural Areas:
 Expatriate advice.
Students will be given a specific area that they will
have to research e.g. food, transport, music and create
a Power Point Presentation.
Work Requirements:
Listening – Unit tests in aural comprehension
Speaking – Dialogues/ role-playing in class
Reading – Unit tests
Writing – Unit tests
Workbook – Satisfactory completion of set exercises
Assessment Tasks
Semester One:
Listening – An examination at the end of the semester.
Speaking – Role-play (rehearsed) Question & answer (unrehearsed). Reading
aloud a passage (rehearsed)
Reading – An examination at the end of the semester.
Writing - An examination at the end of the semester.
Cultural Studies – Indonesian articles, Web Page on an Indonesian City &
Sayembara Entry.
Assessment Tasks
Semester Two:
Listening – An examination at the end of the semester.
Speaking – Role-play (unrehearsed) Presentation & questions (rehearsed)
Reading – An examination at the end of the semester.
Writing - An examination at the end of the semester.
Cultural Studies – Power Point Presentation.