The National Australia Indonesia Language Awards (NAILA) is an annual competition that rewards and fosters the development of Indonesian language learning in Australia at all levels.
There are many categories catering to students of all levels. The theme this year is 'food'.
Students may start preparing now for the submission opening date of 1 April. Submissions close 7 August.
For further information about NAILA, including competition details please visit the NAILA website.

Balai Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia are delighted to let you know that they have signed an agreement with Gramedia, and all Indonesian teachers in NSW are now able to access Gramedia's e-books through the Smart Library app, for free. Username and passwords will be provided to any teachers who are interested.
Please find attached the infographic which contains a link for teachers to register, and a media article about the signing of the agreement.

We have just published a sample unit of work and matching assessment of learning task for Stage 5 Indonesian - Home sweet home!

The key inquiry questions in the unit are:

• - What role does the home play in Indonesian cultures?
• - How does this differ from our own cultures?
• - What do you need to know when visiting Indonesian people?
• - How do Indonesian homes vary from region to region and relate to the history and geography of Indonesia?

There's even a fun 'Renovation rescue"-type game!

The sample unit and assessment task are available on the Stages 4 and 5 Indonesian section of our website.

Sample unit of work to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders histories and cultures AND sustainability – a sustainable future, making changes together.

With HUGE thanks to Ida Harsojo and Christin Anggrahini, we now have Indonesian resources for our generic unit on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders histories and cultures/sustainability.

We are so grateful to all the teachers who have helped us developed language-specific resources to support this unit - keep them coming! You can access the Indonesian version from our Indonesian page.

We have just published a sample scope and sequence for Stage 5 Indonesian – it can be accessed from the Stages 4 and 5 Indonesian page.

We have just published a unit starter (unit of work) and matching assessment task on "Dining out with Indonesian friends!", and updated the Stage 4 scope and sequence to align with these new resources.

The unit starter is fully resourced with everything you need to pick up and teach!

​Access our support via the Stages 4 and 5 Indonesian page.

In response to teacher feedback, we have updated our sample speaking questions for the Indonesian Beginners and Continuers courses.
The questions we originally published were adapted from the old HSC Online site, and feedback indicated that the types of questions asked during the oral examination have changed since HSC Online was first published.
You can access the questions from the Indonesian Beginners site and Indonesian Continuers site respectively.

We have revamped the practice speaking questions from the old HSC Online site, for Indonesian Continuers. Sorted by topic, this is a great document to give your students, so they can prepare for the upcoming oral examination.

It's available from the Indonesian Continuers section of our website.

The NSW Department of Education has developed a new resource to support teachers of Indonesian 7-10.

Waking up in Indonesia embeds the use of online collaboration tools and 21st century learning skills to support students studying the 100-hour mandatory Stage 4 or 100/200 elective Stage 5 Indonesian courses.

Students work collaboratively to research a topic of cultural interest in Indonesia and make a presentation (digital and/or face-to-face) that demonstrates their learning. They investigate key Indonesian words (Stage 4) and conduct an Indonesian Q&A interview (Stage 5) related to their chosen topic.

Access Waking up in Indonesia.

We've noticed that many subscribers to our Indonesian page are missing out on important news for languages teachers.

Important information, for example, about our professional learning, state-wide updates, NESA news and collaboration with teachers, is normally posted on the News page, and not on the language-specific pages.

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​This means your will receive a daily email message when Languages NSW News has new content. You can receive similar updates for the Indonesian language page by following the same step on this page.