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.

The new course prescriptions 2019-2023 for the Stage 6 Indonesian and Literature course are now available. 
Implementation of the new course prescriptions will commence from Term 1, 2018.

Schools are reminded that study of the texts prescribed for the Year 12 course may not begin before the completion of the Year 11 course. This also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film of a novel.

For more information, contact: 
Lyn Sully
Inspector, Languages
lyn.sully@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8152
@LanguagesNESA

A day for Year 12 students of Indonesian to practise their speaking skills has been organised for Saturday 25 June at Monte Sant' Angelo college in North Sydney. Please let you students know about this excellent opportunity to chat with native speakers and have HSC exam-style conversations with with teachers.

To RSVP please contact Ida Harsojo, at ida.harsojo@det.nsw.edu.au by Friday 3 June 2016.

For more details visit the BOSTES website www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/key_dates/languages-oral-exams-timetable.html

Indonesian Beginners
Saturday 3 September Oral Examination
9.00am to 4.00pm Conversation

Indonesian Continuers
Saturday 13 August Oral Examination
9.00am to 4.00pm Conversation

Indonesian Heritage
Saturday 27 August Oral Examination
9.00am to 4.00pm Discussion
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Indonesian Extension
Saturday 10 September Oral Examination
9.00am to 4.00pm Monologue

Congratulations to the following students who have achieved First in Course for the 2015 Higher School Certificate in their respective Indonesian courses. Well done to the students and their teachers.

Indonesian Beginners - Hillary Sathio (Open High School)
Indonesian Continuers - Cassandra Kwok (Ryde Secondary College)
Indonesian Extension - Ellen House (Macarthur Anglican School)
Heritage Indonesian - Qisthy Kodarusman (Open High School)

Reminder: 2016 HSC examination committee member applications close Monday 24 August

Teachers and academics with appropriate HSC subject qualifications and experience are encouraged to apply for examination committee member positions. More information about the role, current vacancies and an application form can be found on the BOSTES website.

For more information, contact:
Michelle Aspery
Head, Test Development
Examining and Testing 
michelle.aspery@bostes.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8372

The Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW (BOSTES) is still seeking further text nominations for the 2019–2023 Higher School Certificate course prescriptions for both the Languages Extension courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish as well as the Background Speaker courses in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean.

Languages teachers, academics and professional associations are invited to submit nominations. Have your say at http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/languages-fbs-ext-prescriptions-survey.html 

'Year 12 Speaking Day 2015' yang diselenggarakan oleh ILTA/MLTA NSW berjalan dengan sukses dan dihadiri oleh 30 siswa kelas 12 yang belajar Bahasa Indonesia (Beginners, Continuers dan Extension), 8 orang guru dan 6 mahasiswa dari Macquairie University dan the University of Sydney. Para siswa dan guru yang datang berasal baik dari sekolah-sekolah di metroplitan Sydney maupun dari Camden, Woolooware dan Nowra. 

Tahun ini acara Y 12 Speaking Day ini diadakan di Burwood Girls High School - terima kasih kepada Ibu Lauren Dwyer yang sudah menjadi 'tuan rumah'. Para siswa senang sekali bisa menggunakan Bahasa Indonesia dalam siatusi nyata dan berkenalan dengan mahasiswa Indonesia dan sekaligus bisa melatih ketrampilan mendengar dan berbicara untuk HSC Oral Exam yang akan datang. Respons dari siswa sangat positif dan bahkan beberapa siswa tidak mau berhenti berlatih sampai waktu makan siang. Saya mengucapkan terima kasih yang sebesar-besarnya kepada para guru yang sudah meluangkan hari Sabtunya untuk datang dan mengantar siswa-siswanya, juga yang sudah membawa makanan kecil dan kue-kue yang lezat serta buah-buahan yang menyehatkan dan sudah membantu panitia sehingga acara ini berhasil dengan lancar dan baik. Kami juga mengucapkan terima kasih untuk relawan - para mahasiswa Indonesia yang sudah membantu membuat suasana santai dan menyenangkan.

Tahun depan mudah-mudahan kami dapat mengadakan acara seperti ini lagi dan kami harap lebih banyak siswa dan guru yang hadir supaya mereka mendapat kesempatan untuk berkenalan dengan siswa-siswa lain, dan bercakap-cakap dengan mahasiswa serta mempersiapkan diri untuk HSC Oral Exam dengan guru-guru yang berpengalaman dalam suasana yang hangat dan informal.

Ida Harsojo

Students enrolled in the HSC Heritage language courses in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean no longer need an individual CD player for the written examinations. See the BOSTES link below for more information.

Hi Teman-teman

We are running a workshop on how to write HSC-style exams for the Indonesian Beginners and Continuers courses.

Target audience
· Stage 6 Indonesian teachers or those who will teach Stage 6 in the future
· Government and non-government

What you will do
· Learn how to create HSC-style exams
· Develop a bank of exam items that can be used to put together a Trial HSC exam
· Listening items will be recorded at a later date and forwarded to you.

Cost
· Free
· Relief will be provided to the first 10 teachers to register. Teachers from regional areas will also receive funds to cover accommodation and travel (train/coach/plane)

Proposed date
Term 4 2014. We will hold the workshop on either 21 OR 28 November –  whichever day more teachers are available.

How to register
Email ilian.yang@det.nsw.edu.au by 15 September 2014.

Please indicate which date would suit you best.

Salam
Christin Anggrahini, Ida Harsojo and Ilian Yang