Indonesian

=The use of ICT for teaching Indonesian=

**Conversation sites to help maintain language skills:**
Indonesian learners group is a conversation and discussion forum moderated by Phil Mahnken, a lecturer from University of the Sunshine Coast. All discussion is in Indonesian: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indonesian_learners/?yguid=103197460

LearnBahasa is intended for learners of Indonesian language to keep in touch with the language by sending vocabularies to members' mailbox. LearnBahasa posts daily vocabularies with sentence sample and further grammatical usage. Members are welcome to consult and give their input about Indonesian language and culture. "Mari kita belajar Bahasa Indonesia bersama-sama"(Let's learn Bahasa Indonesia together) LernBahasa is managed by Shinta Benilda from the University of Sydney: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learnbahasa/?yguid=103197460

Warung Sate Kambing is a conversation group for English speakers learning Indonesian and for Indonesian speakers learning English. It is a forum for practising your language skills and for friendly cultural and information exchange. This group is for people of many different origins, nationalities and interests, joined by a desire to learn Indonesian, English or both. The group is a moderated reincarnation of Warung Kopi, so expect some fresh coffee too! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Warung_Sate_Kambing/?yguid=103197460

**News and current affairs:**
English language newspaper: [|www.thejakartapost.com]

English language current affairs site (discussion of items particularly entertaining/edifying on this site!): [|www.indonesiamatters.com]

**Student activity sites:**
Go Indonesia! http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/goindonesia/

**Cultural information:**
This is a link to a recent Sydney Morning Herald feature on Islam in Australia. While not specifically about Islam in Indonesia, it may contain some information relevant to the HSC //Agama// topic, for instance, the article on the //hijab// includes interviews with Indonesian academic, Rochayah Machali, and Sydney-based writer and language teacher, Ida Palaloi: http://www.smh.com.au/specials/islam/

The SMH feature also contains one article on Indonesian Muslims in Australia: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/shared-beliefs-but-a-different-face-of-islam/2007/05/03/1177788310622.html

This report by the US Department of State on Religious Freedom in Indonesia also potentially useful for the //Agama// topic (also includes the information that Confucianism now recognised as a legitimate religion in Indonesia): http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71341.htm