Learning activities
 

NEW FROM 'INSIDE INDONESIA'!

A 4-page Indonesian language insert in the magazine, with articles, news briefs, and the odd joke.

Up-to-date, relevant, interesting, yet not too difficult. Where does the student of Indonesian find good language reading matter? Right here at Inside Indonesia!

Beginning with edition 54 we have added an Indonesian-language insert to the magazine designed to help readers who already have some grasp of Indonesian - high school or university students perhaps, but also self-learners. The insert carries items from the current edition in authentic Indonesian, always accompanied by a list of the most difficult vocabulary.

The insert is not available on the Web. (Pssst, buy the magazine...). However, to supplement some of the readings in the insert we provide here on this website a few simple interactive activities.

Are you a teacher or lecturer? We invite you to photocopy the insert and distribute it to your students. But please - get your library or resource room to become an institutional subscriber to Inside Indonesia first. We are a non-profit magazine. Without subscriptions, we are dead.

Then, for a richer learning experience, try the activities on this site! Alone or in a group.

If you find the insert and Internet learning activities useful, why not give us some feedback?

As an experiment, we also did a small insert for edition 53. But it was not distributed with the magazine. To obtain a copy (one sheet only), please request one with your subscription. If already a subscriber, request one from: admin@insideindonesia.org

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Activity list:
#66 April - June 2001
Based on the article in the insert "Ratings, dreams and women"
  • "Sinetron: rating, mimpi dan perempuan"
  • #57 January-March 1999
    Based on the article in the insert "Anak jalanan berlindung dari hujan"
  • 1. Choose the correct verb
  • 2. Identify verb bases
  • 3. Unjumble sentences
  • 4. Answer comprehension sentences in English
  • 5. Write sentences in a different word order
  • 6. Visit a website of Australian volunteers (OzIndo)
  • #56 October-December 1998
    Based on the article in the insert "Mereka hanya ingin mendapatkan cinta"
  • 1. Identify the subject
  • 2. Reorder events
  • 3. Answer comprehension questions in English
  • 4. Choose the correct verb
  • #55 July-August 1998
    Based on the article in the insert "Nasib malang komik asli Indonesia"
  • 1. Compare translations
  • 2. Reorder to construct sentence
  • 3. Complete sentences
  • 4. Translate sentences
  • #54 April-June 1998
    Based on the article in the insert "Pijar Indonesia usulkan pemerintahan transisi"
  • 1. Answer comprehension questions in English
  • 2. True/false quiz
  • 3. Learn these "action" verbs
  • 4. Prepare slogans
  • 5. Find out about Pijar on-line
  • #53 January-March 1998
    Based on the article in the insert "Bencana alam atau tingkah manusia?"
  • 1. Answer comprehension questions in English
  • 2. True/false quiz
  • 3. Choose verbs in the correct form
  • 4. Missing verbs activity
  • 5. Email Walhi