Online Resources

The websites below are primarily for teacher use. Please check websites before giving students access to them.
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Customs and traditions:

http://www.irca.org.au/faq/ Great site by The Islamic Association of Australia, answering frequently asked questions about customs and traditions of Muslims.

http://asiarecipe.com/religion.html Summary of dietary restrictions of different religions.

http://www.indoinfo.com/language/greetings.htm  Indonesian Language: Greetings, Courtesies and Salutations.

http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/indonesia_brief.html#cust Some Dos and Don'ts in Indonesia.

Online dictionaries:

http://www.kamus-online.com/?lang=en  Kamus online dictionary.

http://www.toggletext.com/  Toggletext can 'translate' web pages as well as passages of text. Of course, like all automatic translation sites it has limitations.

Other useful resources:

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/nalsas/pdf/assessing.pdf  A research report on assessing and reporting student outcomes in Asian languages (Japanese and Indonesian). Contains the Key Performance Measures tables for Indonesian.

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/indonesia/teacher/resource/links.htm Access Asia web sites and resources about Indonesia.

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/network/ Asia EdNet.

http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/aef/ Asia Education Foundation.

http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/tlf2/ The Learning Federation.