Making connections

Explain to students that they are going to be using a learning object to explore issues of personal identity for an Indonesian boy, but that they are going to revise some of the language we might need first.

Hobi dan olah-raga
Suka dan tidak suka
Kata-kata sifat
Kartu kata-kata

Hobi dan olah-raga

Hand each student one half of a 'hobi' jigsaw (in Word or PDF) and ask them to find their partner by moving around the room, whispering the word on their card and matching the jigsaw pieces to make a pair. Once they have a pair, they come to you to try to pronounce their word/s - correct them if necessary. A blank jigsaw template is available in the Resources section.

When all partners are together, have two pairs join to make a group of four and teach each other how to say their word and what they mean. (1 minute) On a signal (shaking an angklung?) the pairs separate again and find another pair they haven't worked with and do the same again. And so on until all the words have been shared.

Collect all the cards and finish with a quick quiz where you ask students to provide either the matching word when you say either the Indonesian or English. Allow students time to suggest other hobbies or sports they either know or would like to know to add to a class list that you can display.

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Suka dan tidak suka

Ask students to suggest a set of questions they would need to ask in order to survey each other about their likes and dislikes. These could include questions with a 'yes / no' answer such as:
Apakah kamu suka ...? Apakah kamu tidak suka...?
Or questions asking about favourites such as:
 Makanan kesayangan kamu adalah apa? Binatang kesayangan kamu adalah apa?
You could also introduce questions about which of several things someone prefers. For example, Kamu lebih suka menonton televisi atau membaca buku?

Explain to the students that questions with a yes / no answer use 'Apakah?'; while other questions use 'Apa?' . You may not wish to go further, but if so, you can point out that there are equivalents to the Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? How many? questions of English. Students may already know some of these.

You will need to teach both the format for the question and the format for the answers. Have students select a range of five questions that they will ask others, and quickly check that they have these correct.  They then practice saying the questions and some answers.

Students can then move around the room, asking and answering one question from each person they meet. You can include a simple greeting such as May I ask a question? (Boleh saya bertanya?) Please do. (Silakan.)

If space is limited, employ the 'speed dating' routine of concentric circles facing each other, with students asking and replying to as many questions as they can in one or two minutes, then one circle rotating to a new partner.

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Kata-kata sifat

Remind students that describing words are called adjectives in English and kata-kata sifat in Indonesian, but that the concepts they are dealing with are the same. As a whole class, revise the adjectives that are commonly used in describing things. Colours; words for size (often opposites such as big and small, tall and short, fat and thin etc); young and old; words for shape ( bulat, empat persegi). Also revise the word order that is used in Indonesian for describing something and compare this with English.

Lead some simple practice by holding up a series of objects and asking 'Apa ini?' Students can describe them in any way that fits. For example, Ini buku biru or Ini buku yang berwarna biru or Ini buku besar, warnanya biru.

You can prompt students for more information, or ask for other ways of describing the item (Ada deskripsi yang lain?) You may also ask students to rule on whether a description is correct or not (Benar atau salah?)

You may wish to develop a class display list of kata-kata sifat that students can add to over time.

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Kartu kata-kata

Provide pairs or small groups of students with word cards. You can print this sheet (in Word or PDF) cut into separate cards. Explain to students that the red cards '-ku, -mu, -nya' are suffixes that they can add to other words. Remind students of what these stand for (aku, kamu, and the same as 'dia').

Have students spread out their cards randomly on the desk. When you say a short phrase or sentence (twice), students must quickly find and arrange the cards to make the sentence correctly. They put a hand up when ready. First finishing students need to be able to read the sentence with correct pronunciation to earn extra points. All correct groups earn two points.

Begin by giving the students sentences in Indonesian, focussing on recently revised language. For example:

Bapak Ketut suka bermain bulu tangkis.
Saya suka pergi ke bioskop dengan teman-teman.
 

Either prepare the sentences beforehand or have some small blank cards so students can quickly write in any missing words!

Once students have more experience, try giving them the sentences in English so that they have to work out the correct Indonesian.

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