Elizabeth

Hannah and I looked at The Learning Federation website. We looked at resources we could use for Indonesian. We found the following resource. This learning application involves studnets reading and/or listening to Indonesian about the the problems of one of three Indonesian students. The application is great - not only does it teach language, but also teaches students about Inbdonesian culture. For example one of the studnet's dilemna is that he is a Muslim and has been invited to his friend's house for a sleep over but is concerned as the family dog usually sleeps on the bed.

We think this learning object is good but not appropriate for the recommended year levels (yr 7 and 8). We think from our expereience of teaching Indonesian on placement, that this learning object would be more appropriate for year 10. The reason for this is that this learning objective invovles a braod range of vocabularly that for year 8s, and particularly year 7s would be too daunting for them. Also, in order to interact with the learning object, the students are required (as can be sen below) to predict what might happen. To do this they need to use phrases like 'I think...', 'I feel...' etc and these opinion based phrases are usually not taught till year 9 or 10.

Of course, if students have learnt Indonesian at primary school (i.e. are not beginners in secondary) then this application may indeed be suitable for year 7 or 8.

It is imporant as teachers, to explore the application prior to suggesting that students use it.