One of the most common criticisms of the Resourceful Indonesian website made by its users is that they find it difficult to understand the often cryptic page titles and this makes it difficult for them to navigate their way around the site. To overcome this issue, I will provide a brief summary of the contents or purpose of each page of the site in the order the pages appear down the left hand margin of the website.

Homepage

This page provides an introduction to the website and outlines the aims and purpose of the site. It then goes on to provide links to all the major Indonesia-related websites that would be of personal, professional or pedagogical value to Indonesian educators and learners. In other words, it's your one-stop shop to everything that matters to Indonesian educators. 

Weekly Traffic Report

The main purpose of this page is to provide week-to-week statistical data and graphs of unique user and page view traffic. This presents a clear picture of the amount of people who visit the site and how many pages they view over a given week. In times of turmoil in Indonesian society such as political or social upheaval, this page will also be used to provide analysis of Indonesian affairs from my independent viewpoint. Usually, in these instances, a feature page such as the Caper Cops or Executing Justice pages are created on the website to follow these controversial issues from beginning to end.

Semarang Sojourn

This page is dedicated to highlighting and promoting Hills Joglo Villa, the first sponsor of the Resourceful Indonesian website. For those seeking a true Javanese holiday experience, Hill Joglo Villa has it all with traditional joglo-style accommodation set amongst rice fields or 'sawah'.

Celebrating 8000 Links & Resources

In early 2018  the Resourceful Indonesian website reached the milestone of 8000 links and resources. This page provides a simple commemoration of this achievement which has been five years in the making.

All For A Good Cause

This pages provides free advertising for individuals and organisations undertaking social, environmental or charitable programs in Indonesia. Such individuals or organisations are also able to share their work and achievements  using Resourceful Indonesian as a conduit.

An Open Letter To President Joko Widodo

This open letter published in counterpunch magazine in the United States and written by Andre Vltchek, provides a frank account of the challenges faced by the new President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo to realise the aspirations of the Indonesian people who voted for him. The writer demonstrates a deep and incisive understanding of the plethora  issues that plague Indonesia, some of which will provide  insurmountable challenges for the new president.

Majalah Internet SMK Negeri 8 Surakarta

SMK Negeri 8 Surakarta is a vocational senior high school in Surakarta (Solo) Central Java which specializes in the traditional performing arts of Java including dance, gamelan music and shadow puppetry. The purpose of this page is to provide a forum to showcase the school's activities and the achievements of its students.

Majalah Internet SMP Negeri 1 Surakarta

SMP Negeri 1 Surakarta is the premier state junior secondary school of Surakarta (Solo) city in Central Java. Its most famous alumni is the current President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. The purpose of this page is to provide a forum to showcase the school's activities and the achievements of its students.

Borobudur Sojourn

This page contains five slideshows exploring various facets of the World Heritage listed Borobudur Temple in Central Java. The images have been selected and reordered from the original tourist CD produced by PT. Taman Wisata Candi and which is available onsite at  Borobudur Temple. If you are considering teaching a unit on the religions of Indonesia, this resource provides a wealth of information on the life and enlightenment of Buddha.

UniBRIDGE Project

This page was created to collaborate with with UniBRIDGE Project in furthering the study of Indonesian language and culture. It is hoped that this collaboration will provide a much larger forum and resource base for learners of Indonesian to access.

Australian Curriculum Languages

This page was created following the Ready? Set? Go? conference and workshop in Brisbane, one of a number of similar events held in each state capital. This page contains not only the latest updates on the AC:L Indonesian but also editable copies of all the unit planning templates introduced during the national workshops. The page will be updated as new information becomes available.

Success Stories

The purpose of this page is to showcase and celebrate the study and career achievements of students who have pursued post-secondary studies in the Indonesian language with the hope of motivating younger students and convincing them that there are career paths for Indonesian speakers in the real world.

Langkah Dinda

This page contains 6 vlogs from Dinda, a mixed heritage Indonesian-Australian actress now living in Sydney. The original aim of the series was for Dinda to explore life in two cultures, however, she stopped producing content in 2018. It's a pity as her work showed good potential for classroom use.

Cultural Performances For Schools

The purpose of this page is to provide free advertising to cultural performances that undertake local or national tours of schools from time to time.

Indonesia & Its People

This purpose of this page is to provide classroom resources on the people, cultures, religions and geography of Indonesia.

Time To Take An App

The purpose of this page is to provide up-to-date reviews on all Indonesian-related apps available for both the Android and Apple platforms. 

Just Give The Word

This page provides links to all of the known online Indonesian dictionaries and  vocabulary game websites.

Join The Queue "R"

This page provides links to all websites with QR Code related activities for use in language classrooms. It also contains a number of classroom activity sheets that are available for download. With the use of QR Codes becoming increasingly popular in the classroom, your students will now be able to use their mobile technology in a productive and motivating manner in class.

Come On Indo ... Come On, Come On!

This page is your one-stop destination for the promotion and advocacy of studying foreign languages in general and Indonesian in particular. It is a must see page for teachers and students and their parents at subject selection time.

Learning The Lingo

This page contains comprehensive  language, vocabulary and grammar links and resources that can be used by both teachers and learners at all levels of Indonesian from P-12 and beyond. This page, more than most, would welcome ongoing contributions from other Indonesian teachers in the field rather than relying on the efforts of one or two people.

Is Indonesian Easy To Learn?

This page contains a selection of the best and most relevant pages from the mastering bahasa.com website. There is a treasure trove of resources here which an experienced teacher can manipulate and modify to suit their student cohort. For adult learners, it provides a multitude of resources for self-study and revision purposes.

She's Near & Far

This page contains relevant the works of Indonesian YouTuber Naila Farhana, who has spent time in America and aims to educate her mainly Indonesian followers in aspects of the English language. In doing this, however, she draws comparisons between English, Indonesian and other languages, such as Dutch, which provide valuable insights for learners of Indonesian.

Mapping Indonesia

This page contains a highly useful selection of Indonesian maps for classroom use. Most of the maps are transparent (png. images) so there are no annoying or distracting backgrounds for users to contend with.

What A Disaster

This page contains animated infographics on how to survive the various natural disaster to which Indonesia is prone. The highly contextualised images and dialogue, along with the learners' prior knowledge, provide excellent scaffolding for comprehension.

Let's Watch A Grammar Video

This page provides links to nine (9) short Indonesian grammar videos on YouTube which are suitable for Year 9-12 learners. We all have our own ways of teaching Indonesian grammar to our post-compulsory stage students. Why not let someone else do it for you through short and focused 5-minute videos. After you introduce the grammar point with these videos, you are then free to put your own spin on what the students have just watched. I have learnt quite a bit about different ways to explain the same grammatical points through this series of videos and I'm certain that all teachers will benefit by viewing and using these videos in their classes. By the low viewer statistics, I would say that these videos are definitely an undiscovered gem.

Can You Point Me In The Right Direction???

This page provides a range of classroom resources on locative prepositions and on giving directions.

Programmed For Learning

This page provides sample units of work from both individual classroom teachers and from various education departments throughout Australia. There are also some Introductory Indonesian courses suitable for adult learners available for download.

The Language Gym

This page contains links to no fewer than eleven (11) articles by Giofranco Conti PhD on his The Language Gym website.  His incisive blogs on language  pedagogy, written in layman's English  both challenge and debunk some of the common practices that many language teachers take for granted or fear to express personal doubt or speak out against because of the direction that all teaching in general  is being taken in by the technology gurus with their colorful charts, graphs and pedagogical wheels. He gives compelling voice steeped in research to the concerns that we all feel and his articles should be mandatory professional reading for all language teachers.

There's Methodology To This Madness

This page contains a variety of resources for language educators including sample 'model' Indonesian lessons from YouTube  to articles and resources on languages pedagogy. Many, if not all, of the articles on this page, which originate from   varied sources and qualified individuals, are essential reading for all language teachers.

Teaching With Comprehensible Input TCI-TPRS

This page contains information, examples and resources to educate and support the use of thisrelatively new methodology to teaching language which is based the work of Dr Stephen Krashen and his "Input Hypothesis".

Learn Real Bahasa Indonesia

This page includes links to all the videos from Yahya Zakaria's Learn Real Bahasa Indonesia YouTube channel. "Zacky", as he preferes to be called, has spent time in Australia honing his teaching skills through programs such as 2015 Indonesian Language Assistant Program in Western Australia and this experience has helped improve the pedagogical quality and value of his more recent videos. Zacky's lively and friendly persona is sure to be a hit with your students so I recommend making use of his work as needed.

Fantastic Indonesian Words

This page is part of Jeremy Snyder's Dua Budaya YouTube channel. Here Jeremy introduces a new Indonesian word in each video and points out some unique facts or features about the word in focus. This is a "fantastic" way of exploring specific vocabulary items.

Indo Lingo

This page contains a series of five collaborations between Jeremy Snyder and Amy Budrikis on various aspects of the Indonesian language, clearly explained  and obviously aimed at Beginner Learners.

Listen To Dua Budaya

This page contains five videos developed by Jeremy Snyder to be used as stimulus around which teachers can devise their own listening comprehension activities.

Dua Budaya

This page contains the remaining culturally-based works from Jeremy Snyder's Dua Budaya YouTube  channel. Jeremy is a secondary school teacher of Indonesian in Western Australia and, accordingly, produces content for this level on his YouTube channel. The videos he produces  in collaboration his Indonesian wife are highly motivating and provide a realistic insight into aspects of Indonesian life, society and culture, usually centred around the special province of Yogyakarta.

Word of the Day

Gaining inspiration from Jeremy Snyder's Fantastic Indonesian Words series, I decided on developing the idea of a Word of the Day for my Year 7 and Year 8 Indonesian classes. These words are thematically-based around the current unit of study and rely on corny humour and constant reinforcement in class to implant the words in the long-term memory of learners. There are over 200 of these downloadable powerpoints spread over three pages of the website.

A Quizlet For All Occasions

All teachers know the value of vocabulary practise. The Quizlets linked on this page provide onlinr vocabulary revision on a range of topics. Many of the Quizlets also contain images to further reinforce the target vocabulary. 

I Don't Give A Kahoot !

This page contains links to 44 Kahoots that I have developed on a wide range of topics. These carhoots are very visual in nature which provide greater motivation for individuals or student teams to compete against each other. Feel free to access these ready-made Kahoots.

Book Of The Week

There are over 200 Funny Book Titles (and authors) spread over 8 pages in this section of the website. Both teachers and learners have found these corny book titles to be highly amusing. From experience, I have found that anything that is good for a laugh attracts and maintains student attention.

Indonesian 101

This page contains the entire 18 videos from the IndonesianPod 101.com series on YouTube. Although it is designed for Beginner Level adults, it can just as easily be used with lower secondary students of Indonesian.

Indonesian In 3 Minutes

This series is also a member of the IndonesianPod 101.com stable and is spread over two pages and consists of 83 videos in total. The videos essentially provide vocabulary practice supported by visuals (video) on a variety of common topics. For instance, on the second page, you will found no fewer than 15 videos categorizing various animals.

Learn Indonesian Vocabulary

This page contains two kind of videos. Firstly there are shorter videos where the learner can practise specific topic-related vocabulary such as "Pakaian". Secondly there are videos that are eight hours in length that you are meant to listen to while you are sleeping and, thus, subconsciously remember the vocabulary. Good luck trying to set that up! If I was to learn vocabulary that way, I would extract the audio file from the video and transfer it to another device such as a mobile phone. This would be a far more convenient way of listening to the audio whilst sleeping.

I Know Everything

This page contains an animated series where the two characters teach the viewer the names of various items such as animals, modes of transport furniture in the house and so on. The series, consisting of 24 videos, is produced for pre-school Indonesian children but can also be used with Year 7 and 8 learners of Indonesian as a foreign language.

You Can Count On Me

As the name suggests, this page contains resources on numbers and counting which are suitable for both upper primary and lower secondary learners. You should really check out the rolling dice game!

Let's Get Numerate

This page contains a selection of videos targeted at beginner learners of Indonesian with the aim of developing early numeracy, in particular, counting and number recognition skills.

Let's Get Literate

This page contains a selection of videos targeted at beginner learners of Indonesian with the aim of developing early literacy, in particular, learning the alphabet and letter recognition skills.

Write Here Write Now

This page contains a variety of mainly guided writing activities for lower-secondary (Years 7 - 9) students of Indonesian.

Let's Get Down To Business

This page contains samples or templates for over 50 types of Indonesian professional or business correspondence. With this page, you're back in business!

Listen Up

This page contains links to the best websites for graded  listening activities in the Indonesian language from various sources all over the world. Such a wide array of resources will never leave you wanting for listening materials nor your students wanting for online self-study materials.

Listen To This

This series is yet another offering from the IndonesianPod 101.com stable and 53 Listening Comprehension videos on various daily situations graded in four levels from Absolute Beginner to Advanced. Although it is aimed at adult learners, many of these videos could form the basis of Listening Comprehension Tasks for both junior and senior secondary learners with a little creative thinking from the teacher.

Seven Up

There are currently over 300 videos in this entertaining series spread over 10 pages. The series consists of video clips ranging from 6 - 10 minutes in duration. Each clips covers a different topic highlighting 7 unique or peculiar instances  of that topic from all over the world ( for example, 7 peculiar things about world currencies). What makes this into a good series of listening exercise for senior students is that they are exposed to topics of universal interest across all cultures so they will have a good contextual basis for making meaning from the text. Furthermore, the clips are not very long in length so the students will not be overwhelmed and should not become bored because of the topics being presented. Enjoy watching these clips with your students and having a lot of good discussion afterwards.

Speak Your Mind

Speaking the language is the ultimate goal of all language programs. Whilst not exhaustive, this page does provide several classroom activities which develop and promote speaking skills.

A Template For All Occasions

To further support the development of speaking skills, this page provides around a dozen guided or scaffolded templates for day to day oral interactions such as Meeting & Greeting, Shopping & Bargaining and A Medical Consultation just to mention a few. With the aid of these templates your students should be able to replicate the genre of the exchange with a high degree of accuracy. These templates also provide a great opportunity for all learners to gain confidence communicating in a variety of situations.

Beyond All Comprehension

This page provides both links to websites containing online reading comprehension passages as well as a significant number of digital copies of reading comprehension tasks that can be downloaded for classroom use in a wide array of themes across all year levels.

Let's Celebrate

This page contains links to a series of 24 videos on YouTube which explain the cultural significance of all of the major religious and national holidays of Indonesia and focuses on how these holy days and national public holidays are observed and adhered to throughout. These videos provide a deep insight and appreciation of the role of religion and nationalism in Indonesian society.

Knowing Me Knowing You

This page provides a range of resources on the topics of Meeting & Greeting and Describing Self & Others.

School Dayz Home Daze

This page contains an array of resources covering the theme of School & Home.

Home Sweet Home

This page contains an array of still images, videos and information about traditional houses (rumah adat) in the various provinces of Indonesia.

All In The Family

This page contains a large volume of classroom resources on the theme of Family.

A Passion For Fashion

This page contains classroom resources on the theme of Clothing.

What's On The Menu

This page contains a considerable number of classroom resources on the theme of Eating Out.

Tantalize Your Taste Buds

This page contains links to 30 video from a series on How To Cook Traditional Indonesian Dishes sourced from YouTube. Bon Appetit!

Cook Up A Storm

This page contains Indonesian recipes scanned from original Indofood seasoning packaging and can be used to teach the genre of writing recipes or cooking instructions. Master Chef, look out !!!

Nyam Nyam Nyam

This page explores the culinary adventures of two expatriates living in Jakarta. Michi, originally from Japan, and Yoora, originally from South Korea, explore some of Jakarta's most exclusive eating establishments as well as some 'warungs' which have become famous for the food they prepare. This series of videos are produced by the prolific MALESBANGET.COM group.

You Are What You Eat

This page explores the Indonesian Healthy Food Pyramid along with the topic of Healthy Eating in general.

Shop Till You Drop

This page contains a considerable number of classroom resources on the topic of Shopping and Bargaining.

Let's Talk About The Weather

This page contains a number of classroom resources and activities on the topics of The Seasons and Weather Forecasting.

Time After Time

This page contains classroom resources on Telling the Time, Days of the Week and Months of the Year.

Give Me A Sign

This page contains fifteen (15) common street, community or classroom signs likely to be encountered in Indonesia. A terrific resource for studying the language of signs, particularly the imperative.

Let's Play Games

This page contains a comprehensive selection of word games that can be adapted for all Roman-scripted foreign languages, including Indonesian.

Fun Stuff

This page contains a number of fun activities that can be undertaken using the Indonesian language. Instructions are provided on how to create a WORDLE online along with a range of Indonesian WORDLE examples.

Hobbies & Pastimes

This page contains a number of classroom resources and activities on the topic of Hobbies and Pastimes along with a range of  YouTube videos showcasing unique Indonesian or Asian sports such as Sepak Takraw.

Culture at 33,000 Feet

This page contains over 60 feature articles culture on various aspects of Indonesian culture sourced and scanned from old Garuda Indonesia inflight magazines.

The Obama Tapes

This page contains links to a three-part interview between an RCTI journalist and President Barack Obama in the White House. There is also a link to the movie Obama Anak Menteng on YouTube.

Indo Tube

This page includes a large number of satirical Indonesian remakes of hit songs, highlighting, amongst other things, the rise of Jokowi to the position of Governor of Jakarta and then President of Indonesia. Also included are a number of remakes and interpretations of the hugely popular Korean hit, Gangnam Style. This is undoubtedly one of the most entertaining pages on the entire website.

Documentary Evidence

This page contains links to a range of controversial documentaries that cover issues such as underage smoking, historical human rights abuses, crime and punishment, the fall of Suharto, the invasion of East Timor, abuse of Indonesian domestic workers abroad and Balinese culture just to mention a few. It would be true to say that Indonesia, as a maturing democracy, has yet to come to terms with some of the darkest episodes in its recent history and this selection of documentaries bare witness to this fact.

Swept Under The Carpet

This page contains links to documentaries on issues that are of current concern in Indonesia but which tend to be out of the public eye or a given a low public profile by the government. These include the ongoing struggle for independence in West Papua and the exploitation of workers by multinational corporations such as Nike.

Al Jazeera 101 East

This page contains short documentaries controversial issues that are unlikely to be aired in Indonesia itself; the sort of issues that would be more likely to be 'swept under the carpet' as  rather than be open to public scrutiny and debate.

Worst Place To Be A Pilot

This page contains links to a series that follows young British pilots flying in some of the most breathtaking, remote and dangerous locations on earth in Indonesia's Papua Province. They are employed by Susi Air to gain experience flying the routes that local pilots will not fly. For those of us who are aware that Indonesia is a country whose commercial airline industry has one of the world's worst safety standards, this series will keep you glued to your seats.

Film Shortz

This page contains links to several short films as well as providing worksheets and other learning materials to allow students to engage with both these particular films and with the short film genre in general.

A Night At The Movies

This page contains links to a large selection of full-length Indonesian movies that would be of interest to school-aged learners. Several of the listed movies are also accompanied by teacher notes and student study guides.

Jalan-Jalan Men

The Jalan-Jalan Men travel series guides you through some of Indonesia's unique and out-of-the-way travel destinations from the perspective of  Jebraw, a fun-loving and eager-to-learn Indonesian traveler and his travel companion, Naya, who enjoy exploring the different attractions and cultures of their country. This is definitely not your usual, run-of-the-mill travel documentary series!

Jalan-Jalan Sekeliling Indonesia

This page is made up of travel guides from three separate travel series, these being, the Indonesia Bagus series (41 episodes), the 100 Hari Keliling Indonesia series (5 episodes) and the Wonderful Indonesia series (25 episodes). These three series combined have just about covered every major tourist destination in Indonesia.

Riding Java

These pages contain the vlogs of Martin Johnson, an American  who has lived and worked in Indonesia for some 8 years teaching English and Bible classes in Papua and Yogyakarta. He got the idea to travel around Java with his wife and two children on motorcycles and record their experiences. That is how the Riding Java YouTube channel came into existence. Join Marty, his wife Julie and their two adorable young children as they take you on a cultural road trip around Java and other parts of Indonesia, experiencing both the sights and the local cuisine.

I've Been To Bali Too

The page contains all things Bali from maps to teaching resources, songs, cultural articles, traditional movies and modern tourism videos.

Surfing Indonesia

This series of eight bilingual articles sourced from the Garuda Indonesia in-flight magazine, Colours, explores some of Indonesia's hottest surfing destinations. 

Sick As A Dog

This page contains both information and resources to help anyone with a basic knowledge of Indonesian receive medical care in Indonesia. Included is a section warning of over-the-counter cold and flu medicines and also a template for a generic medical consultation. Not all Indonesian doctors speak English so anyone planning to spend considerable time in Indonesia should avail themselves of the material on this page.

Leaving On A Jet Plane

This page contains a video and teaching resources which will help familiarize airline passengers with the language of the pre-flight safety presentation and with the formalities of customs and immigration at an Indonesian airport.

You Can Bank On It

This page contains resources for teaching the language of everyday banking along with forms to open up a savings account, templates for banking transactions, sample deposit and withdrawal slips and bank promotional material and television commercials. In no time you'll be able to transact your personal banking requirements in Indonesia!

Keep Me Posted

This page contains a multitude of resources on undertaking postal transactions in Indonesia. As well as providing templates for common postal transactions, there are both slide shows and still images of colorful postcards from all over Indonesia.

Read All About It

This page contains both visual and written reading comprehension texts specifically aimed at Primary School aged learners.

Art Is In The Eyes Of The Beholder

At the time of writing, this page contains two YouTube links and a worksheet on Indonesian Batik as an art form.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

This page contains four Who Wants To Be A Millionaire quizzes in the form of interactive PowerPoint Presentations along with a blank PowerPoint Template for creating your own WWTBAM quizzes. The supplied quizzes have been tried and tested in the classroom and have proven to be quite motivational.

You Can't Stop The Musik

This page contains teaching resources, links and videos related to the playing of traditional Indonesian instruments such as angklung and gamelan.

Sing A Song Of Sixpence

This page contains around 70 subtitled popular Indonesian children's karaoke songs, and even includes various renditions of the national anthem, Indonesia Raya, and a selection of other national songs as well. Younger learners, in particular will enjoy singing along to these offerings.

National Songs Of Indonesia

As the title suggests, this page contains multiple versions of the national songs of Indonesia to appeal to all age groups and audiences.

Move Over K-Pop ... Here Comes I-Pop

This page contains over 30 popular Indonesian songs from the late 1980s until the present time. Indonesian popular music uniquely reflects social and cultural issues within Indonesia so the selection of songs provided here will give plenty of scope for meaningful classroom discussion. To help matters, I have also provided bilingual lyrics of each of the songs. I have done the translations myself, so they should be a true reflection of the intent of the songs.

A French Affair

This page contains the mostly satirical songs of Fransoa , a Frenchman who lives in Indonesia  whose real name is Francois Xavier Renou. His hit, Aku Lapar, mentions no fewer than 43 Indonesian dishes and is a take on the 1977 hit Ca Plane Pour Moi by French punk rocker Plastic Bertrand.

Filipe Si Bule Brazil Di Indonesia

This page contains humorous cultural videos by Filipe Valdes, a young Brazilian national who is in love with all things Indonesian. Despite having no formal study in the Indonesian language, or ever visiting Indonesia prior to February 2016, he has a sound  understanding of Indonesian culture and an easy level of fluency in the language developed through his online contacts. Some of his video can be used to educate foreigners learning Indonesian.

Popular Culture

This page contains articles and reviews on both Indonesian and western pop culture, including Man Of Steel, Avengers Age Of Ultron and Minions, just to mention a few.

Animation Fascination

This page contains samples of popular Indonesian-voiced animations including Teletubbies, Dora The Explorer and SpongeBob Squarepants  just to mention a few. There is also samples from the Indonesian Aku Bisa ... Sendiri series which teaches young children how to undertake their daily chores.

Thomas & Friends

This page contains over ten  Indonesian-voiced Thomas & Friends episodes. For language comparison purposes, the English-language version of each Indonesian dubbed episode is also provided. All in all, to quote the Fat Controller, this is a very useful page.

Waktunya Kido

This page contains no fewer than 115 episodes of Waktunya Kido, a popular children's puppet show broadcast across Indonesia. The series aims both to educate and to teach moral behavior to children through the experiences of the characters. Each episode is around 5 minutes which leaves plenty of time for clasroom discussion. The level of language is pitched at pre-school to lower elementary Indonesian children. 

Bukan Sekedar Wayang

The section contains 145 episodes spread over four pages of this hugely popular program which is performed in front of a live studio audience and is based on the traditional puppet form of Wayang Golek. Gone are the traditional characters and themes which have been replaced by contemporary characters and issues in Indonesian society, bringing this traditional form of puppetry to the modern masses.

Advertising Pays

This section contains over 110 television advertisements spread over three pages. A wide range of consumer goods and staples are covered including automobiles, fast foods, beverages, cosmetics, mobile phones, mineral water and instant noodles, just to mention a few. These styles and themes of these advertisements gives an insight into the psyche Indonesian consumers.

Indonesia In Advertising

This page contains examples of Indonesian culture within Australian advertising. Included is the highly successful AAMI Insurance advertisements featuring the flowering relationship of Rhonda and Ketut.

It All Ads Up

This page contains magazine advertisements sourced from a range of Indonesian-language magazines.

Images Of Jakarta

This page contains a slideshow of original images of Jakarta taken during a visit to the city in 2012. A wide variety of themes emerge in the images, including Traffic Congestion, Transport, Housing, Urban Development and Cultural Artifacts. This is a must-see page in any study of the nation's capital.

Dancing Feet

This page contains video links to over 20 traditional and modern dances from all over the Indonesian archipelago. Some of these, such as the Poco-Poco can be easily learnt and enjoyed by our students so perhaps Indonesian teachers should be talking to Dance teachers within their schools to get the ACARA Cross Curriculum Priority of Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia fulfilled through some cross-faculty initiatives.

Indonesian Literature

This page contains a ranger of Indonesian literature including novels and short stories suitable for both child and adult readers

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

This page contains an array of Indonesian satire, including satirical posters, signs, videos and magazine cartoons which not only provide humor but also give an insight into the Indonesian culture.

The Hitler Satires

This page contains 23  dubbed-over excerpts from the Hitler movie,  rewriting the dialogue to satirize figures and issues within Indonesian society with some culturally unique, side-splitting interpretations of the Hitler excerpts.

You Must Be Joking

As the title suggests, this page contains a variety of Indonesian jokes which help to give an insight into the Indonesian sense of humor. You may be surprised to learn, through this selection of jokes, that Indonesian humor is not really very different to our own.

Malam Minggu Miko

This page contains all 52 episodes of the comedy series Malam Minggu Miko. Each episode is around twelve minutes in length and ends with an ironic twist. The storyline revolves around the 'malam Minggu' (Saturday night) misadventures of Mas Miko and his female dates for the evening.

Tips Ala Raditya Dika

On this page, Raditnya Dika of Malam Minggu Miko fame, and one of Indonesia's top comedians, narrates personal relationaships situations where the scenarios are played out by male and female members of his comedy troupe. As with all his aother works, his satirical humor is again spot on.

How To Act Indonesian

This section, consisting of three pages, contains satirical videos which highlight the differences between Indonesian and Western culture. They are produced by Sacha Stevensen, a Canadian national with a native-like command of bahasa gaul, who used to live in Jakarta but now resides in Bali. She has  gained a very large online following of predominantly young Indonesians with her sometimes controversial send-ups of Indonesian culture.  

skinnyindonesian24

This page contains the satirical  videos of brothers and Universitas Indonesia students, Andovi and Jovial Aaron, who, through their skinnyindonesian24 works, and other collaborations,  have become one of the top  YouTube online comedy troupes in all of Indonesia.  

Telemakita

This page contains all 36 episodes from the Telemakita series  which takes a satircal look at  aspects of the role of technology in our daily  lives. Telamakita is one of the offerings from the vast MALESBANGET.COM stable of online satire. 

MALESBANGET.COM

This section contains six pages of content from MALES BANGET.COM  which is Indonesia's largest producer of online comedy and satirical content including the highly successful Telemakita  and Jalan-Jalan Men travel series. These three page are dedicated to single episode content  or vignettes from the MALES BANGET.COM troupe. 

Ria's Vlog

This section contains four pages of food critique videos by one of Indonesia's top YouTubers, Ria. With each video achieving around two million views, Ria's simple formula is to travel all over Indonesia and Asia and sample the local cuisine, be it from expensive restaurants to cheap street food. If you are ever travelling to Indonesia or Asia and plan to try the local food, you should check out Ria's videos - the odds are that she has been to your specific destination.

LASTDAY Production

This section comprising of three pages contains the works of the LASTDAY Production troupe who set out to satirize the lifestyle of wealthy, spoiled, young  Indonesians adults. As it is meant for a sophisticated young urban audience, it also provides a good avenue to listen and become accustomed to bahasa 'gaul' or Jakarta slang.

Reza Sadha

Reza Sadha is a regular cast member of the LASTDAY Production troupe who has ventured out on his own to produce some solo works.

Shandy Koo

Shandy Koo is a Chinese Indonesian YouTuber whose videos explore the themes of love and relationships. He works in collaboration with members of the LASTDAY Production troupe who take on the roles of both lead and supporting  actors in his videos. All his videos are in the Indonesian language with the bonus of providing English subtitles in an attempt to promote his work to  English-speaking audiences.

nyunyutube

This section comprising two pages contains the works of the nyunyutube troupe which produces satirical content for the "anak remaja" demographic of Indonesian society. Their works reflect the behavior, views and language of this demographic.

CameoProject

This section comprising five pages contains the work of the prolific CameoProject comedy troupe who first became prominent for their parody One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful which many believe was the theme song which propelled Joko Widodo to the governorship of DKI Jakarta and later the presidency of the Republic of Indonesia.

Tim2one

This section comprising two pages contains the work of Chandra Liow, a Chinese-Indonesian online  satirist whose specialty is video blogging (VLOGS). He and his two brothers present a range of online humor and music covers and collaborations with other Indonesian YouTubers.

Anak Gaul PIK

PIK stands for Pusat Informasi & Konseling which is a little deceptive as this troupe of young YouTubers tends to focus upon and satirize the habits and behaviour  of their peers, the upwardly mobile, educated and progressive urban youth of Jakarta.

Susah Tidur

This page contains the satirical work of the Susah Tidur group which targets relationships as its main source of satire.

EPEN KAH CUPEN TOH

This section comprises four pages of the comedy series  EPEN KAH CUPEN TOH which introduces MOP Papua or the local 'in your face' comedy of the people of West Papua. 

Tetangga Masa Gitu?

This section, which is currently spread over 20 pages, contains every episode of Indonesia's most popular televised and online sitcom ever which is now into its third season with no waning in popularity. In Series 3 each episode is broken up into three parts instead of four parts which still allows time for class discussion and appraisal in comprehensible chunks . You are looking at Upper Intermediate proficiency to have full appreciation of this most addictive offering.

Kelas Internasional

For those familiar with the British sitcom Mind Your Language  which ran from 1977 until 1986, you will recognize many similarities in this latest Indonesian offering. Pak Budi plays a put-upon language teacher who makes a living by teaching Indonesian to expatriates. With a mix of students from India, Japan, China, South Korea, Brazil, Australia, Colombia and Nigeria, his lessons do not always go as planned. Enjoy 13 pages which cover the first three seasons of this side-splitting sitcom.

Urbanisation In Jakarta

In Queensland the Year 8 Geography Curriculum to Classroom (C2C) materials contain a case study of Urbanisation in Jakarta. This page contains a number of videos sourced from YouTube have been added to the website as supplementary support materials for the teaching of this unit.

Run, Forrest, Run ...

This page has been created to focus on the threat to Indonesia's remaining pristine rain forests brought about by the ever-expanding palm oil industry in which Indonesia is the world's leading producer.

Wildlife Conservation

This page  contains resources that focus specifically on Indonesia's endangered animals.

A Walk Down Memory Lane

This page contains mainly primary historical sources which focus on aspects of Indonesia's colonial past.

Just Views and Reviews

As the name suggests, this page contains links to reviews of new publications about Indonesia and links to significant feature articles an aspects of Indonesian society and culture.

Culture Shock

This page contains s selection of five videos produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) to provide cultural acclimatization training to Mormon missionaries bound for Indonesia. As the videos are meant for cultural training purposes for Mormons, they provide a useful focus Indonesian cultural norms rather than attempting to advocate the Mormon faith and, as such, are a useful instrument for anyone planning to live in Indonesia.

What's In The News

This page contains a wide range of professional reading of interest to both educators and experts on Indonesian affairs. Included here are sections on Human Interest Stories, Promotion and Advocacy and Australia-Indonesia Relations.

Tidbits From Jakarta

This page trawls the Indonesian English-language press on the lookout for topical Indonesian news pieces which throw some light on the Indonesian people, their culture, psyche and world view. Whenever I come across or am alerted to such an article, it's link will be published in resourcefulindonesian so that it can be preserved for posterity to provide a snapshot of Indonesia at a particular point in time.

Indonesian Politics 101

This page contains no fewer than 220 articles, videos and songs, giving a unique and wide-ranging insight into the 2014 Indonesian Presidential Election and the electric social and political environment in which this bitterly-fought contest was contested. No stone has been left unturned to expose the truth as seen through the courageous eyes of reporters at mainly The Jakarta Globe who were not afraid to speak out about Prabowo and his chequered past. For the "real" news of this historic event, a visit to this page is a must!

Spare A Minute For Indonesia

This page contains 42 vignettes made voluntarily by both prominent and ordinary Indonesians to encourage their countrymen to take the unique opportunity to vote for real change and select Joko Widodo as the next President of the Republic of Indonesia. Many of these people were first-time voters who previously had no confidence that any real change could be brought about by previous presidential elections and therefore had previously abstained from voting in these contests. Their words and pleas are from the heart and often very touching. Given that each is only around one-minute in length, they are ideal for classroom study by senior students of Indonesian.

Caper Cops

Worrying events in Indonesia with the nomination of Commander General Budi Gunawan as the new Head of the National Police has prompted in the creation of this new page which will closely follow developments in one of the nation's most important cases of official corruption. 

Executing Justice

This page is devoted to exploring the controversial  issue of Indonesia's policy of executing individuals sentenced by the courts for drugs smuggling offences. The fact that the majority of those convicted and due to be executed in the second tranche of executions are foreign nationals, has focused intense international scrutiny and diplomatic pressure on Indonesia whose stance has been viewed as somewhat hypocritical considering that they are also actively seeking clemency for their citizens on death row in a number of overseas countries. The decision to delay all the executions until each of the convicted felons has exhausted all legal channels has momentarily taken the issue off the front pages and perhaps provided the breathing space for cooler heads to prevail in Jakarta where there is now open debate on the merits and hypocrisy of the death penalty for drugs-related offences.

20 Percent Should Suffice

The Speaker of the Indonesia’s House of Representatives has found himself embroiled in the largest corruption case in recent Indonesian history.
He has arranged secret meetings with executives of Freeport, the biggest miner and tax payer in Indonesia, and attempted to extort two billion dollars in shareholdings from the company claiming to be making the request on behalf of the President (Joko Widodo) who would receive 11 percent of the proceeds and the Vice President (Yusuf Kalla) who would receive 9 percent of the proceeds.
The suspicious executives from Freeport recorded the entire conversation and passed the tape onto the Energy Minister from where it was made public.
After denying the meeting even took place, today the Speaker claimed that he “was joking” when he asked for 20% of the company’s Indonesian operations.
​Will "Mr Untouchable" finally lose his teflon coating and be brought down by his latest audacious move? It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Terror Hits Jakarta

On Thursday 14 January 2016 terror struck Jakarta as four attackers and four innocent bystanders were killed in a somewhat amateurish attack on a Police post and the car park outside Starbucks  Cafe in Jalan Thamrin, Central Jakarta. This pagegives a detailed account of the attack and its aftermath

Last Cab Off The Rank

On Tuesday 22 March 2016 hundreds, if not thousands of taxi drivers created gridlock in Jakarta during a well-organised protest against ride-sharing apps which had eaten away at the incomes of taxi drivers. Inevitably the protest turned violent as frustrated motorists clashed with the taxi drivers. Follow the protest and its aftermath on this page.

Something  Fishy Is Going On Around Here

On 23 June 2016 President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo held a cabinet meeting on board a warship at the Natuna Islands in Riau Islands province sending a bold message to China to assert Indonesia's sovereignty over the southwestern edge of the South China Sea just days after Beijing declared its "overlapping claims" on the waters. Unlike other nations which have territorial disputes with China in the region, Indonesia has demonstrated that it is prepared to deal with any incursions into its territory by force. This story is unlikely to go away any time soon so follow the latest developments on this page.

Forum Pembela Ahok

This page contains links to articles which follow the downfall of Ahok, the ex-governor of Jakarta, who was sentence to two years in prison for blasphemy, and brought hundreds of thousands of islamic fundamentalist protesters to the streets of Jakarta. His defeat in the governortorial election can squarely be put down to political interference by the forces of radical Islam who saw an ethnic Chinese  governor as being both unsuitable and unworthy to lead in a Musli-majority nation.

Ahok ... Matyr for Pancasila

This page follows the surprise decision of the courts to find Ahok guilty of the crime of blasphemy and to sentence him to a term of imprisonment for two years. This was despite the prosecution in the case only seeking a guilty verdict with no custodial sentence due to the political nature of the entire case. To indicate that he was a man of integrity, Ahok decided not to appeal the verdict and see out his two years in a police barracks prison cell where his personal safety could be assured.

What Goes Around Comes Around

This page follows the imfamous leader of the Islamic Defenders Front or Front Pembela Islam, Rizieq Shihab, who was at the forefront of the protests and movement which saw Jakarta's Chinese Governor, "Ahok", arrested and tried for blasphemy. Unlike Ahok, however, when Rizieq Shihab himself was facing charges of blasphemy and disseminating pornographic images via his mobile phone, he promptly fled Indonesia to escape justice and has been living in exile in Saudi Arabia. He was hoping that the Islamic movement, which oversaw the downfall of Ahok, would also see Prabowo win the 2019 Presidential Election and pardon him of all his crimes so he could return to Indonesia. Fortunately, for Indonesia, things did not pan out this way. 

Jokowi vs. Prabowo 2 - Here We Go Again

This page follows the 2019 Presidential Election, which, for the most part ran to the same script and ending as the 2014 election. This time Jokowi did not only face an incessant stream of online fake news and propaganda but the forces of political Islam also lined up against him in favor of Prabowo. In the dirtiest presidential elction in Indonesia's history. Jokowi was able to win with a comfortable majority of around 12 percent but this did not stop Prabowo from claiming victory on three occasions, calling for his followers to take their grievances to the streets and, again, appealing the election result in the Constitutional Court which, again, found in Jokowi's favour.

2019 Presidential Election Memes

One of the most amusing aspects of the 2019 Presidential Election was theonline meme battle between the followers of Prabowo, "kampret" (bats), and the followers of Jokowi, "cebong" (tadpoles). In this battle, the "cebong" clearly had the upper hand as the 50-plus memes on this page will attest.