Minggu Kedelapan dan Kesepuluh

Gambar dari Mata London.

Saya tidak belajar di kelas minggu ini. Saya sudah pergi ke London untuk menjumpai bersama dengan keluarga saya untuk hari raya kami (perayaan Paskah orang Yahudi). Musim di sini dingin sekali, tapi kami senang, karena semua sepupu bisa bermain bersama. Anak perempuan saya sudah memasak makan énak sekali untuk hari libur ini. Saya sudah bertambah suatu berat! Kami akan kembali ke Perth pada minggu kesepuluh. (Minggu kesembilan tidak ada kelas di universitas.)

Minggu Ketujuh

WARUNG DI INDONESIA

On Monday we discussed the upcoming mid-semester exam and the assignment "Tentang Saya". The latter, which has been formulated and layered on this blog with each week's new vocabulary, I simply cut and pasted into a Word document and emailed to Bu Indra. We began unit 4 discussing new expressions used when shopping. We also learned usage of the demonstrative pronoun "yang", as well as simple conditionals with "kalau" (ex. "Kalau beli dua ketiga gratis." "Kalau begitu saya mau beli empat.") We were given three worksheets for homework, one of which entails a comprehensive review in preparation for the upcoming exam.

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On Wednesday we went over the homework in class. Then we practiced in pairs an open dialogue between a salesperson and buyer, using vocabulary particularly related to sales and discount prices (Bu Indra's favorite). We were given adverstisements from Mata Hari in which we had to ask our partner for the sales prices of selected items. Afterwards, we watched an Indonesian video on daily shopping in the markets, shops and warungs in a typical Indonesian town. We had an accompanying worksheet with comprehension questions. In the lab we reviewed a website containing President Yudhoyono's speeches and then a 7- day course for basic Indonesian language skills, most of which we had been covered in class. We then saw a video clip of the song "Ada Apa Denganmu" by the Indonesian rock group Peter Pan written by lead singer Ariel. All the class practiced singing along.

Minggu Keenam

On Monday when Bu Indra was absent, I met together with Tamsyn Butler and Christine Mueller to begin preparation for our group presentation in May. Our fourth member, Bree Swift , hadn't received notification by email and therefore did not attend. It was decided that, for the first part, I would be the Indonesian husband/father, Bree my wife, Christine our daughter and Tamsyn, a student from Australia. Part 1 will take place in a shopping mall, so that we can utilise upcoming shopping vocabulary as well as directionals. Part 2 will take place in our home, except that the father will be out driving a taxi. Instead, the girls thought it would be amusing for me to appear in a surprise cameo appearance that entails some gender-bending. Always ever-eager to make a complete fool of myself, I was happy to oblige.

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On Wednesday we did some review in preparation for the upcoming exam. We went over the word order in possessives and then the use of adjectives to express personal opinions. Next we reenacted the dialogues from unit 3 with each student taking a turn to read a part. The increased fluency of nearly all of the students is clearly discernable. After the break, we reviewed the lengthy 6-page homework assignment that entailed three different stories with comprehension questions, most dealing with school, family, hobbies and daily timetables. In the lab we spent the first part in conversation with a partner discussing our favorite subjects and hobbies. Next we went to the University of Victoria Indonesian language website (see Links)doing some exercises using colors and descriptive adjectives in units 19,20, 22 and 23.