indonesian students
Language Holiday I
Two Indonesian students prepare for a language holiday.
Vocabulary
| catch (2) | last | last day |
| before | trip (2) | look |
| forward | look forward to | very much |
| every | morning | take the bus |
| through | crowded | market |
| district | half | ride |
| just makes it | first | begin |
| public | public school | attend |
| play (2) | loud | loudspeaker |
| instead | traditional | bell |
| start off | private (2) | private school |
| like (3) | also | win/won/won |
| curriculum | center | centers around |
| religion | sing | verse |
| Quran/Koran | young/younger | old/older |
| pray | important | faith |
| utmost | because | help |
| through | get through | everyday |
| determine | whether | weather |
| heaven | hell | die/dead |
| bit (2) | more | less |
| relax | male | female |
| separate | here | well |
| as well | main | foreign |
| language | hard (2) | work hard |
| hardly working | proficient | interested |
| science | favorite | hope |
| one day (2) | someday | every |
| week | weak | support |
| effort | fund | material |
| scholar | scholarship | part |
| curriculum | compete | easy |
| learn | need | think (2) |
| never | abroad | spend (2) |
| rather | strict | noise |
| clean | welcome | expect |
| discipline | exciting | lot of |
| modern | building | only |
| thing | concern | be going to |
| anything | without | traditional |
| spice/spicy | ultimate | still |
| return | everything | travel |
Video
Questions
1. Yolanda looks forward to………….
2. It’s easy to get to school. True or false?
3. Is there a school bell at Yolanda’s school?
4. What is the difference between Devi’s and Yolanda’s schools?
5. Have Devi ever been abroad?
6. Yolanda like math and science very much. Yes or no?
7. Does Germany support German language instruction in Indonesia?
8. Why is learning German important?
9. Do the girls have a positive or negative view of Germany?
10. What concern do they have about visiting Germany?
11. Name twenty things and ten activities from the video.
A. Are you studying or have you studied German or other foreign languages?
B. Are you from Indonesia? Do you live in Indonesia? Have you ever been to Indonesia?
C. Have you met anyone from Indonesia? Who were they? What were they doing?
D. Describe the geography and climate of Indonesia.
E. Describe the economy of Indonesia. What does it import and export?
F. Does Indonesia have any problems or challenges?
G. What is Indonesian food like? Describe Indonesian cuisine.
H. What are some tourist attractions (cultural, historic, natural)?
I. What comes to mind when you think of Indonesia? What do you associate with Indonesia?
Language Holiday II
Indonesian students embark on a language holiday.
Vocabulary
| special | exchange | exchange student |
| send off | folk | play |
| traditional | instrument | make |
| bamboo | about (2) | about to |
| embark | first | trip (2) |
| abroad | travel | attend |
| course | return | late |
| just | bare | barely |
| beat (2) | rain | storm |
| under (2) | ordinary | circumstance |
| be able to | send | abroad |
| please | pleased | scholar |
| scholarship | reward | grade |
| important | experience | great |
| chance (2) | definite | motivate |
| continue | perform | well |
| apart | set her apart | many |
| evening | before | pack (3) |
| feel (2) | bit (2) | nervous |
| out | outside | call |
| pray | call to prayer | echo |
| roof | follow | following day |
| capital | din | traffic |
| awe | inspire | awe-inspiring |
| institute | all | all over |
| country (2) | arrive | wait |
| if | visa | through |
| come through | formal | formality |
| indeed | take care | taken care of |
| project | support | political |
| reason | foreign | minister |
| think (2) | initiative | important |
| ideal | create | long |
| long-term | interest (2) | bring/brought |
| airport | excited | pretty (2) |
| confused | least | at least |
| begin | afraid | single |
| word | communicate | anybody |
| want | learn | lots of |
| new | friend | get to know |
| sure | homesick | main |
| thing (2) | brush | brush up |
| fly/flight | while | rest |
| journey | around (2) | get some rest |
| after | descent | begin |
| arrive | next | trip |
| final | destination | town |
| along | other | nation |
| get acquainted | get along | country (2) |
Video
Questions
1. The students combine Indonesian and German culture. Yes or no?
2. Has Devi ever traveled abroad before?
3. Where is she going? Why?
4. Will the trip be good for Devi? Why?
5. Devi and Yoland felt both excited and nervous. True or false? Why?
6. Before departing, where do the students assemble? What happens there?
7. Is the student exchange important? Why?
8. What do the students look forward to in Germany?
9. Are the students tired after the trip? Why or why not?
10. For three weeks, the students will live and study in Frankfurt. True or false?
11. There are only Indonesian students. Yes or no?
A. Have you studied abroad? Have you ever been an exchange student?
B. Have you hosted or had exchange students at your school? Who were they?
C. Are you from Indonesia? Do you live in Indonesia? Have you ever been to Indonesia?
D. Have you met anyone from Indonesia? Who were they? What were they doing?
E. Describe the geography and climate of Indonesia.
F. Describe the economy of Indonesia. What does it import and export?
G. Does Indonesia have any problems or challenges?
H. What is Indonesian food like? Describe Indonesian cuisine.
I. What are some tourist attractions (cultural, historic, natural)?
J. What comes to mind when you think of Indonesia? What do you associate with Indonesia?
Language Holiday III
Students from different countries have a language holiday in Germany.
Vocabulary
| first | assignment (2) | to assign |
| high | level | class (2) |
| fallow | fellow | fellow students |
| country (2) | complete | experience |
| scholar | scholarship | thing |
| at least | common | one thing in common |
| motivated | intend | full (2) |
| empty | advantage | disadvantage |
| opportunity | improve | always |
| easy | lesson (2) | here |
| very | different | explain |
| thing | every | everything |
| honest | bit (2) | much |
| too much | could | follow (2) |
| all the time | it’s time | fry/fried |
| sausage | mashed | mashed potatoes |
| sauerkraut | taste | taste buds |
| used to | before | takes getting used to |
| enough | lucky/luckily | bring/brought |
| instant | packet | noodles |
| had enough | last (2) | next |
| really | isn’t my thing | think (2) |
| else | fantastic | especially |
| modern | nice | have to |
| share | anyone | after |
| classmate | outing | sightseeing |
| trip (2) | nearby | river |
| flow | statue | knight |
| horse | horseback | kaiser |
| monument | sight | thrilled |
| like (3) | expect | dream |
| come true | especially | beautiful |
| staff | nice | help |
| highlight | visit | church |
| coincide | organ | house of worship |
| rehearsal | impressed | architecture |
| international | get to know | each other |
| spend | evening | together |
| far afield | lingua franca | be allowed |
Questions
1. The Indonesian students are all learning German as a group. True or false?
2. Where are the students from? What do they have in common?
3. The teaching styles between Indonesia and Germany are very different. Yes or no? If yes, how? For example?
4. Do the Indonesians students love German food?
5. How do the students like their rooms?
6. Do they tour the city? What do they see? What places do they visit?
7. What activities do they engage in?
8. Who organized the students’ stay, study, and accommodation?
9. How do the students feel? How do they describe their stay?
10. Name 20 things and activies from the video.
A. Have you ever studied abroad? Have you ever been an exchange student?
B. We’ve had exchange students in my school. Yes or no?
C. Do you live in Germany? Are you from Germany? Have you ever been to Germany?
D. Have you met anyone from Germany? Who were they? What were they doing?
E. Describe the climate and geography of Germany.
F. Describe the economy of Germany. What does it import and export?
G. Does Germany have any problems or challenges?
H. What is German food like? Describe German cuisine.
I. What are some tourist attractions (cultural, historic, natural)?
J. What comes to mind when you think of Germany? What do you associate with Germany?
