BIMA is a comprehensive series written to full address the Australian Curriculum: Indonesian with a strong emphasis on the Communicating and Understanding strands, and intercultural language learning and is enhanced by contemporary texts and images. Level 1 of this series includes:
- Differentiated learning options provided in teacher and student resources
- Activities that cater to both background and non-background students with F110 and 7-10 capabilities
- Culturally authentic representations highlighting the diverse cultures of the Indonesian archipelago
- Audio recorded by native speakers at an appropriate pace
NelsonNet resources available*:
Teacher resources:
- Curriculum grids
- NelsonNetBook
- Unit test and solutions
- Worksheets
- Workbook with overprinted solutions#
- Audio transcripts#
Student resources:
- Videos (Student Book and Workbook#)
- Worksheets
- Audio (Student Book and Workbook#)
- Play and say vocab
*Complimentary access to NelsonNet is available to teachers who use the accompanying student book as a core resource in their classroom. Contact your local education consultant for access codes and conditions.
#Available with purchase of Bima 1 workbook only
About the Authors
Michelle Kohler is an experienced secondary teacher of Indonesian and now researcher at UniSA. She has worked as language advisor and was a member of the writing teams for the Standards for Languages Teaching. Her PhD study focuses on how classroom interaction contributes to intercultural teaching and learning.
Brent Bloffwitch is a SACE Officer Board of South Australia. His focus is on supporting senior school students and teachers to access quality learning and assessment programs in the languages and humanities learning areas. Brent has developed a series of online learning resources for the Language Learning Space (LLS) for Education Services Australia (ESA) and aligned these learning modules with the Australian Curriculum: Languages.
Penelope Coutas is an Indonesian language teacher from Perth, Western Australia who has taught across primary, secondary and tertiary. She is recognised nationally for her work and research in integrating digital technologies in the second language classroom.
Erin McMahon spent five years living in the Indonesian captial, Jakarta, before returning to Melbourne to become a language and humanities teachers. He has been working with the Victorian Indonesian Language Teachers' Association on various events and activities around the state to promote study of the language.
Kate Reitzenstein has worked as consultant for languages at the Association of Independent Schools of WA (AISWA) since 2014. She organises professional development activities and provides advice to schools and teachers on policy, curriculum and resources. Prior o this role, Kate worked as an Indonesian language teacher for 15 years.
