Warung Sinema has been developed by Prof. Ellen Rafferty from the University of Wisconsin-Madsion. Together with other materials developed by the Indonesian Language Program at the University of Hawaii, it is used in our intermediate language acquisition classes IND-203 and IND-204.

The Project: Lessons for developing listening comprehension

Warung Sinema contains twenty, interactive, multimedia, listening-comprehension lessons for students of Indonesian, ranging from the intermediate-low to the advanced level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) listening proficiency scale.

The lessons are delivered online. They are based on authentic clips from contemporary Indonesian television and film footage, are developed using schema theory and a communicative pedagogical approach.

The objective of each lesson is 1) to teach listening strategies, 2) to develop cultural and linguistic knowledge, and 3) to move the student from intermediate-low to advanced level.

Learners will develop knowledge of intonation patterns, speech acts and language functions, discursive practices, registers, pragmatics, socio-linguistic and cultural knowledge, as well as discrete linguistic knowledge (i.e. vocabulary and grammatical patterns).

The modules are intended for out-of-class use and designed to provide a challenging and motivating environment where learners can set their own pace (learner-centered) as they work through a variety of tasks and receive ample assistance and feedback.

Please note that on the Warung Sinema homepage it is said that “viewing files in Lesson Access requires Internet Explorer”. We have tested Warung Sinema on various browsers, including Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera and found that it works well on both Mac, Ubuntu, and Windows computers.

Use the following link for instant Lesson Access