Course prescriptions for Indonesian Extension 2025–2030
Students taking Indonesian Extension study language and culture through prescribed themes and contemporary issues, via a range of prescribed texts. Find out more about these course prescriptions.
About course prescriptions
There are prescribed texts required for study in the Indonesian Extension Stage 6 course. The HSC course prescriptions should be read in conjunction with the:
- Indonesian Extension Stage 6 Syllabus and other support documents
- Record of changes for Indonesian Extension Stage 6 Syllabus
The organisational focus of the Indonesian Extension course is the theme:
- the individual and contemporary society.
A number of issues that exemplify aspects of the theme are prescribed for study. Students engage with the issues through the study of a prescribed text and related texts.
NESA reserves the right to make changes to the prescribed texts listed on this page.
Prescribed issues
| Personal growth | Relationships | Education |
|---|---|---|
Examples:
| Examples:
| Examples:
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Prescribed text
Text type: Film
Title: Sang Pemimpi
Director: Riri Riza
Extracts for study
There are 8 extracts prescribed for study. Please note that indicated times are approximate.
| Extract | From | Opening with | To | Closing with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extract 1 | 00:00 | The beginning of the film. Ikal’s dad is riding the bicycle. | 7:05 | Ikal smiling as he watches children running across the bridge. |
| Extract 2 | 11:00 | ‘Gantong, 1980’ | 22:36 | Ikal: ‘…sejak saat itu aku berjanji aku ingin terus bersama Arai’ |
| Extract 3 | 24:20 | Ikal: ‘Sekolah kami adalah sekolah negeri yang pertama di Manggar, walaupun sekolah kami ini sekolah sederhana, setidaknya sekolah ini cocok dengan ukuran kantong keluarga kami.’ | 26:37 | All eyes are looking at Ikal, Pak Balia laughs and touches Ikal’s shoulders. All Ikal’s classmates laugh. |
| Extract 4 | 28:26 | School in the morning, the bell rings. | 33:42 | Pak Balia sits down at the desk. |
| Extract 5 | 35:55 | Arai: ‘Jadi, gini rencananya’ | 41:56 | Ikal: ‘...cuma kata itu, cuma senyum itu, tapi dia tetap ayah juara nomor satu.’ Ikal, Arai and Jimbron look at Ikal’s dad cycling away. |
| Extract 6 | 52:20 | Market in the morning. Arai, Ikal and Jimbron are hanging out at the market after work. | 57:27 | Ikal: ‘Namun Arai tetap semangat, mengajak kami terus bekerja dan menabung kembali.’ |
| Extract 7 | 1:15:34 | Port – afternoon. Ikal and other workers are having lunch. | 1:28:35 | Ikal: ‘...selalu memaafkan kesalahanku.’ |
| Extract 8 | 1:46:54 | Ikal: ‘… mencari pekerjaan di kota ternyata tidak semudah yang kami bayangkan …’ | 1:56:00 | Ibu Ikal: ‘Ikal dan Arai dapat beasiswa ke Paris, Eropa.’ |
Notes
- Students need to be familiar with the whole text.
- The prescribed issues are mandatory. The listed examples are suggestions only and give a sense of the scope of the prescribed issues.
- Study of the text prescribed for any Year 12 course may not begin before the completion of the Year 11 course. This exclusion applies to study in the Year 11 Indonesian Continuers course and to Year 11 courses in other subjects. It also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film adaptation of a novel.
- Where an extract of a film is included in the external exam, the transcription will be taken directly from the film.
Availability
Australia Indonesia Association of NSW (AIA)
Email: info@australia-indonesia-association.com