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Kang GURU English Language Radio in Indonesia

Last updated May 25th, 2009

The KGI radio program is a great way to study English and a great and easy way to learn about Indonesia Australia relations including people to people contacts and events. KGI's English language radio program is just 20 minutes long with music, interviews and lots of news and information about the ties and links between Australia and Indonesia especially in education and culture. The program consists of three information segments.

The program is basically in Pre-Intermediate level English for English language students in Indonesia. Segments include Idioms Inggris, Quick Fix, interviews, music, scholarship news, the Australia Indonesia Partnership with AusAID, and plenty of easy English language competitions.

 

Kang GURU English language radio is heard on 165 RRI and selected private and public radio stations all over Indonesia each week. Some of the KGI broadcast radio stations are community and school-based stations and they broadcast Kang GURU English radio programs using AM, FM and SW channels right across the Indonesian archipelago every week. That is a total of over 200 broadcast each week — that's almost 30 KGI broadcasts every day somewhere in Indonesia talking about Australia and Indonesia, education and friendship.

Kang Guru Indonesia's Latest News about Australia-Indonesia ties and links

Kang GURU Radio Broadcast Schedules Province by Province Kang GURU Radio Program
Contents for May - June 2009
(Series 64)
Why listen to Kang GURU? What can you hear on
Kang GURU every week?

KGI radio programs now fully tracked (and free)

Here's something new for 2009. The technical team at KGI — Darmika, Mahendra and Gung De — have created a new-type of audio CD from KGI's weekly radio programs. With these new free CDs you can listen to any KGI radio segment you like because all the radio segments are now tracked. That's right, tracked! You can choose the segments and songs that you want to hear and hear them at the touch of a PLAY button.

Order a complete series of KGI radio programs (60, 61, 62 or 63) and KGI will also send you complete tapescripts and a KGI keyring. Send an email or letter to KGI. Tell us in 75 words why you want these tracked CDs.

Sampit

Two of the KGI presenters at SMANDA FM at SMAN 2 Sampit, Kalimantan. Ade and Subekti are both SMAN 2 students and both of them are keen Kang Guru readers and listeners in Sampit.

Kang GURU has cassettes and CDs with great selections from the radio programs — the best bits! Maybe you would like the tapescripts as well as the audio? These free materials are good for active English language teachers to use with their students in their busy classrooms.

Kang GURU has many other cassettes and CDs with great selections from the radio programs — the best bits! Maybe you would like the tapescripts as well as the audio? These free materials are good for active English language teachers to use with their students in their busy classrooms.

Order your FREE copies NOW

Full Kang GURU Radio Program
Content Information

Radio Series 42
Radio Series 43
Radio Series 44
Radio Series 45
Radio Series 46
Radio Series 47
Radio Series 48
Radio Series 49
Radio Series 50
Radio Series 51
Radio Series 52
Radio Series 53
Radio Series 54
Radio Series 55
Radio Series 56
Radio Series 57
Radio Series 58
Radio Series 59
Radio Series 60
Radio Series 61
Radio Series 62
Radio Series 63
Radio Series 64

Here's a terrific email sent to KGI on April 1st, 2009

Dear KGI,

    I have read your latest magazine and really i got many knowledges and new insights as to life down under in Australia, so Although i didn't ever go there yet, at least I've known a part story of Australia and its citizen. Indeed, after reading your magazine, my desire to go to Australia is adding up more and more. And also I have read in Kangguru connection page told about final get together for KGCC network, in the last passage, I was really interested to gain a complete series of KGI Radio programs. The first reason I'd like to gain those is because my position as one of English teachers of an English club in my Islamic boarding school, my idea in my mind is i can share, discuss, and listen together concerning how English spoken by English and I'm sure it can help us in increasing our English skill especially in Listening section as well. Besides, Id like to offer those complete series of KGI radio program toward communication faculty in our institution. For they also broadcasted every positive things such as news, religious speech, entertaining songs and many others. I think it's a good and exact time to make good cooperation and connection with KGI Radio broadcasting, unfortunately we still didn't know well how the ways become KGI Radio Broadcasting's member, so we do need your hand and guidance. For thus, i do hope you would like to send us a complete series of KGI radio programs, we were here sure, it have man benefits and really can help us developing our English skill.


                                    Your sincerely,
                                         Much. Ismail Sunni


My name is Much. Ismail Sunni
My Address is Jln.. Raya Langsep no. 21 a Rt 1 Rw 6 Bareng Klojen Malang. (behind Masjid Al-Ikhlas)

 

Sailing with waves with kang guru on the radio

A Great Story re. Kang Guru

 'I was recently on a 7 night diving trip around Komodo Island – the whole time on a small boat. Each night the crew tuned in their HF radio to the Kang Guru broadcast. The guys on the boat (MV Nusatara, Captain Suliman , Dive master Peter and others) loved the program and it was a great way for all of us learn a bit about each other — for me to work on my Bahasa Indonesia and for them to practise their English. They remarked – all of them — how important the program had been in improving their English'.

Tim Vistarini — AusAID Jakarta


Kang GURU Indonesia's radio program is a magazine style radio program. It is 20 minutes in duration and consists of three information segments in Upper Elementary — The Joeys Club — and Pre-Intermediate level English for English language students in Indonesia. During 2009, regular segments more suited more to university level students will be aired on the radio program. If you have any suggestions or ideas then write to Kang Guru NOW!

The segments vary from program to program and often include an English language activity for listeners to respond to. Segments include Oz Indo Connection, The Kang GURU Interview, Oz 'Q and A', the Australia indonesia Partnership (AIP) in Indonesia, Listener's Letters and Idioms Inggris. There is always some old and some new Australian music for you to enjoy as well as Indonesian artists singing English language songs.

The Kang GURU team is based in the Indonesia Australia Language Foundation office in Bali. Kevin, Ogi, Sue, Ayu, Alwi, Mahendra and Darmika are happy to present quality English language radio programs for you as well as the Kang GURU magazine. This website further expands the work of Kang GURU.

Kang GURU Listening and Reading Class Sets and the popular SMP Teacher's Package and SMA Teacher Package will continue right through 2009 thanks to the support from AusAID and the Australia Indonesia Partnership (AIP).


Australia Indonesia Partnership

Kang GURU is heard on radio stations, both public and private, all over Indonesia. This means that Kang GURU can be heard in virtually all provinces which make up the vast Indonesian archipelago. The RRI network plus a network of private, school-based and community-based radio stations broadcast Kang GURU Radio English on over 165 stations using AM, FM and SW channels right across the Indonesian archipelago every week. A total of over 200 broadcast each week — that's almost 30 KGI broadcasts every day somewhere in Indonesia talking about Australia and Indonesia, education and freindship.

‘Good Neighbours Make Good Friends’


Radio Program Content May - June 2009
Radio Program 6401
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Intro to Series 64 – Life Down Under
Part 3 Crazy’ - Anggun
Part 4 Life Down Under intro
Part 5 Hikayat Cinta’ – Glen Fredly
Part 6 Things Are BIG Down Under
Part 7 TWFAF – bushfire assistance from Indonesia
Part 8 Outroduction
Radio Program 6404
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Riding bicycles Down Under
Part 3 ‘Happening All Over Again’ - The Young Divas
Part 4 How do you get to work?
Part 5 ‘This Time It’s For Real’ – The Young Divas
Part 6 AusAID in Indonesia – EINRIP 
Part 7 Outroduction
Radio Program 6402
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Idiom Inggris — young blood/young at heart
Part 3 ‘Someday Soon’ — Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Part 4 Interview with Afghan
Part 5 ‘Entah’ — Afghan
Part 6 A letter from Yeyes Ngesti
Part 7 Youth exchange programs to Australia — AIYEP
Radio Program 6405
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Quick Fix – ed or ing?
Part 3 We Are the Champions’ -Queen
Part 4 The Socceroos in Jakarta
Part 5 Up There Cazaly’ – Aussie footy song
Part 6 Letter from Novi, a teacher ...
Part 7 TWFAF – Eva Kasim in Melbourne
Part 8 Outroduction
Radio Program 6403
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Joeys Oz page Pt 2
Part 3 Rise– Joy Tobing
Part 4 Natural Disasters in Indo
Part 5 Indonesia Menangis’ - Sherina
Part 6 A Very Bad Day Down Under - February 7th, 2009
Part 7 TWFAF – helping friends in time of natural disasters
Part 8 Outroduction
Radio Program 6406
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Joeys in Oz
Part 3 Air Supply – ‘All Out of Love’
Part 4 Life Down Under with Eva - Australian Alumni from Indonesia
Part 5 Air Supply – Lost In Love’
Part 6 AusAID in Indonesia – AIYEP Pt 2
Part 7 Outroduction

 

Full Series 54 Content


Why should English language learners listen to English language radio especially Kang Guru?

By listening to the weekly Kang Guru radio program regularly listeners can —

  • hear native speakers (Australian, British, American, Irish, etc.) using English in interviews and information segments
  • enjoy Indonesians speaking English including Indonesian students, academics, artists and personalities and AusAID project staff
  • find out more about the work that Indonesians and Australians are doing together through the wide variety of AusAID projects in Indonesia
  • hear a lot more news and information on a wide variety of topics than the KGRE magazine can provide
  • improve pronunciation skills by listening and copying what they hear
  • hear English being used in natural situations — interviews are an excellent example of this!
  • win prizes in the many radio only competitions
  • follow simple language activities inc. comprehension activities
  • learn about Australian and Indonesian culture and lifestyle
  • hear the latest news on scholarships and exchange programs to Australia
  • enjoy a wide selection of Australian music and on special occasions, Indonesian music

‘From Sabang to Merauke’

Indonesia map


What can be heard on Kang GURU?

Sonja's Special Language Tips
and Ayu's QUICK FIX Tips

Check out Kang Guru's most popular radio segments — idioms inggris and language tips. These are presented by Sonja and Kang Guru's very own Ayu.


Sonja is a member of the staff at IALF Bali and comes from Darwin.

Kang GURU Interviews

Personalities and people with interesting stories to tell sit down and talk with Kang GURU. Guests have included PADI, Ello, Ade Rai, Anggun, Dewi Lestari, several Australian Ambassadors to Indonesia, Ari Wibowo, GiGi, Shanty, Delon and Joy, Audy, Christian Bautista, Balawan, Ibu Sisca (Masak), Doni Tata Pradita, AB Three, Superman Is Dead and Marcell.

Oz Indo Connection

Stories about all types of interactions and links between Indonesia and Australia whether it be between people, governments, companies organizations — AusAID, AII, ACIAR, CIFOR, etc.

Different Pond,
Different Fish

Cross cultural experiences and anecdotes from both an Indonesian and an Australian perspective. Read about the funny things that happen when people live in another country.

Australia Indonesia Partnership

Information about Australia's development assistance program in Indonesia in areas such as education, health, environment and government policy. Check out their website too!

Australian and Indonesian Music

A look at Australian and Indonesia music and performers and in each program we play two examples of great Aussie, and sometimes Indonesian music as well.

Idioms Inggris

Examples and explanations of usage for English idioms with quirky Australian idioms thrown in for good measure.

Postcards from Australia

People talk to Kang GURU about their recent travels to Australia.

‘That's What Friends Are For’

Kang  GURU presents examples of people helping people because that is what friends are for, aren't they?

The World Around Us

Lots of environmental and technological news from Indonesia, Australia and the World.

Listener's Letters

Listeners write in and Kang  GURU answers their questions, and accept their compliments and comments.

Oz Q & A

Answering listener's letters about life in Australia.

‘A Slice of Life’

Australians talking about important aspects of their daily lives from jobs to hobbies.

Kang Guru Connection Club Network Kang GURU
Connection
Club network

With the introduction of the Kang Guru Connection we will have regular reports from individual clubs located all over Indonesia.

Kang Guru In The Classroom Kang GURU
In The Classroom

Important and useful Information, updates and reports about the new listening activities packages for busy English language teachers throughout Indonesia.

Students across the archipelago learn English with Kang GURU Learning English is Fun!
AusAID in Indonesia - Australian Government IALF Education for Development Radio Republic Indonesia