Overview

This topic introduces beginner and near-beginner students to contemporary Indonesian language, society and culture. Functional fluency will be developed through speaking, listening, reading and writing. Students will acquire basic vocabulary and an understanding of sentence patterns required for simple communication in everyday language, and to proceed to higher levels of … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

  • Introduce beginner students to the basics of the Indonesian language
  • Expose students to some of the cultural aspects of contemporary Indonesia
  • Assist students in developing language learning skills

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Identify basic information from short, simple written texts and spoken passages in Indonesian, for different personal and social contexts
2.
Use basic Indonesian to produce original texts in speech and in writing, in a range of personal and social contexts
3.
Use a range of basic grammatical and syntactical structures and vocabulary through interpretation in Indonesian
4.
Apply basic features of Indonesian culture, as they are expressed through language: holidays, social etiquette, gestures, formal occasions, etc.

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No previous knowledge of the language is assumed. Students with some background knowledge of the language (either native or non-native speaker) must consult the topic co-ordinator if they wish to enrol in an Indonesian language topic.