Be an IFL (Indonesian as a Foreign Language) in East Timor

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Hi friends,

This time, I going to share with you my experience being a teacher in East Timor.
I applied a similar program with FLTA but this one is under Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Education. It is administered by Language Development and Cultivation Agency. There were eleven IFL teachers were assigned by Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Education to teach IFL in East Timor. We were posted to teach at Indonesian Cultural Center, Institute of Business (IOB), Institute Politecnico de Betano (IPB), East Timor Coffee Institute (ETCI) and Eskola Nino Conis Santana (NCS). We taught IFL for one academic year, started from July 2017 to December 2017. 

Those places are some in districts and some are in the city center. Those which are in city center are IOB and Indonesian Cultural Center, while the rest are in Ermera District which is 4 hours away from city center and in Betano District which is 8 hours away from city center. Luckily, all female were posted at city center because of some considerations, including safety and security.

All places has its own challenge and I was assigned to teach at Indonesian Cultural Center. There were five of us who teach in this place. We worked six days in a week (Monday to Saturday) from 9 am to 5 pm. We lived in Fatuhada area which is about 30 minutes by microlet or 15 minutes by taxi from our rented house to our office. 

We had several classes at Indonesian Cultural Center. We had A1 level, A2 level, B1 level, B2 level, C1 level, international 1 and international 2. We handled these classes based on team teaching so we gave the students opportunity to know and understand Indonesian from different speakers because Indonesia has many ethnics with its own uniqueness. I was trusted to handle A2 level, B2 level, C1 level and international 1. Each classes was held twice a week, except international class. Indonesian class was held once a week because most of them are international volunteers in East Timor and they usually work during weekdays. 

Besides teaching IFL, we also had cultural classes. There were some classes at Indonesian Cultural Classes, such as Indonesian traditional dances, speech, drama, singing, batik workshop, and poem musicalization. These cultural classes were handled in team as well and each class was taught by two IFL teachers. I was in charge for Indonesian traditional dances, batik workshop and speech. 

I am so proud of my students that they are able to implement and use their Indonesian skills in their life, such as being MC, perfoming Indonesian dances at some events and many more. Last but not the least, I am so thankful to Language Development and Cultivation Agency, Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture for giving me opportunity to teach in East Timor. 

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