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