Pravaha: ideas, information and education flow

Acara ini dilaksanakan pada tanggal 24 Oktober 2020. Acara ini diselenggarakan oleh program Bahasa Indonesia di Universitas Cornell dan Universitas Yale. Dari kegiatan ini didapat bahwa terdapat beberapa program bahasa Indonesia di Amerika Serikat, bergitu juga di Indonesia. Adanya ketertarikan mahasiswa asing terhadap bahasa daerah di Indonesia, seperti bahasa Sasak, bahasa Minang, dan bahasa Batak. Hal ini ditunjukkan dalam sesi tanya jawab yang dilakukan moderator (mahasiswa S2 dan S3 di Universitas Amerika).   Di tengah pandemi, penggunaan media digital dalam belajar BIPA juga dilakukan sehingga pemelajar BIPA di Amerika atau negara lain masih dapat belajar bahasa Indonesia melalui internet dan pembelajaran daring. Peserta Seminar Tidak hanya BIPA untuk percakapan sehari-hari, beberapa institusi sudah memiliki program BIPA yang lebih khusus, misalnya profesi, sistem pemerintahan, tempat bersejarah, kesenian daerah dan pariwisata. Hal ini menjadi tantangan dan peluang bagi ...

Hi there... This time I am going to share with you my experience joining Indonesian as a Foreign Language Teaching Specialist hosted by APBIPA Bali and Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII). This workshop was held for three days and most of the activities were applicable. There were two trainers in this workshop and those were Mr. Nyoman Riasa and Mr. Herman Felani. Mr. Nyoman is an IFL and EFL teacher and he ever worked in IALF Bali.  He offers practical skills which can be used by IFL teaching specialists. The other trainer is Mr. Herman, he works as a program manager at UII and he ever taught IFL in Kalimantan and in Yogyakarta.  By joining the workshops, I learned many things both from Pak Nyoman and Mas Herman. Pak Nyoman taught me to design a simple material but can be used for many interesting activities for different skills. For example, some blocks of tables can be used to teach alphabets, spelling, listening, writing, and concentration.  The other example i...

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...