Bahasa Indonesia untuk Penutur Asing (BIPA)
One-Year Indonesian Language Class for International Students
Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
One-Year progrramme of BIPA - Indonesian Language for Foreign Speakers - at Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang aims to provide the international students with the introduction to Indonesian language. This two-semester programme facilitates the International students with Indonesian language for daily and first year academic survival.
By the end of the programme, it is expected that the international students are able to communicate using Indonesian language in level A2 (Basic User). The following table describes levels A1 and A2, offered within two semesters.
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Semester |
Level |
Description |
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I |
A1 |
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, people he/she knows and things he/she has. Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help. |
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II |
A2 |
Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment). Can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters. Can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need. |
To minimize the culture shock, international students are not only learning the language but also engaging in some cultural activities suggested by the curriculum. Every semester, the international students have to enroll in six courses, namely; (1) Listening, (2) Speaking, (3) Reading, (4) Writing, (5) Vocabulary, and (6) Indonesian Culture. The following tables describe the contents of each course.
Semester I
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Courses |
Description |
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Listening |
Students can recognize familiar words and very basic phrases concerning self, family, and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly |
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Speaking |
Students can interact in a simple way provided the other person is prepared to repeat or rephrase things at a slower rate of speech and help students formulate what they trying to say. Students can adk and answer simple questions in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics. |
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Reading |
Students can understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for example on notices and posters or in catalogs |
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Writing |
Students can write short, simple postcard. Students can fill in forms with personal details. Students can write short simple notes and message relating to matters in areas of immediate need. |
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Vocabulary |
Students has a basic vocabulary repertoire of isolated words and phrases related to particular concrete situations. |
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Indonesian Culture |
Students has a relevant sociocultural knowledge, e.g. knowledge of social norms and variations, social conventions and rules, language forms appropriate to the context, references connected with national or cultural identity, and distinctive differences between student’s culture and the target culture and intercultural awareness |
Semester II
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Courses |
Description |
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Listening |
Students can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local area, employment); can catch the main point in short, clear, simple message and annountcements. |
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Speaking |
Students can communicate in simple and routine tasks rewuiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topic and activities. Students can use series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms family, living conditions, educational background, and present or most recent job. |
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Reading |
Students can read very short, simple texts. Students can find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material such as advertisemens, prospectuses, menus, and timetables and can understand short simple personal letters. |
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Writing |
Students can write simple connected text on topics with familiar or personal interest. Students can write personal letters describing experiences and impressions |
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Vocabulary |
Students has sufficient vocabulary to conduct routine, everyday transactions involving familiar situations and topics. Students has sufficient vocabulary for expression of basic communicative needs and coping with simple survival needs |
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Indonesian Culture |
Students has a relevant sociocultural knowledge, e.g. knowledge of social norms and variations, social conventions and rules, language forms appropriate to the context, references connected with national or cultural identity, and distinctive differences between student’s culture and the target culture and intercultural awareness |
The international students’ Indonesian language proficiency will be stated in the Certificate awarded for their participation and achievement in one-year programme of BIPA.
levels A1 >click here<
level A2 >click here<
