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Indonesian
Bahasa Indonesia is the national language of the archipelagic Indonesian country, spoken throughout the seventeen thousand islands by over 200 millions Indonesians with diverse backgrounds. It was originally Malay language spoken for trading purposes, then growing to be a lingua franca for the archipelago.
Bahasa Indonesia with its simple nature as a genderless and tenseless language keeps connecting and developing various peoples of different regions, cultures, ethnic languages, histories, belief systems and so forth, as the Indonesian nation since 1945.
For many English native speakers, therefore, it is not unusual to master Bahasa Indonesia up to an intermediate level within one academic year. The mastery equips them with skills dealing with daily conversations with Indonesian natives from various regions and cultures.
The Indonesian Language At Cornell
Indonesian is offered at all levels from the elementary to the advanced. Classes are small and can be tailored to individual student needs.
Beginning Indonesian (MW 4:30-5:20 p.m., TR 8-8:50 a.m.)
Indonesian 1121-1122, each has four credits, introduce the student to conversational modern Indonesian with related cultural insights. They deal with important grammatical features of standard Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia baku) and its syntax and morphology. They also develop reading and writing skills commensurate with the students’ speaking ability. At the end of the year the student is expected to express his/her daily needs, discuss everyday topics and read simple authentic texts.
The use of multi-media CD Roms, available at Noyes Lab, accompanies the student's language study with a computer. This avenue assists the student to go on with intermediate and advanced Indonesian.
Intermediate Indonesian (MWF 9-9:50 a.m.)
INDO 2205-2206, each has three credits, are intermediate Indonesian courses, which are equivalent to the Indonesian level after INDO 1121-1122 are completed. They deal further with Indonesian grammar, vocabulary development as well as expanding speaking, listening and writing skills with commonly accepted cultural awareness. The student is to a) be exposed with simple real-life issues in complex phrases and sentences; b) given selected authentic reading materials and some guided interviews for class discussion in order to apply the newly learnt patterns; c) practice to express ideas or opinion in short compositions based on the reading texts and video materials.
Advanced Indonesian (TBA)
INDO 3301-3302, each has three credits, are advanced Indonesian courses, which are equivalent to the level after the completion of INDO 2205-2206. They focus on various issues related to the students' research interests. Teacher would assist the study by providing and developing materials on the chosen theme from articles, journals, books and AV collection in order to upgrade his/her Indonesian speaking, listening, writing and grammar to a solid advanced level. The student is to a) study and discuss the provided materials; b) each week choose one material and submit it to the teacher in the beginning of week and present and discuss it at the end of the week. The course meetings are arranged according to the students' needs.
Directed Study (TBA)
INDO 4431-4432, 1-4 credits, are advanced Indonesian courses designed especially for students to hone their Bahasa Indonesia advanced level skills.
