This course deals with a very wide range of features of Bahasa Indonesia. It covers all important aspects of the grammar system. It also describes its sound system and pronunciation ‘traps' for English-speaking learners, the history of Indonesian, the massive influence of foreign languages on its vocabulary (e.g. from Sanskrit, Arabic, Dutch and English), and the main features of colloquial Indonesian. A number of other topics are also included. All classes are taught in mixture of lecture and workshop style, i.e. as teacher- presentation interspersed with student activities.

Students will be able to describe a wide range of formal and sociolinguistic features of Indonesian, identify differences between a learner’s pronunciation and native pronunciation, and evaluate the effects created by English loanwords in print media.

Mid-course class test (20%);

End-of-semester class test (20%),

Two assignments of 1,500 words each (50%),

Class performance (10%).

Indonesian 2A  or Indonesian 2A In-Country or permission of coordinator.

James Sneddon, The Indonesian Language, Allen & Unwin, 1996