Offered By	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Academic Contact	Timothy Hassall

Description

This major aims at developing students' ability to communicate in a culturally and socially appropriate manner in Indonesian—the national language of Australia's closest neighbour, and a language with 165 million speakers. The major emphasises the importance of cultural as well as linguistic fluency from the introductory level onwards and stresses the functional and situational use of the language in every day life. Not only will students be able to converse on topics of relevance and interest to themselves and to Indonesian speakers, but they will be able to read and write the language as it appears in the media and in literature.

Students in this major are encouraged to spend time studying at a tertiary institution in Indonesia. This can be done either through intensive in-country study in the summer or winter breaks, or through a year of study in the Year in Asia program. Competitive scholarships are available to qualified students. 

A student may not take a course if that course is a prerequisite for another course which they have already passed.

Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test and may be exempted from the compulsory course.

 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the Indonesian language major students should be able to:

1. express themselves well in a formal or informal register, appropriate to the situation and to the people to whom one is speaking.
2. read and understand newspapers and other texts in Indonesian
3. engage with authentic Indonesian language media
4. write in Indonesian in the appropriate style using the correct grammar and the vocabulary appropriate the genre, contents and audience
5. Write, perform and record presentations or interviews in Indonesian either individually or in cooperative groups, and answer questions based on those performances or interviews

 

Course Lists

The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major, whether or not they are offered in the current year. For a list of courses that will be offered in the current year, please see the Summary of Courses page.

Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

A maximum of 6 units from the completion of the following compulsory course:

INDN3003           Indonesian 3B

INDN3013           Advanced Indonesian B In-Country

 

A maximum of 42 units from the completion of courses from the following list:

ASIA2103            Language in Asia (L)

ASIA3006            Practical Assignment in Asia and the Pacific

INDN1002           Indonesian 1A

INDN1003           Indonesian 1B

INDN1005           Indonesian 1A: In-Country

INDN1006           Indonesian 1B: In-Country

INDN2002           Indonesian 2A

INDN2003           Indonesian 2B

INDN2004           Indonesian 2A: In-Country

INDN2006           Indonesian 2B: In-Country

INDN3002           Indonesian 3A

INDN3012           Advanced Indonesian A In-Country

INDN2008           Popular Cultures in Southeast Asia

INDN2101           Linguistic Aspects of Indonesian

INDN2108           Popular Cultures in Southeast Asia (L)

INDN3004           Readings in Southeast Asian Culture

INDN3005           Advanced Readings in Southeast Asian Culture

INDN3007           Introduction to Southeast Asian Performing Arts:Performance Genres & Intercultural Translation

INDN3015           Translation from Indonesian

INDN3107           Introduction to Southeast Asian Performing Arts: Performance, Genres and Intercultural Translation

JAVA2005           Modern Javanese A

JAVA3005           Modern Javanese B

TETM1002          Tetum 1A

TETM1003          Tetum 1B

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.