Advanced I/II Indonesian Syllabus

Instructors: Peter Suwarno Office hour: T & Th. 8-10 am

LL B 446A - Phone:965-3862

I. Class Description and Objectives:

    The students in this class are required to have taken intermediate Indonesian classes for three quarters or two semesters or have an equivalent Indonesian language training. The purpose of this class is to advance the students' communicative competence in Indonesian in all skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writings) through using reading materials from the textbooks and magazines or newspapers, and other audio/video materials.

The class activities include:

    a) reading, listening, or viewing the materials followed by discussions on the content (including its social and
    cultural aspects), in Indonesian.

    b) students' presentations: summaries, interpretations, critiques, etc. of the materials, and

    c) discussion and exercises on the grammatical items and special idiomatic expressions.

    By the completion of the semester, the students are expected to have an advanced competence in:

1) effective comprehension of readings and other materials,

2) oral and written communication using the vocabularies, special idiomatic expressions, and grammatical items
      which have been studied from the materials.
3) understanding and applying the socio-cultural knowledge of the materials.

    In addition, the students are eligible and are encouraged to participate in the advanced Indonesian language program in Indonesia.

II. Textbooks:     Dardjowidjojo, Moeljono, Vocabulary Building in
                                    Indonesian. Athens: Ohio University Press.

                             Wolff, J. U. (1984). Formal Indonesian. Ithaca:
                                    Cornell University Press.

                             Wolff, J. U. (1980). Indonesian Readings. Ithaca:
                                    Cornell University Press.

                            Additional readings: selected readings related to students' interest from recent Indonesian
                            newspapers and magazines.

                            Other materials: Audio and Video materials at Southeast Asian
                            collection.

III. Class Evaluation:

Class participation and attendance 30 %
Homework 10 %
Quizzes 20 %
Mid Term exam 20 %
Final exam (oral and written) 20 %