ELEMENTARY INDONESIAN 1

(INDO 1001 – OASIS # 79220)

Instructor: Zaki Nur’aeni

Building/Room: Peabody Room 205-C

Office: 22

Office Hours: MW (2.00-3.00 pm) and by appointment

Phone: (706) 201-1819

Email: znuraeni@yahoo.com

CLASS DESCRIPTION

The emphasis of this course is the development of strong conversational skills in Indonesian at both colloquial and formal levels. Students will be given a strong foundation in vocabulary and structure for comprehending the rules and conventions of contemporary language usage. Through a structured sequence of learning, students will be assisted to attain an active and productive command of the language. The course will develop not only correct linguistic performance, but through a close linkage between language and cultural features, it will develop communicative competence in the use of Indonesian language.

OBJECTIVES

On successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:

· comprehend basic standard spoken Indonesian

· perform simple conversation in an intelligent way

· read elementary passages and stories with a fair degree of comprehension

· write simple descriptions of objects, situations, and activities and write short-non-technical letters

· recognize and utilize basic rules in Indonesian grammar

ASSESSMENT

No make-up quizzes and tests will be given unless evidence of illness, interviews, accidents, or school activities is provided.

The coursework components are:

26 quizzes @1% (2x/w) 26% 91 - 100 A 66 – 69 D+

1 Mid semester Test 19% (oct. 15^th ) 86 - 90 B+ 60 – 65 D

Class attendance 10% 80 - 85 B 59 and below E

Homework, assignments 20% 76 - 79 C+

Final Examination 25% 70 - 75 C

OTHER MATTER

• Your success in the class is hinged on regular attendance. Absences not only inhibit the absentee’s own progress, but also interfere with fellow students’ progress.
• Friday is a self-study day. We are not going to meet in the class. However, you will be assigned to work on certain assignment, which will be due on every Monday.
• Homework and assignments should be submitted on the day due unless otherwise specified. No late homework or assignments will be accepted.
• Let me know if something is not working for you. I would prefer to hear about the problems in the course during the semester, when we can deal with them, rather than in course evaluation, when it is too late to change things.
• Cell phone must be either turned off or in silent mode.
• Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation.
• I design my room (22) as an Indonesian Corner. Please feel free to see me when you want to have a look at any resources about Indonesia that I have. You may borrow my books but please make sure you return those books so that other people can use also.

COURSE TOPICS

Topic 1

KENALKAN – INTRODUCTIONS. Basic greetings, introductions, terms of address,

Names, ages, indicating possession, numbers, and nationalities.

Topic 2

KELUARGA – FAMILY. Family structures and relationships, family routines, numbers

beyond 20, offering, accepting, thanking.

Topic 3

DI SEKOLAH – AT SCHOOL. Telling the time, days, months, school routines, school

subjects, frequencies, likes, dislikes, hobbies and interests, ordinal numbers, adjectives,

plural.

Topic 4

DI PASAR – AT THE MARKET. Bargaining, colors, money, describing quality, wants

and needs, transport, group classifiers, comparatives, superlatives.

Topic 5

DI KANTOR – AT THE OFFICE. Office hours, office routines, occupations and careers,

ambitions, indicating position, prepositions di, ke, kepada, prefixes di- and ter-.

Topic 6

AKHIR MINGGU-WEEKEND description, invitation, pronoun, permission, suggestion

Topic 7

DI JAKARTA- IN JAKARTA , asking direction, address, preposition sampai

COURSE SCHEDULE

WEEK 1

Topic 1

WEEK 2

Topic 1

Review

WEEK 3

Topic 2

WEEK 4

Topic 2

Review

WEEK 5

Topic 3

WEEK 6

Topic 3

Review

WEEK 7

Topic 4

WEEK 8

Topic 4

Review

Mid Semester Test

WEEK 9

Topic 5

WEEK 10

Topic 5

Review

WEEK 11

Topic 6

WEEK 12

Topic 6

Review

WEEK 13

Topic 7

WEEK 14

Topic 7

WEEK 15

Review

Final Test (Writen test and Final Presentation (TBA))

Please note that every test will consist of written test and oral test. There may be unscheduled additional short listening (Indonesian contemporary music etc), watching Indonesian Film, and writing quizzes.

Prescribed Texts

White, I.J(2002). Keren! Coursebook 1. Sydney: Longman

White, I.J(2002). Keren! Activity Book 1. Sydney: Longman

White, I.J (2002). Keren! Interactive CD. Sydney: Longman

Recommended References

• Echols, J.M. & Shadili, H. (2000). An English-Indonesian Dictionary. Jakarta: Gramedia
• Sneddon, J.N (1996). Indonesian Reference Grammar. NSW: Allen &Unwin
• Wolff J.U., Oetomo, and Kiewich (1992). Beginning Indonesian through Self-Instruction book 1-3. Ithaca: Cornel University

Websites

• www.kompas.com
• www.tempointeraktif.com/www.tempointeractive.com
• www.thejakartapost.com
• http://www.hawaii.edu//indolang/language.html

The teacher has the right to change the syllabus whenever it is considered necessary

This course will be governed by the University of Georgia Honor Code- “A Culture of Honesty”

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