FKIP – Closing the 46th Anniversary of UNS Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta, the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) UNS held a Seminar on BIPA V, namely International Seminar and Indonesian Culture Degree on Saturday (28/5/2022). The seminar was held online through the Zoom Meeting application and live broadcast on M Rohmadi Ratu’s Youtube account with the theme “Reflection on Indonesian Language Learning for Foreign Speakers in Five Continents”.

Moderated by Wati Istanti, S.Pd., M.Pd. as a Lecturer in the Department of Indonesian Language and Literature at the State University of Semarang (UNNES), the presentation of the material in this seminar was divided into two sessions. Session one presented two speakers. The first resource persons were representatives from the Asian continent, namely Prof. Yo Nonaka. He is a Lecturer in Malay-Indonesian Language at Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus Tokyo, Japan.

In his presentation, he presented material entitled “Development of Indonesian Language Teaching in Japan and at SFC, Keio, University”. In the material, he explained a brief history of teaching Indonesian in Japan, the Japanese branch of the Association for Indonesian Language Teachers and Activists for Foreign Speakers (APPBIPA), the number of BIPA students in Japan, and the advantages of Indonesian language lessons for Japanese students.

Furthermore, he also explained an overview of Indonesian language education at SFC Keio University Japan and Indonesian language learning during the pandemic. At the end of the presentation, he emphasized three main points in his presentation.

“There are 3 main points from my presentation earlier. First, the interest in learning Asian languages ​​among Japanese students, including Indonesian, has increased in the last 20 years. Second, SFC Keio does not have a language department, but opens language classes as a foreign language choice and has quite a lot of enthusiasts. Finally, the experience of learning how to communicate online is an asset or weapon for us to develop ways of teaching Indonesian,” concluded Prof. Yo Nonaka.

The second resource person is Banit Svetlana Viktorovna who is a representative from the European continent. He is a Lecturer in the Department of Philology of South-East Asia Countries, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. He presented the material entitled “Teaching Indonesian at St. Petersburg”.

He started his presentation by explaining the material about the development of the Indonesian Literature Department at St. Petersburg State University. Then he explained the syllabus for the Indonesian Literature Department, the Indonesian Conversational Language courses, the publication of the Big Russian-Indonesian Dictionary and the Big Indonesian-Russian Dictionary, to the work of teaching Indonesian Literature at St. Petersburg State University, Russia.

“Indonesian language teaching at St. Petersburg State University, Russia began with the existence of the Department of Indonesian Literature in 1955 and the Department of Indonesian History in 1967. At that time the group consisted of four to seven students who were admitted once every four years for undergraduate programs. We don’t just focus on history and research but on language books,” explains Banit.

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