The Introduction Of Indonesian Culture In Bahasa Indonesia Class For Speakers Of Other Languages By Using The Cultural Components At Isi Yogyakarta

Learning Bahasa Indonesia becomes a new trend for speakers of other languages. They need to learn it for having good communication skill and because of some purposes. The speakers of other languages who come to Indonesia for different purposes, then, also would like to learn and understand the Indonesian culture and its unique characteristics. Therefore, one of the important steps to introduce bahasa Indonesia and Indonesian culture is started from bahasa Indonesia class for speakers of other languages. This program is intended to help them have more understanding in both bahasa Indonesia and Indonesian culture. Moreover, this program is supposed to give answers for some questions and the learners’ needs in the process of learning bahasa Indonesia and Indonesia culture. The paper discussion focuses on the cultural components and the cross-cultural understanding in bahasa Indonesia class for speakers of other languages. Moreover, this paper also analyzes the common problems happened in the class and how they are solved in order to succeed the process of learning the language and culture. How to introduce and convey the cultural components in bahasa Indonesia class, and how to give the important values for the learners to have better understanding in knowing the Indonesian characteristics through the process of learning bahasa Indonesia and Indonesian culture are other questions which are discussed in this paper