Why you should Learn Indonesia Here are 10 great reasons Did you know that Indonesia is the fourth most populous region on the entire planet? This means that you’ll have about 23 million potential conversation partners, if we’re just talking about native speakers. If we count those who speak it as a second language, that number skyrockets to over 200 million! I have great desire and ability to always help others learn Indonesian language and culture intensively, develop and boost their skills for employment and career progression. I am also passionate about facilitating cross-cultural relationships and have created extensive informational material to help colleagues / students comprehensively understand and reach out the learning objective. The following are 3 classes of Indonesian short course : A. BEGINNER CLASS Lesson duration : 90 minutes Total meeting : 20 Instructional language : English 75% and Indonesian 25% Competency Standards : 1. Able to give and ask for information about greeting somebody, saying goodbye, saying thanks, apologies. 2. Able to give and ask for information about how to Introduce yourself, someone else, requesting information regarding the identity of someone. 3. Able to give and ask for information related to the names of family members. 4. Able to give and ask for information related to time, day, date, month, and year. 5. Able to give and ask for information related to names of animals, objects, and public buildings around; 6. Able to give and ask for information related to the nature of people, animals, and objects. 7. Able to give and ask for information related to whereabouts of people, objects, and animals; how to get to a place; 8. Able to give and ask for information related to animal behavior and activities of people, the functions of object. 9. Able to give and ask for information related to the characteristics of people, animals, and objects. 10. Able to give and ask for information related to the content of songs in Indonesian. 11. Able to give and ask for information related to seasons and weather in Indonesia. 12. Able to give and ask for information related to kinds of job / professions. 13. Able to give and ask for information related to a visit to public places. 14. Able to give and ask for information related to buying and selling transactions. 15. Able to give and ask for information related to entertainment (movie and song). 16. Able to give and ask for information related to a visit to tourist attractions. 17. Able to give and ask for information related to making appointments, condolences, joy, and concern. 18. Able to give and ask for information related to students’ activities. 19. Able to give and ask for information related to a visit to art and cultural shows. 20. Able to give and ask for information related to make an art work and technology development. B . INTERMEDIATE CLASS Lesson duration : 90 minutes Total Meeting : 20 Instructional language : English 50% and Indonesian 50% Competency Standards : 1. Able to give and ask for information related to expressions of hope, prayers, and congratulations. 2. Able to give and ask for information related to expression of intent, purpose, agreement and disagreement. 3. Able to give and ask for information related to illness and the treatment. 4. Able to give and ask for information about how to do something in detail (procedure text). 5. Able to give and ask for information related to the activities that are being carried out by someone. 6. Able to give and ask for information related to events that occurred or were carried out in the past. 7. Able to give and ask for information related to one's plans and places to visit 8. Able to give and ask for information related to activities that have been carried out using time markers of past tense arranged in chronological order. 9. Able to give and ask for information related to folktale. 10. Able to give and ask for information related to active and passive voice. 11. Able to give and ask for information to professions according to the correct Indonesian structure. 12. Able to give and ask for information related to a government system. 13. Able to give and ask for information related to an application letter. 14. Able to give and ask for information related to tourism. 15. Able to give and ask for information related to heritage sites. 16. Able to give and ask for information related to negotiation. 17. Able to give and ask for information related to news. 18. Able to give and ask for information (conclude, retell, summarize, rewrite) related to Indonesian folklore. 19. Able to give and ask for information related to national holidays. 20. Able to give and ask for information related to Indonesian national heroes. C. ADVANCED CLASS Lesson duration : 90 minutes Total Meeting : 16 Instructional language : English 25% and Indonesian 75% Competency Standards : 1. Able to give and request information related to the intention to carry out an action / event proposal. 2. Able to give and request information related to a job application Letter. 3. Able to give and ask for information related to suggestions, offers and natural phenomena. 4. Able to give and ask for information related to opinions and thoughts about a social problem. 5. Able to give and ask for information related to formal invitation letter. 6. Able to give and ask for information related to personal letter. 7. Able to give and ask for information about certain tips / procedure text. 8. Able to give and ask for information about scientific text. 9. Able to give and ask for information about biographical text. 10. Able to give and ask for information about offering services and responding to them. 11. Able to give and ask for information with good argumentation. 12. Able to identify social functions, text structure, and language elements of descriptive text related to places and activities contextually. 13. Able to identify social functions, text structure and linguistic elements to obtain the meaning in the report text. 14. Able to identify social functions, text structure and linguistic characteristics of news text, and compose news texts according to the context of their use. 15. Able to identify social functions, text structures, and linguistic elements of command / suggestion language, according to the context of their use. 16. Able to identify social functions and linguistic elements of literary works to conclude the message .