Yogyakarta, 17 January 2024 – As part of INCULS’ commitment to provide the best and most effective Indonesian language teaching for foreign speakers, INCULS organized a workshop on the revision of INCULS BIPA textbooks on 13-14 December 2023, from 08.00 to 16.00 WIB, on the 4th floor of Soegondo Building, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada. The event was attended by INCULS lecturers including:
Dr. Wira Kurniawati, M.A.
Dr. Rudi Ekasiswanto, M.A.
Dr. Alvanita, S.S., M.Ed.
Dr. Mahmudah, S.S., M.Hum.
Drs. Suharsono, M.Hum.
Ilfat Isroi Nirwani, S.S., M.A.
Noor Diana Arrasyid, M.A.
Hanny Luvytasari, S.S., S.IP., M.A.
Hasyim Kurniawan, S.S., M.App.Ling.
Ramayda Akmal, S.S., M.A.
Throughout the workshop, the lecturers deliberated on strategies to revise the INCULS textbooks for future use in order to improve the learning effectiveness of international students. The revised aspect of the textbook is the level of difficulty at each level of Indonesian language learning for international students. During the workshop, INCULS lecturers evaluated the effectiveness of the teaching materials and ensured that the teaching materials had an appropriate flow for foreign speakers learning Indonesian. The workshop hopefully can make Bahasa Indonesia to be easier, structured, and fun to learn by foreign speakers.