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Previous Next 2 December 2019 – 45 students from Australia learned Bahasa Indonesia in Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma. They joined Public Health School Tour program. The students came from various major such as nursery, The first day of this program is language learning in ILCIC of Lembaga Bahasa. Bu Truly, the head of Asian language division, had a speech and opened the program. She said about the general information of Lembaga Bahasa and also the organisation’s structure. After that, they were divided into 7 classes with 5-7 students per class. The class divided into 3 sessions with 2 hours per session. They learned basic language materials and also some specific materials about health. They thought that it was an amazing experience even though the time was very short. Enjoy your time in Indonesia, friends.

Previous Next 29 November 2019 – Translation division of Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma (LBUSD) got a visit from translation division of Language Center Telkom University Bandung. They visited translation division to do a benchmarking. They wanted to develop their administration system in translation division. Translation division from Telkom Uni asked several questions related to the system in Translation division of LBUSD. They asked about how LBUSD gives the fare for translating documents. Telkom Uni also asked about the system on translating the documents, whether LBUSD had to find the certified translator. They didn’t know before this that the translator can be from the translation division without finding the certified translator.  LBUSD explained that university had power to legalize the translated documents. They shared on the process how university could legalize the translated documents. Bu Patrice, the coordinator of translation division of LBUSD, gave some speech related to the works of translation along this year. She explained about total documents which had been translated in English and Bahasa Indonesia. Bu Ria, head of LBUSD, also gave several information related to LBUSD including organization structure, achievement, and soon. The session was closed with taking photos together to sum up the day. Hope the visit could improve both translation divisions. 

Previous Next 28 November 2019 – East Asia Division of Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma (LBUSD) held their first project called East Asia Culture Class. This very first project was held in LBUSD area. The event was coordinated with 3 East Asia Divisions; Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin Language Center. The purpose of this event was to introduce the foreign culture especially from East Asia. Mas Ben, coordinator of the event, said that experience was the easiest way to introduce foreign culture to the society. There were several stands including food, traditional clothes, and photo shoot area. This culture class was opened by Bu Ria as the head of LBUSD. A brief opening speech helped the participants to gain the big picture of this event. It was continued with experiencing the diversity by moving to the provided stands. The Korea stand provided traditional food Kimbap. The participants could try the steps on making traditional Korean kimbap. There were 2 natives Korean which also helped the participants to make kimbap. Next to Korea stand, there was China stand which provided two traditional food from China called tang yuan and jiaozi. With the help of two natives from China, the participants tried to make these two traditional foods. Tang yuan made from flour and mixed with the water. It is also filled with a peanut inside the ball. It is almost the same with the ball in wedang ronde, an Indonesian traditional drink. The texture of the flour ball looks like a jelly. While jiaozi was made from flour also but filled with vegetable and meat. Then, jiaozi boiled in the pan. The taste was savory but not too salty. In Indonesia, jiaozi is called pangsit. They have exactly the same taste and shape. Japanese stand located in the north side of China stand. There, participants could see the making of takoyaki and okonomiyaki, Japanese traditional foods. Rei, students from Japan who learned Bahasa Indonesia in LBUSD, helped the participants to make takoyaki. While Riku and Shohei, also students from Japan, helped the participants to make okonomiyaki. It was made from flour, corn, onion leaves, and cabbage which was mixed together and then grilled. Takoyaki has the similar ingredients with okonomiyaki. It was made from the mix of flour and onion leaves, without adding corn and cabbage. Takoyaki also shaped like a ball and filled with chopped octopus inside of it. Inside the Realino auditorium, 4 students from Japan, Riku, Tama, Yui, and Hinako helped participants to wear traditional clothes from Korea, China, and Japan. They helped them very carefully because there are rules to wear the clothes. Such as in Yukata, Japanese traditional clothes, the left folds should be in front of the right folds. It is related to the culture that only people who have died wearing yukata with the right folds in front of the left folds. There were also several Korean traditional clothes called hanbok, and Chinese traditional clothes. Some teachers also helped participants to wear the clothes. It was such an amazing event since everybody could learn and experience the diverse of the culture. Let us hope that there will be another East Asian cultural class next year. Check out the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vruMd3tDAKQ&t=5s

Previous Next 29 November 2019 – This day is the last day for Father Josef in Lembaga Bahasa. He had learned Bahasa Indonesia for 3 months. Even though it just 3 months, father Josef could finish Madya 1 and Madya 2 level. His speaking ability was good to do a daily conversation. Father Josef learned Bahasa Indonesia to help him in having communication especially on the mission land. He would continue his missionary purpose in Flores. There, he would start a new mission with the new environment also. The closing was held simple, just in front of the fish pond. The teachers just gave certificate and souvenir to Romo Josef. It was a nice moment to meet you Father. We hope the best for you in the new missionary place, Father.

Previous Next 28 November 2019 – It was 8.30 AM in the clock and 11 Darmasiswa already gathered in Lembaga Bahasa Sanata Dharma University. Today, they went to Kauman, Yogyakarta to learn how to make batik. They went to Lukman Batik Workshop to t the batikh making. They arrived at Lukman Batik and already welcomed by mbak Tyas, the tutor from Batik Lukman for this session. Mbak Tyas explained several ways on making batik. It was a brief and clear explanation. Just after she had finished explain the steps, the students were asked to design their own batik design. First, they had to make the sketch using pencil. After they finished, they applied to the fabric using wax. This process is called nyanting because they had to apply the wax to the fabric with the help of a tool called canting. The next step was a bit different from the usual way to make batik. The students had to paint the fabric with the brush instead of coloring it by sinking on a specific color. They dried the fabric after they finished coloring the fabric. Then, they wash out the wax by sinking in a hot water bucket. When the wax already gone away, they had to dry the fabric for the last time. They enjoyed the process very well. Some of them felt frustrated because they thought designing the batik was very difficult. However, they loved their process. They were very happy since they could try the taste of bakso when they waited the fabric to get dry. The owner of Batik Lukman was very kind. She cooked them bakso. Don’t forget to take your hanged batik.

Previous Next 27 November 2019 – CEIC’s Outdoor Activity (OA) entitled Cake It Easy was done on Wednesday, at Koendjono Room. In accordance with the name, this OA is related to decorating a cake. This OA was divided into two parts: challenges to gain the cake decoration and cake decoration activity. The first part consisted of five games which challenged the student’s ability in using their English skills. The second part was done by choosing one person from each group to decorate a cake blindfolded while listening the instruction from his/her friend. There were 126 students came to the OA. The event was started at 4.30 pm with Mrs. Ria Lestari’s speech as the Language Institute Director. The students had so much fun!

Previous Next 15 November 2019 – Eleven students from Darmasiswa with 3 teachers visited Gamplong studio near Kulon Progo regency, Yogyakarta. They went there at 9 AM and arrived at the studio at 10.30 AM. After they arrived there, they visited Bumi Manusia movie studio. It was Herman Melema’s house called Buitenzorg. This studio was used by Hanung Bramantyo, director of Bumi Manusia, as the main setting of Nyai Ontosoroh’s house.Darmasiswa’s students went inside the house to look for the kitchen, dining room and living room. They learned several traditional cooking utensils that usually used for cooking. After took several photos, they went to the next studio setting. They tried to get in the train that was used also in the movie setting. The train was diesel powered. Even though it was a short trip with the train, they were very happy because they could feel the feeling of how does the old train moving through the track. After finished with the train trip, they explored the studio area, by themselves. It was a fun activity though the weather was very hot. They said it was a fun activity because besides learning the culture, they also got some good photo spot.

Previous Next 13 November 2019 – Today is the last day for our friends from National University of Singapore. They had finished their study in Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma. After they had studied for approximately one month, they had to go back to Singapore again. They had to continue their works there. On this day, we had a special moment with them in a special closing ceremony. Closing ceremony was held in Realino Auditorium at 6 PM. It was started with special performance from the teacher. The teachers of ILCIC Lembaga Bahasa played a song entitled Ni Wen Wo Ai by Teresa Teng. They played the song using guitar, saxophone, and traditional music instrument, Angklung. After that, Bu Ria, as the head of LBUSD had an opening speech. After a short speech, it was continued with some sharing from the students. They talked about their experiences during the learning process and also their interaction with the host families. Host families also shared their experiences during the time with the students. They really enjoyed their time together. The closing then closed with giving certificates and souvenirs by Bu Ria and Bu Truly. After a short photo session, we had a good dinner together. Sampai berjumpa lagi, sobat NUS! Keep speaking Bahasa Indonesia.

Previous Next 7 November 2019 – Four ILCIC’s teachers were interviewed by 4 groups from Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia (Indonesian Literature and Language Education) students of Sanata Dharma University. They interviewed for their BIPA (Indonesian Language for Foreigner) class. The main topic was cross-cultural understanding. There were four different topics asked by the students. They asked about the implementation of cultural aspect, media implementation and usage, cultural content and acculturation inside the learning process. The interview was held in the class room for 30 minutes. It was such a nice moment to help the PBSI students.

Previous Next 8 November 2019 – Today, 5 NUS students learned how to make bakpia, a traditional snack from Yogyakarta. They went to Pathuk, near Malioboro street to visit bakpia home industry. They went there together from Lembaga Bahasa at 8.30 AM. There, they met mbak Ruri, the owner of Bakpia Anda home industry. Mbak Ruri welcomed them with several explanations. She explained about the history of the home industry at that area. The bakpia home industry in Pathuk area established around 1980. Bakpia Anda itself was established at 1988. The home industry in Pathuk will be 2 decades next year. Almost all the people in Pathuk area worked as bakpia maker. After that, they had a chance to experience the bakpia making. They made the bakpia from the prepared ingredients. The dough of the skin and filler already prepared by mbak Ruri. They put the filler dough to the skin to make a specific taste of bakpia. They need to flatten the mixed dough then. After that, they put flatten dough inside the oven. They were very happy since they could eat bakpia fresh from the oven. They ate more than 10 each person. Don’t forget to pay your bakpia, friends.