Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Free Indonesian Lesson

The first Free Indonesian Lesson was held last tuesday in Bahasa Indonesia room.There were about ten participants .Some students from Surabaya assisted ibu Kate in teaching numbers. They are really great teachers. Ibu Marlina ,a teacher from Surabaya, was also involved in this class. She had the participants practised some indonesian phrases. Some participants had difficulties in pronouncing some Indonesian words such as mengulangi, and maaf. It was really good class. The participants are really eager to learn a language that maybe for some people it is not very important one.

Pelajaran berlangsung dengan penuh canda tawa tapi serius. Sangatlah mengharukan melihat orang asing belajar Bahasa Indonesia dengan sungguh- sungguh. Usia peserta rata- rata diatas 40 tahun , jadi mereka bukanlah iseng- iseng saja. Selamat Ibu Kate anda memang hebat!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Dear Ibu Marlina,
Luar biasa... saya sangat bangga denga kelompok ini. Semoga banyak yang bisa dipelajari selama di sana.

Wah... ada tidak yang bertanya tentang bahasa gaul ? Yang ini mungkin tidak boleh diajarkan formal kali ya....

Salam buat Ibu Kate dan ibu-ibu pengajar bahasa Indonesia yang lain. Jangan lupa menawarkan untuk tetap mengajar dari jarak jauh...supaya tali silahturahmi tetap terjaga.

Salam dari Surabaya
Josephine Ratna
AEC SURABAYA

ibu kate said...

Bahasa gaul???? Belum ada murid di Free Conversation Classes yang minat belajar bahasa gaul ...tetapi.... pada hari Kamis depan, di rapat Westralian Indonesian Language Teachers' Association ada ahli bahasa, namanya Ibu Indra, yang akan mengajar bahasa gaul kepada guru bahasa Indonesia. Menarik ya? Saya ingin tahu kesan anak Surabaya terhadap hal itu.

Tomorrow Febri is going to teach the class some clothing vocabulary and I can't wait to see what words/items he has chosen. Will he choose ordinary items, such as shorts (celana pendek), shirts (baju) or will he actually include items such as 'blangkon' or 'selendang'? Let's wait and see. Hopefully everyone will have mastered how to bargain by the end of tomorrow's class.

jones said...

bu marlina, ya ya . . ya, bahasa gaul sayank bukan bidang kita, coba kalo ada debby sahertian, dia kan pakarnya . . emang gaulnya ember . .