Indonesian 4 offers students at the intermediate level an opportunity to further refine their language proficiency and cultural insights. This course is dedicated to sharpening their reading and listening skills on social and cultural topics, providing a robust foundation for communicative competence and fostering discussions on diverse social and cultural subjects. Students will continue to advance their writing skills by translating both modified and authentic English texts into Indonesian while deepening their grasp of grammar principles and expanding their vocabulary through written and spoken exercises.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Use an active vocabulary of around 1600 items.
- Recognise and proficiently produce phrases and sentence structures that enable them to engage in conversations and write extended passages on various non-technical subjects with the support of concise vocabulary lists.
- Converse and write in contexts such as discussion of gender roles,
Indonesia-Australia relations, law and crime, and health.
- Demonstrate a cultural understanding of Indonesian perceptions and practices regarding such topics as the participation of men and women in paid work and child care, diplomatic relations with Australia and cultural perceptions of Australians, tackling of law reform, and traditional versus modern medicine.
- Demonstrate proficiency in reading and comprehending authentic texts, enabling them to extract meaningful information for translation purposes.
Other Information
Equivalent CEFR B1+; ACTFL intermediate mid
On successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to engage at an Intermediate level of Indonesian.
Students with native speaker proficiency (may include cognate languages and dialects) must review the language proficiency assessment site and contact the CAP Student Centre for appropriate enrolment advice. Students with previous “language experience or exposure” are required to undertake a language proficiency assessment to ensure enrolment at the most appropriate level.
Relevant past experience includes:
- Previous study of the language (both formal and informal, for example but not limited to, at school, or, home, or through online activities, etc.)
- Being exposed to the language in childhood via a family member or friend
- Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken
- The language being spoken in your home (even if you do not speak it yourself)
Students who are not sure if they need to undertake a language proficiency assessment should seek advice from the course or language convenor. Students who intentionally misrepresent their language proficiency level may be investigated under the academic integrity Rule 2021 as having failed to comply with assessment directions and having sought unfair advantage. This may results in a penalty such as reduced grades or failure of the course.
Students are not permitted to enrol in a language course below one that they have already successfully completed, except with permission of the language and/or course convenor.
Indicative Assessment
- Reading tests x 2 (1200 words) (20) [LO 1,2,4,5]
- Oral tests x 2 (35) [LO 1,2,3,4]
- Grammar tests x 2 (900 words) (15) [LO 1,2]
- Translation tests x 2 (1200 words) (20) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
- Class performance (10) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
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Workload
Indonesian 4 (6 units) entails a total workload of 130 hours, distributed across the weeks throughout the semester, about 10 hours per week, for diverse activities. This includes 4 contact hours (all in tutorial mode for different language skills) and approximately 6 hours allocated for weekly self-directed study time, which encompasses reading and practice as preparation before each weekly regular session, along with preparation for mid and final exams.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
The course textbook will be available in electronic format on the course Wattle site.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7064 | 21 Jul 2025 | 28 Jul 2025 | 31 Aug 2025 | 24 Oct 2025 | In Person | N/A |
