INDONESIAN AT FLINDERS in 2015

INDONESIAN AT FLINDERS in 2015

Language in Action

The intrepid Brooke Faulds and Ashleigh Cook were our inaugural Indonesian Language in Action students. Brooke and Ashleigh were on placement with Adelaide’s Tutti Arts in September and October. They jumped right in the deep end for a hectic six weeks, supporting a group of Indonesian artists with disabilities and other members of Perspektif who were visiting from Yogyakarta. These guests were in Adelaide to participate in Shedding Light a ground-breaking collaborative project for the OzAsia Festival 2015. Brooke and Ashleigh both excelled in their placements; they didn’t just translate and interpret language, they made strong cross-cultural connections and helped others to do the same. Best moments: When Andika decided to push Mada in his own wheelchair at the Botanic Gardens (Ashleigh); Realising that I hadn’t just enhanced my language skills, I’d made friends for life (Brooke).

Indonesian Bush Holiday

Every two years a bunch of Indonesian language students and Indonesian international students heads out of town for a few days to speak Indonesian, see the sights and visit a country school where the students learn Indonesian. This time 17 of us went to the Fleurieau Peninsula. With Normanville as our base, we spent time at Rapid Bay Primary School and Yankalilla Area School, explored Second Valley, and generally had a good cross-cultural, bilingual time.

In-country Study

35 students from South Australian universities went to Indonesia on ACICIS programs in 2015. They studied, among other things, Indonesian language, development studies, journalism, education and international relations.

“It was cool to interact with the Indonesian-bornstudents, and see how our spoken Bahasa Indonesia

compared to that of native speakers. Seeing the setting of primary school language teaching was a great experience especially for those with aims of

becoming Indonesian teachers.”

HANNAH IMPETT, First year Indonesian

“We really had a quality time during a two-night campwhere we practiced Bahasa Indonesia and English

together, visited schools and taught some Indonesian as well as shared some Indonesian culture through

games and story. This was an unforgettable experience for me and I look forward for the next

fantastic trip.”

BOBY TANGKONDA, Master of Arts (TESOL)

We welcome the Flinders University Jembatan initiative, which brings Australian and Indonesian communities together to encourage cross-cultural exchange and understanding. In 2016 Jembatan will support:• Indonesian cultural and community events

Schools outreach programs• Cultural and language professional development

programs• Educational programs, study tours and internships in

IndonesiaJoin the Jembatan community! Sign up to receive updates about upcoming events.

Just a year after returning to Indonesia with a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Pak Aji Prasetyo returned to Flinders to present another wonderful shadow puppet experience to a large and highly appreciative audience of all ages.

Thanks to all schools who visited Flinders this year for school programs: Victor Harbor High School, Kingscote KICE, Emmaus Catholic School, Cardijn College, and theschools that visited through Flinders University’s WideningParticipation Project and Catholic Education SA’s Tertiary Language Program. Due to reduced staff numbers we werenot able to host as many school visits as usual in 2015. This was disappointing for us and we apologise to all theschools whose requests for visits were not able to beaccommodated. We hope to see you in 2016.

“ The Indonesian excursion was a great cultural

experience. It felt like we were in Indonesia.”

MADELEINE

“I’ve never tasted food like that ever. The food wasn’t

spicy or bland and it wasn’t too sweet or sour

either. It was lezat! (tasty).”

ZAC

“I learnt that the big gong is the most important

instrument in the Gamelan orchestra

because of its loud andvibrating sound.”

ANGEL

Jembatan

End of Semester Concert

Autumn Concert

School Visits

Flinders University Pendopo end of semester concert highlights:

• Gamelan cover of ‘Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars’.• Videos from the Performance• Bintang Daly dancing a freestyle fusion of classical Javanese moves combined with some unique modern moves to the catchy Javanese song ‘Wong Donya’.

For more informationabout Indonesian

at Flinders visit our website.

What can YOU do with Indonesian? Click on these links:

BE A DIPLOMAT Work for the Government Work in the Arts TEACHStudy Abroad Work for Customs Do Business Do something for othersJOIN THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE Join the Australian Federal Police Go Surfing!