“Penjaga warung : Mau beli apa? Orang Bali : Minyak gas ada? Penjaga warung : Maksudnya? Sampean mau beli minyak atau gas?” Penggalan cerita di atas merupakan cerita tentang orang Bali yang pertama merantau di daerah lain. Tidak jelas diingatan saya siapa yang menceritakannya kisah kocak tersebut, tetapi selalu membuat saya tersenyum sendiri ketika …
Encountering Indonesian as Spoken by the Papuan
The island of New Guinea, including both the country Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian provinces, has 15% of all the world’s known languages. Papua is home to 307 local languages, but almost everybody speaks Indonesian. For many people, Indonesian is a second language, but in some areas, like Raja Ampat, children learn Indonesian first. …
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Bahasa Biak Beteu/Beser
Kali ini saya akan berbagi ilmu tentang bahasa Biak Beteu atau Beser yang merupakan salah satu dialek bahasa Biak. Bahasa ini digunakan oleh masyarakat suku Biak Beteu yang mendiami beberapa kampung di Pulau Waigeo (Waigio Barat dan Selatan), Pulau Misool, Pulau Mansuar, dan Pulau Gam, di Kepulauan Raja Ampat, Provinsi Papua Barat. Seperti di daerah …
The Four Components in Teaching Foreign Languages
In Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking, I. S. P. Nation and Jonathan Newton assert that a good language class has an appropriate balance of four components: input, output, language focus, and fluency development. They define each component: “Learning through meaning-focused input; that is, learning through listening and reading where the learner’s attention is on the …
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