Abstract
The existence of Indonesian as an international language in the international arena cannot be doubted. There are several universities in Asia, Australia and mainland Europe that provide Indonesian language learning as one of the compulsory courses. One of the efforts to bring Indonesian to the international arena is through BIPA learning. The use of Indonesian in educational activities in Indonesia is regulated in Law no. 24 of 2009, especially Article 29 paragraph (1). This also applies to the BIPA teaching program in Indonesia. Therefore, foreign students studying or studying and even working in Indonesia, must be able to master the use of the Indonesian language. one way that foreign students can use Indonesian in their daily life is through the BIPA program. Previously, BIPA was used as an effort to internationalize the Indonesian language. So, in addition to being able to bring Indonesian as an international language, the BIPA program can also be used in efforts to internationalize universities in Indonesia, especially in the current era of globalization. The increase in BIPA students can be used to introduce Indonesian to other foreign students so that they are interested in learning it.
 Keywords: BIPA, internationalization, globalization, university
Highlights
The existence of Indonesian as an international language in the international arena cannot be doubted
One of the efforts to bring Indonesian to the international arena is through bagi Penutur Asing (BIPA) learning
Foreign students studying or studying and even working in Indonesia, must be able to master the use of the Indonesian language. one way that foreign students can use Indonesian in their daily life is through the BIPA program
Summary
Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, Mahsun, beliau mengatakan bahwa saat ini setidaknya ada 45 negara yang menjadi peserta BIPA, dengan 174 tempat pelaksanaan BIPA yang tersebar di berbagai negara dan paling banyak di Australia (kompas.com, 2013). Indonesia termotivasi untuk menjadikan bahasanya sebagai salah satu bahasa internasional, misalnya melalui. Pembelajaran bahasa Indonesia di universitas-universitas di dalam negeri maupun luar negeri. Salah satu upaya internasionalisai bahasa Indonesia tersebut telah ditunjukkan melalui pembelajaran BIPA dalam universitas-universitas di dalam maupun luar negeri. Hal tersebut sesuai dengan penyampaian Muliastusi (2016: 8) bahwa internasionalisasi bahasa Indonesia dapat ditingkatkan melalui pembelajaran BIPA yang didukung oleh semua lembaga yang relevan. Berdasarkan uraian di atas, terlihat jelas bahwa program BIPA memiliki peran penting dalam upaya internasionalisasi universitas di Indonesia. Jumlah peminat BIPA yang semakin bertambah dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai upaya internasionalisasi universitas di Indonesia. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengungkapkan bahwa program pembelajaran BIPA yang diadakan di universitas di Indonesia dapat membantu internasionalisasi bagi lembaga tersebut pada era globalisasi ini
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