The Use of Dramatic Theater in BIPA (Bahasa Indonesia untuk Penutur Asing) Classes: A Case in Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia

Ribut Basuki,Meilinda Meilinda

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20207601044

Abstract

The teaching-learning techniques of BIPA (Bahasa Indonesia untuk Penutur Asing - Indonesian for Speakers of Other Languages) for language skills are oftentimes separated from that of ‘cultural’ skills. Even worse, BIPA teachers tend to devote only a little attention to students’ cultural sensitivity. Dramatic Theatre, when used appropriately, offers engaging techniques for the teaching-learning of both language and cultural skills. Dramatic theatre’s ‘production process’ is very useful in developing linguistic and cultural sensitivities to the students. The teaching-learning of BIPA using the Dramatic Theatre production process at Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia has shown that it is a promising teachnique to be developed and implemented. The students’ involvement in the process from the preparations, rehearsals, and finally performance gives them a chance to enjoy and, especially, learn the Indonesian linguistic as well as cultural nuances more or less authentically. This paper is an evaluation of BIPA through dramatic theatre at PCU. It will show how students are involved in the production process, learn Bahasa Indonesia, and grasp Indonesian culture both from the play they perform and the process of production itself. It finally gives evaluation and recomendation for further use of dramatic theatre for BIPA at PCU.

Highlights

The teaching-learning of BIPA at Petra Christian University (PCU), Surabaya, was initiated in the early 2000s when the Dean of the Faculty of Letters introduced it to the teachers of the English Department
The Indonesian government realizes that Bahasa Indonesia is not an international language
Teaching and learning of BIPA using dramatic theatre, as it was reported by the teachers and students, was fun as well as challenging

Summary

Introduction

Explanation Outline Acting Exercises ‘Research’ on Local Folklores Play-Script Writing Midterm: Submission of Play Script Preparation And Rehearsals Final: Performance. Students decided to start by drafting in English, and they learned to write in Bahasa Indonesia, where they would pick vocabulary and grammar with the help of the teachers. While learning to act in Bahasa Indonesia, the students started to learn the cultural contents of the play This was the time when they gradually examined and found similarities between Bawang Merah, Bawang Putih as folklore from Indonesia and that from their own countries. It involved, for example, how a step daughter behaves in front of a step mother in the story of Bawang Merah, Bawang Putih. Despite the drawbacks they found, learning BIPA through dramatic theatre was a good experience both for the teachers and students

Evaluation and recommendation

Evaluation

Conclusion

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