Through the use of authentic reading material they are given the opportunity not only to extend their language skills but also to develop a knowledge of Indonesian societies and cultures. These units also enable students to enhance their knowledge of Indonesian culture and history through the use of authentic Indonesian texts. By the end of the intermediate units, students should have a 'general social proficiency' in the four skill areas of speaking, listening, writing and reading. These units are designed to further develop students' skills in the four principal areas. Students are introduced to various Indonesian discourse forms from a variety of printed and audiovisual materials.
Students become familiar with stylistic, gender and regional variations in language registers.
These are specialist level autonomous language learning programs designed to extend students' capacity to communicate effectively in various social, vocational and academic registers. Students undertake discrete projects using a wide range of authentic spoken and written texts appropriate to their academic and vocational interests from various media including journals, the press, radio, television and the Internet. The course is taught at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta over a period of 15 weeks from February each year and provides students with over 300 contact hours of instruction in the Indonesian language. This Honours year involves an individually supervised research project on an approved topic, advanced Indonesian language courses as well as other course work units. This unit examines the changing social dynamics of Australia's nearest Asian neighbour.