Tenggarong, 9 June 2023 — KKLP BIPA of the Regional Office for Language in East Kalimantan Province organized a Technical Guidance of Teaching Indonesian Language for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) on 8 and 9 July 2023, at the Elty Singgasana Hotel, Tenggarong, Kutai Kartanegara. Dr. Ari Kusmiatun, M.Hum. from Yogyakarta State University, and Misriani, S.Pd. from Regional Office for Language in East Kalimantan Province are legislated as speakers. It is organized for improving the BIPA teachers’ and prospective BIPA teachers on pedagogical skills. Besides, it also encouraged BIPA institutions in Kutai Kartanegara Regency to upgrade the institutions’ quality and raise the number of BIPA learners.
It invited 28 participants from universities, arts and cultural communities, and foreign learners in Kutai Kartanegara Regency. The foreign learners and their institution managers are called to support teaching practice so that participants directly interact with foreign learners. The basic level material for teaching BIPA is the subject of this activity. (ms)
Translated by Muhammad Erwin Darma