LAB1201 Bahasa Indonesia 1
This course is meant for students with no prior knowledge of the target language. Students with prior knowledge (including spoken proficiency) must contact CLS to take a placement test.
Units |
Workload |
Pre-requisite |
Preclusion |
Cross-listing(s) |
4 |
4-0-0-3-3 |
Only for beginners who do not have formal and informal knowledge in Malay/Bahasa Indonesia. Students with prior knowledge must sit for a placement test to be allocated to a suitable level. |
LAM1201 |
NIL |
LAB2201 Bahasa Indonesia 2
This course aims to further enhance students' proficiency in the four basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students will be exposed to more language functions and a wider range of topics. Through reading formulaic authentic texts, students will be introduced to the language in written form as it appears in daily communicative situations to achieve further understanding of the country, its culture and its people. At the end of this course, students will be equipped with a sound foundation of the language to maintain communication on topics relating to their personal and immediate environment.
Units |
Workload |
Pre-requisite |
Preclusion |
Cross-listing(s) |
4 |
2-4-0-3-3 |
Passed LAB1201 or placement test |
LAM2201 |
NIL |
LAB3201 Bahasa Indonesia 3
This course is a continuation of Bahasa Indonesia 2. Emphasis continues to be on proficiency in all four skills, within selected range of vocabulary and grammar. Students will master language relating to a wider range of daily life situations and will gain flexibility in their language use. Reading will no longer be strictly limited to what is contained in the textbook specially prepared for the class. Gradually, short selection from media and literature sources such as short stories, poems, announcements, reports and other short, topic-specific pieces will be introduced to begin to familiarize students with actual usage while not overwhelming them with new vocabulary and grammatical forms.
Units |
Workload |
Pre-requisite |
Preclusion |
Cross-listing(s) |
4 |
2-2-0-3-3 |
Passed LAB2201 or placement test. |
NIL |
NIL |
LAB3202 Bahasa Indonesia 4
This course will build on the skills developed in Bahasa Indonesia 3. In this course, students will read, analyse, and discuss texts from literature, non-fiction, and academic sources covering a wide range of subjects related to the culture and society of the target language. Selection will include text and passage from short stories, journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as audio-visual materials such as TV programmes, feature films, etc. The range of readings is intended, firstly, to broaden students' vocabulary and familiarize them with terms relating to many fields of endeavor. Secondly, the objective is to introduce students to various aspects of the society and culture as expressed by Indonesian writers. Through exposure to the language as it appears in books and in the media, students will be able to hone their own language skills to be more applicable and practical in a workplace, academic, or business setting.
Units |
Workload |
Pre-requisite |
Preclusion |
Cross-listing(s) |
4 |
2-2-0-3-3 |
Passed LAB3201 or placement test |
NIL |
NIL |
LAB4201/LAB4201HM Bahasa Indonesia 5
This course will build on the skills developed in Bahasa Indonesia 4. Students will progress from reading selections from passages to a more sustained and systematic encounter with the nature of the language used in novels, newspapers, Internet and other forms of popular publications, official public discourse, academic writings and business Indonesian. Students will progressively comprehend texts, not only from background and subject matter knowledge, but also from increasing control of language. They will also learn to handle conversation involving complication, in the form of connected discourse, and to make choices of diction, as well as manipulate grammatical features reflecting formal and informal registers. Learner's autonomy will be enhanced in the teaching-learning process. Students will take an active role in selecting materials and leading discussions.
Undergraduate students from cohort 2020 and before should read CLS Level-4000 courses with the HM suffix (for example, LAB4201HM) worth 5 units per course. Undergraduate students from cohort 2021 onwards should read CLS L4000 courses without the HM suffix (for example, LAB4201) worth 4 units per course.
Units |
Workload |
Pre-requisite |
Preclusion |
Cross-listing(s) |
4/5 |
2-2-0-2-4 (for 4 units)
2-2-0-3-5.5 (for 5 units) |
Passed LAB3202 or placement test |
NIL |
NIL |
LAB4202/LAB4202HM Bahasa Indonesia 6
This course will build on the skills developed in Bahasa Indonesia 5. Students will progress from reading selections from passages to a more sustained and systematic encounter with the nature of the language used in novels, newspapers, Internet and other forms of popular publications, official public discourse, academic writings and business Indonesian. The most important objective is to improve students' language commands in employing discourse strategies. Learner's autonomy will be enhanced in the teaching-learning process. Students will take an active role in selecting materials, leading discussions, and developing projects.
Undergraduate students from cohort 2020 and before should read CLS Level-4000 courses with the HM suffix (for example, LAB4202HM) worth 5 units per course. Undergraduate students from cohort 2021 onwards should read CLS L4000 courses without the HM suffix (for example, LAB4202) worth 4 units per course.
Units |
Workload |
Pre-requisite |
Preclusion |
Cross-listing(s) |
4/5 |
2-2-0-2-4 (for 4 units)
2-2-0-3-5.5 (for 5 units) |
Passed LAB4201 or placement test |
NIL |
NIL |
* Workload: A-B-C-D-E
The components are as follow:
A: no. of lecture hours per week
B: no. of tutorial hours per week
C: no. of lab hours per week
D: no. of hours for projects, assignments, fieldwork etc per week
E: no. of hours for preparatory work by a student per week