The grammar of Indonesian language: Case study of RBS students

Abstract

Program Bahasa Indonesia bagi Penutur Asing (BIPA) at Bina Nusantara University (Binus) is organized on the basis of Indonesian language's growth in the global era as Indonesia has a strategic location among ASEAN countries. This research objective is to describe to deviation forms done by six RBS students when they learnt Indonesian language. Qualitative research and purposive sampling technique are used. The results show that the diction and sentence deviations become major problem faced by the students. The deviations themselves occur because of language transfer from students' first language to target language. The results of this study have implications in the materials development of BIPA program to assist the foreign students in learning Indonesian language.