Developing teaching materials of indonesian for speakers of other languages based on wetland environment

Abstract

Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, as one of the universities in South Kalimantan, has a vision "ULM is as a leading and competitive university in the field of wetland environment."Thus, the possibility of introducing local wisdom is one of the efforts to think globally act locally. Therefore, the availability of valid and effective teaching materials is needed as an effort to increase students' understanding and caring attitude about the contextual wetland environment. This research is a research and development on developing BIPA (Indonesian for Speakers of Other Languages) book based on wetland environment. The development steps were adapted into seven simpler main steps. These steps are needs assessment which was done to 9 international students at ULM. The instruments used in this study were a questionnaire and interview on the needs analysis and a questionnaire on the try-out. The data was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Then, the materials were developed. The book covers six units. The units are Tinggal di Banjarmasin, Budaya Sungai di Banjarmasin, Hutan Bakau di Kalimantan Selatan, Bekantan dan Pasar Terapung. Each unit has seven activities covering the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Going further to validation, the product was validated by two validators. It was then revised, tried out, revised again, and published. This book is expected to contribute to enrich students' knowledge on wetland environment and level up students' mastery of Indonesian.