Assistance in Teaching Indonesian Language and Culture to BIPA Students at Fatoni University, Thailand

Abstract

Abstract. Indonesian is one of the languages ​​with the largest number of speakers in Southeast Asia with around 199 million speakers. The number of speakers is the highest in the Southeast Asia region. Under these conditions, Indonesian deserves to be used as the official language in communicating at the ASEAN level. To make this program successful, various efforts have been made by Indonesian language observers so that Indonesian is better known and mastered by foreign speakers, both in ASEAN, ASIA, and on other continents. Through this international scheme community service program, the program that will be carried out is language assistance to Indonesian Language learners for Foreign Speakers (BIPA), both formally and non-formally. The International Community Service Program (PPM) is carried out using the process assistance method which will be carried out formally in the academic environment and informally in the community, both BIPA students who are in the country (DIY-Central Java) and students abroad at Fatoni University (FTU). The mentoring process is carried out by servants assisted by domestic collaborators from UNY and UAD and international collaborators from FTU. During the mentoring, BIPA students will be given online speaking application media to help expedite the process of learning to speak Indonesian. The application to be used is an online application that can be accessed using a smartphone in the form of a simple conversation simulation. Through this program, it is hoped that BIPA students' speaking skills in the conversational aspect will increase.