Posted in: Linguistics

Talking Indonesia: Indonesian language instruction

Today's guests on Talking Indonesia, Dr Howie Manns and Dr Jessica Kruk, chat about teaching colloquial and formal Indonesian and other challenges faced by Indonesian teachers in Australia.

Who will study Indonesia in the future?

Education, Foreign Policy, Linguistics, Top Stories

The number of Australian students studying Indonesian has fallen dramatically from its heyday in the 90s. But the growing strength of Indonesia’s universities could help establish a new way for the countries to work together.

Use of the term LGBT in Indonesia and its real-world consequences

Human Rights, Linguistics, Media

Before 2016, the term ‘LGBT’ was rarely used in Indonesia. Associate Professor Michael Ewing looks at how the media is using and interpreting this foreign term and the implications for queer Indonesians.

Deaf students demand rights as a minority language group

Education, Human Rights, Linguistics, Policies, Society

High university drop-out rates for deaf students point to the need for education in their mother tongue, writes Alies Poetri Lintangsari.

Banality of expression: how has language changed after the New Order?

Analysis, Linguistics

Vicky Prasetyo became a national laughing stock in 2013 when he introduced a unique vocabulary of buzzwords into Bahasa Indonesia. Dr Manneke Budiman writes that his ungrammatical and meaningless expressions are representative of a style of speech that has become more common in the 18 years since Soeharto fell.