Course overview
- Study period
- Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025)
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Location
- St Lucia
- Attendance mode
- In Person
- Units
- 2
- Administrative campus
- St Lucia
- Coordinating unit
- Languages & Cultures School
Advanced Indonesian seeks to develop proficiency in Indonesian to an advanced level across the macro-skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. The course focuses on practical tasks in Indonesian in a variety of genres and draws on a range of authentic texts from print, visual and electronic media. Each task builds practical skills at the advanced level in Indonesian, and requires students to undertake individual projects.
Course requirements
Assumed background
Students should have completed at least four semesters of Indonesian language study at tertiary level or equivalent. Any new students who have studied Indonesian formally at tertiary level, lived in Indonesia, Malaysia or Singapore, or who are background or native speakers of Indonesian or Malay must contact the Indonesian Discipline Coordinator to discuss the most appropriate course for entry to the Indonesian program.
Prerequisites
You'll need to complete the following courses before enrolling in this one:
INDN2001
Incompatible
You can't enrol in this course if you've already completed the following:
INDN3100
Course staff
Timetable
The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.
Additional timetable information
INDN3000 is taught as one 3-hr block - in 2025, it will be taught 12-3pm on Friday in Forgan Smith Building (01), Room E348 (East Wing). Attendance at all classes is crucial in order to keep up with the course content.ﾠ
Public holidays:
Alternative arrangements for affected students will be announced through the Blackboard site.
Class allocation:
In order to optimise the student experience, it may be necessary to reallocate students to a different class from their first choice.
Before this happens, every effort will be made to enable students to voluntarily change into an alternative class that is suitable.
Please note: Teaching staff do not have access to the timetabling system to help with class allocation. Therefore, should you need help with your timetable and/or allocation of classes, please ensure you email hass.mytimetable@uq.edu.au from your UQ student email account with the following details:
- Full name,
- Student ID, and
- the Course Code
Additional information and support can be found here.
Aims and outcomes
The purpose of this course is to develop advanced language proficiency and in-depth knowledge of Indonesian language, culture and society. The course uses a wide range of authentic text types drawn from a range of spoken and written genres in order to provide students with in-depth knowledge of language and grammar and up-to-date knowledge of contemporary cultural issues.ﾠ
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
LO1.
Interact and communicate in Indonesian on a number of specialized topics as presented in the course.
LO2.
Be able to communicate and interact in Indonesian using a broad range of informal and formal language, while understanding the social value of these registers in the daily language practices of Indonesians.
LO3.
Demonstrate an informed understanding of relevant contemporary issues in Indonesian society and culture.
Assessment
Assessment summary
| Category | Assessment task | Weight | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz |
Weekly Online Tasks
|
60% (12 weekly tasks x 5%) |
28/02/2025 12:00 pm 7/03/2025 12:00 pm 14/03/2025 12:00 pm 21/03/2025 12:00 pm 28/03/2025 12:00 pm 4/04/2025 12:00 pm 11/04/2025 12:00 pm 17/04/2025 12:00 pm 2/05/2025 12:00 pm 9/05/2025 12:00 pm 16/05/2025 12:00 pm 23/05/2025 12:00 pm 30/05/2025 12:00 pm
Online tasks are available on Monday at 9am and are due by the time class starts each week with the exception of Week 8 when tasks are due at 12pm on Thursday. Students must complete 12 out of 13 online tasks. |
| Paper/ Report/ Annotation |
Interview
|
20% |
2/05/2025 2:00 pm |
| Presentation |
Presentation
|
20% |
30/05/2025 12:00 pm |
Assessment details
Weekly Online Tasks
- Online
- Mode
- Activity/ Performance
- Category
- Quiz
- Weight
- 60% (12 weekly tasks x 5%)
- Due date
28/02/2025 12:00 pm
7/03/2025 12:00 pm
14/03/2025 12:00 pm
21/03/2025 12:00 pm
28/03/2025 12:00 pm
4/04/2025 12:00 pm
11/04/2025 12:00 pm
17/04/2025 12:00 pm
2/05/2025 12:00 pm
9/05/2025 12:00 pm
16/05/2025 12:00 pm
23/05/2025 12:00 pm
30/05/2025 12:00 pm
Online tasks are available on Monday at 9am and are due by the time class starts each week with the exception of Week 8 when tasks are due at 12pm on Thursday. Students must complete 12 out of 13 online tasks.
- Learning outcomes
- L03
Task description
There are thirteen tasks found in the assessment section of the learning management system for this subject. You only need to do twelve of these tasks. Each correct weekly task receives 5 marks. Typically, each task is either multiple choice or true/false. These tasks are crucial work that needs to be done in preparation for each class starting in Week 1. They will also help build and reinforce your listening ability, ability to recognize vocabulary that we use throughout the semester in class and that you will hear outside of class, and build your knowledge about contemporary issues in Indonesia. Doing these tasks will be especially useful in preparing your last presentation which is on a contemporary issue in Indonesia. Tasks open on Monday at 9am and are due by the time class starts each week with the exception of Week 8 when tasks are due at 12pm on Thursday. It will take you around 2 hours to complete each weekly task.
Week 1 Religion, culture, contemporary performance.
Week 2 Culture – Conserving indigenous ways of life.
Week 3 Culture – Conserving indigenous performing arts.
Week 4 Disability, volunteering, youth, culture, conservation.
Week 5 Seawater incursion.
Week 6 Water pollution.
Week 7 Plastic pollution.
Week 8 Air pollution.
Week 9 Indonesia’s new capital.
Week 10 Deforestation.
Week 11 Mining and energy.
Week 12 Contesting mining.
Week 13 Social movements.
Use of Generative AI & MT: This assessment task evaluates students' abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Translation (MT). Students are advised that the use of AI or MT technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Submission guidelines
You can access these online tasks by going to the assessment folder in Blackboard.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 7 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Only 7 days extensions are allowed as this is part of a weekly series of tasks which students need to complete in order to demonstrate consolidation of content. Correct answers are discussed in class every week.
Interview
- In-person
- Online
- Mode
- Activity/ Performance, Written
- Category
- Paper/ Report/ Annotation
- Weight
- 20%
- Due date
2/05/2025 2:00 pm
- Other conditions
- Time limited.
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03
Task description
General: This assessment is designed to give you a reason and opportunity to put into practice what we have done in class and the weekly online activities that you do outside of class. It is especially concerned with reinforcing and developing your listening and speaking skills and your understanding of contemporary issues in Indonesia. This assessment is designed to give you a tool that you can use in unfamiliar contexts (often referred to as learn-how-to-learn tools). In this case, the tool is interviewing. At the same time, this assessment is also designed to encourage you to form positive social relationships with Indonesian students who are studying on campus.
Instructions: Interview an Indonesian friend or acquaintance in Indonesian about one of the contemporary issues we have covered in class this semester. The interview should take you no longer than ten-fifteen minutes to complete and then around a further two-three hours to transcribe. Ensure that you transcribe everything that is said including false starts, mispronunciations, and so on. There is no word length limit on your transcript and the length will depend on how succinct and understandable your questions are and how long your interviewee's responses are. To get top marks you need to ask 12 substantial questions. There are seven steps you need to follow to complete this field report:
- Familiarize yourself with the assessment rubric for this piece of assessment. Ask questions about what you are unsure of in the last ten minutes of class.
- Start to think about how you will go about finding an Indonesian to interview in Indonesian. Remember to let them know: a) why you want to interview them (i.e. to get to know an Indonesian and to practice your Indonesian); b) what you will do with the recording (i.e. transcribe it an present it as an assignment to your lecturer); and c) how you will store the recording and transcript securely and not let anyone except you, them, and your lecturer have access to it.
- Download a voice recording app to your mobile phone or ensure that you have one installed. Learn how to use it, e.g., can the recording be slowed down to help you listen to it.
- Do the interview and record it. Store your recording securely so that only you can access it and remember that you cannot share this recording with anyone else except me.
- Familiarize yourself with Table 3 from pages xvii-xviii of the Kamus Indonesia-Inggris (third edition) by John Echols and Hassan Shadily published in 1992 by PT Gramedia in Jakarta. There is a copy of this located in the resources folder in the Learn UQ site for this assignment.
- Listen to the recording of your interview and in a tabular format represent what you hear as accurately as you can, and in a way that closely matches the orthographic conventions described in the Kamus Indonesia-Inggris dictionary noted in step 5. There is an example in the resources folder in the Learn UQ site for this assignment.
- Once you have finished, arrange another time to meet with the Indonesian you interviewed to collaboratively go over your transcript to check the accuracy of it.
Use of Generative AI & MT: This assessment task is to be completed in-person. The use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Translation (MT) tools will not be permitted. Any attempted use of AI or MT may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Submission guidelines
You can submit your interview transcript entitled “interview transcript” with a file name such as “interview transcript_[your name]” via the Turnitin link named “interview” within the Learn UQ site for this subject. You will need to email the Course Coordinator the actual recording because Turnitin does not accept recording file formats. Both the recording and your interview transcript need to be submitted by the due date.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 7 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Only 7 days extensions are allowed because completion of this assessment is a prerequisite to being able to do your final presentation assignment. Feedback will be given out on this assignment in week 11.
Presentation
- Identity Verified
- Online
- Mode
- Activity/ Performance, Oral
- Category
- Presentation
- Weight
- 20%
- Due date
30/05/2025 12:00 pm
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03
Task description
A 10 min ZOOM presentation in the last week of class where you present on a contemporary issue that you have researched.
Instructions:
In the last week of class you are to give your presentation on a contemporary issue in Indonesia via ZOOM during normal class time. The student is to choose a contemporary issue in Indonesia and in Indonesian describe what we know about the issue, what has been done so far to alleviate the issue, and what is yet to be done. Students must give their presentation using PowerPoint and to use Indonesian language resources on the issue, such as short video clips, photos (e.g., demonstrations, signage), media commentaries (written or spoken), Indonesian songs, and cultural performances (e.g., in the past wayang performances have been used to make veiled commentaries about societal issues). In addition to using Indonesian language resources, you are to show off your ability to find and use English/Indonesian language research on your chosen topic. When giving your presentation you should not be using any notes or a script.
Use of Generative AI & MT: This assessment task evaluates students' abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Translation (MT). Students are advised that the use of AI or MT technologies to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Submission guidelines
Oral presentation will occur in Week 13 (i.e. the last week of classes) and will be done via a ZOOM presentation. You do not need to come to class for the presentation but please ensure that you have a good internet connection.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 28 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Course grading
Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.
| Grade | Cut off Percent | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (Low Fail) | 0 - 24 |
Absence of evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Serious deficiencies in quality of performance in relation to learning objectives. Language level very basic and almost incomprehensible. Three or more major assessment items incomplete. |
| 2 (Fail) | 25 - 44 |
Minimal evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: Fails to satisfy some of the basic requirements of the course.ﾠ Language level basic, although may be comprehensible at this level. Two or more major assesssmentﾠ items incomplete. |
| 3 (Marginal Fail) | 45 - 49 |
Demonstrated evidence of developing achievement of course learning outcomes Course grade description: Falls short of satisfying all basic requirements for Pass.ﾠ Unable to demonstrate knowledge and ability to communicate according to the conventions of text types studied. Language level consistently intermediate level. One or more major assessment tasks not completed. |
| 4 (Pass) | 50 - 64 |
Demonstrated evidence of functional achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: The student uses generally effective communication strategies when vocabulary and structures introduced in the course are used. Comprehension of written and spoken Indonesian is generally good though some misunderstandings may occur and details may be missed. Pronunciation is generally acceptable. Fluency is adequate but the student tends to use formulaic expressions rather than original utterances and use a narrow range of vocabulary. In writing, vocabulary and structures are mostly used with accuracy, however, errors will occasionally affect meaning. The student demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the core materials in assessment tasks. There is some evidence of opinion-formingﾠbacked by explanationﾠand/or evidence.ﾠThe student has completed all formal assessment items. |
| 5 (Credit) | 65 - 74 |
Demonstrated evidence of proficient achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: The student is able to use communication strategies effectively in most situations and is able to understand most written and spoken Indonesian when vocabulary and structures which are introduced in the course are used. The student uses comprehensible pronunciation and responds fluently, appropriately and confidently although some hesitation and inaccuracies may be evident. In speech and writing the student uses a range of vocabulary and structures with accuracy and attempts to use language creatively. The student demonstrates that she/he has experienced language beyond the core materials and successfully incorporated a variety of new vocabulary and structures into assessment tasks. The student has completed all formal assessment items. |
| 6 (Distinction) | 75 - 84 |
Demonstrated evidence of advanced achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: The student effectively uses communication strategies and is able to understand both written and spoken Indonesian when vocabulary and structures which are introduced in the course are used. The student uses consistently comprehensible pronunciation and responds fluently, appropriately and confidently in most situations. In speech and writing the student uses a wide range of vocabulary and structures although accuracy of use may fluctuate. The student demonstrates that she/he has read widely beyond the core materials and has successfully incorporated a variety of new vocabulary and structures into assessment tasks. The student has completed all formal assessment items. |
| 7 (High Distinction) | 85 - 100 |
Demonstrated evidence of exceptional achievement of course learning outcomes. Course grade description: The student effectively uses sophisticated communication strategies and is always able to understand both written and spoken Indonesian when vocabulary and structures which are introduced in the course are used. The student uses consistently comprehensible pronunciation and responds fluently, appropriately and confidently. In speech and writing the student uses a wide range of vocabulary and structures with accuracy and attempts to use language creatively. The student demonstrates that she/he has read extensively beyond the core materials and has successfully incorporated a variety of new vocabulary and structures into assessment tasks. The student has completed all formal assessment items. |
Additional course grading information
Marking criteria and/or marking rubrics are available in the ‘Assessment’ folder in Blackboard for this course.
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is not available for some items in this course.
Additional assessment information
All written pieces of assessment for this course must be submitted electronically via TurnItIn.
Learning resources
You'll need the following resources to successfully complete the course. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.
Library resources
Find the required and recommended resources for this course on the UQ Library website.
Additional learning resources information
All materials distributed in class will also be made available on the INDN3000 Blackboard site. There is a library list of resources that you may find useful for completing your assignments. Additional materials will also be posted from time to time, so it's best to check Blackboard regularly!ﾠ
Learning activities
The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.
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| Learning period | Activity type | Topic |
|---|---|---|
Multiple weeks From Week 1 To Week 4 |
Tutorial |
Theme 1: Language, Cultural Heritage, and Conservation Students will engage with a variety of texts related to language, cultural heritage, and conservation. Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L03 |
Multiple weeks From Week 5 To Week 9 |
Tutorial |
Theme 2: Society and Environment Students will engage with a variety of texts related to society and environment. Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L03 |
Multiple weeks From Week 10 To Week 13 |
Tutorial |
Theme 3: Society and Mining Students will engage with a variety of texts related to society and mining. Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L03 |
Additional learning activity information
There are three hours of classes per week all conducted in tutorial style. This is an in-person course offering, as such, students are expected to attend all scheduled classes for this course - if you have extenuating circumstances (illness, carer responsibilities, etc.) which may interfere with your attendance, please see the Course Coordinator. There are no formal lectures. Classroom activities stress active practice of spoken Indonesian used in conversational situations, reading and also writing. Most of the class time will require you to interact with other learners.
It is important that you attend classes regularly and participate actively. Learning a language is a skill and, like learning a musical instrument or a new sport, it requires regular practice. In addition to class contact hours, you will need to spend at least another five hours each week, seeking out opportunities to practice your Indonesian with native speakers, familiarising yourself with new vocabulary and revising previous lesson material.
Policies and procedures
University policies and procedures apply to all aspects of student life. As a UQ student, you must comply with University-wide and program-specific requirements, including the:
- Student Code of Conduct Policy
- Student Integrity and Misconduct Policy and Procedure
- Assessment Procedure
- Examinations Procedure
- Reasonable Adjustments - Students Policy and Procedure
Learn more about UQ policies on my.UQ and the Policy and Procedure Library.