The Development Of Culturally-Embedded Materials In The Teaching Of Indonesian For Foreign Speakers (BIPA) At Universitas Negeri Makassar

Abstract

Abstract. The teaching of Indonesian for foreign speakers, widely known as BIPA, has vastly increased from time to time. However, there is no standard teaching materials which has been developed for this purpose, either from the government, or private institutions that are running BIPA program. Therefore, each institution develops its own teaching materials for the sake of meeting the needs of the learners. This study aims at developing BIPA teaching materials at Language Center, Universitas Negeri Makassar, as one of BIPA course organizers in Indonesia. This research applies research and development methods (Research & Development). The subjects of this study were BIPA instructors and BIPA learners at Language Center, Universitas Negeri Makassar. The object of this research is the BIPA teaching materials document which was developed embedding local culture of South Sulawesi province of Indonesia as pedagogical content knowledge. Data collection techniques used in this study are questionnaire and interview techniques. The results of the study revealed that culturally-embedded teaching materials as the pedagogical content knowledge is vital since both instructors, and learners has found it interesting and motivating during their teaching and learning interactions.

Key words: BIPA, local culture, materials development, culturally-embedded materials