- 58/1969 THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ORIENTAL STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

A..~UAL REPORT 1~6c

1. STAFF

Department of Indonesian Languages and Literatures

Head of the Department

Senior Lecturers

Lecturer

Senior Tutor

Tutor

Research Assistant

English/Malay Dictionary Project

Research Assistants

2/ INTRODUCTION

Professor A. H. Johns, B.A., Ph.D . (London)

Dr. Soebardi, M.A. (Indonesia), Ph.D.(A.N.U.) I.fr. Achdiat Karta Mihardja Mr. Soewito-Santoso, M.A. (Indonesia)

Mr. Supomo Surjohudojo, M.A. (Gadjah Mada)

Mrs . J. Johns

Mrs . E. Soebardi

Mr. Munadi Patrnadiwaria, ?f.A. (Indonesia)

Mr . Dzulkifli Bin Saleh Hr . Shahnon Bin Ahmad

Miss Sandra Pearson Mrs. Ruth Mussen 11iss B. Duke

The aim of the Department is to teach an active mastery of the Indonesian variant of Malay, and to acquaint the students uith the major modern literary works in poetry and prose from the Indonesia-Halaysian region. The 3rd year course includes work in the older forms of traditional Malay literature to contribute an understanding in depth of these expressions of Indonesian-Malaysian culture. These literary studies are pursued both for their own intrinsic interest as works of the creative imagination and as an introduction to the cultural values and social perspectives of the peoples of this aree .

For Honours and specialist students, in addition to various seminar courses which form an essential component of the degree with Honours, a sub-major is offered in Javanese, together with introductory courses in Arabic and certain of the regional languages of Indonesia which are open to post-graduate students from the Institute of Advanced Studies with particular requirements.

3 • ATTENDANCE AT SEMIN.i\P.S

The Department, under the aegis of the Department of Adult Education, organized a residential Seminar on Indonesia and Nalaysia, Language, Culture, People, held at Ursul.n College froo l2 to Hi . ':"./.

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4. INTER-UNIVERSITY CO-OPERATION

Mr. Balfas, Lecturer on Indonesian and Malayan Studies at the

University of Sydney, visited the Department in October to give two

lectures and a joint seminar with the Malay novelist Shahnon Ahmad

on modern Malay/Indonesian Literature to senior students.

5. PERSONAL

Mr. Achdiat Kara Mihardja returned to Canberra in December following

a year's study leave, during which he visited Indonesia, Malaysia, U.A.R.,

Holland and the U.K.

Mr. Soewito Santoso left Canberra for a 3 monthsv field trip to

Indonesia.

6. VISITORS

In December the Department was visited by Dr. P. Voorhoeve,

formerly Curator of Oriental Manuscripts of the Leiden University Library,

and late Secretary of the Royal Dutch Institute of Language, Land and

Ethnology.

7 • ENROLMENTS

The total number of students enrolled in the Department was 121 minus

25 withdrawals, of which 77 were full-time and 44 part-time.

In addition there were 4 Final Honours enrolments, 1 Masters

Qualifying, 2 Masters Degree and 3 Ph.Ds.

B. EXAMINATIONS

Examination enrolments totalled 94, of who~ 15 failed, 2 were

absent and 2 still have one remaining paper to complete.

9. ENGLISH/MALAY DICTIONARY PROJECT:

The project continues to make good progress, and was visited by

Mr. Richard David, Secretary of the Cambridge Syndics in May.

Three additional appointments as research assistants were made during

the year, including the distinguished Malay novelist Mr. Shahnon Ahmad.

10. PUBLICATIONS

JOHNS, A. H.

SOEBARDI

A Road With No End. Hutchinson, London. 150 pp. Edited translation with introduction of the Indonesian Novel Djalen tak ada Udjung by Mochtar Lubis. Djakarta 1951.

'Huraian singkat tentang perkembangan BahAsa Indonesia sebagai bahasa Pengadjaran dan Bahasa Ilmu' (A brief analysis on the development of

th~ Bahasa Indonesia as a language for instruction

and sciences.) Dewan Bahasa, Kuala Lumpur, Vol. XI,

No. 11, November 1967, pp. 484-495.

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'Malaysia and Indonesia: Closer ties through history and language.' Persaudaraan, Melbourne University Indonesian Studies Society, Vol. I, No. 1, pp. 3-14.

'Some Verse of Taufiq Ismail, a poet of the Generation of '66:' (Translation with a brief Introduction.) East Wind. II, 1, 1968-69.

Review - 1. 'Introducing Indonesian', Books I and II (by T. S. Lie).

2. 'Introduction to Bahasa Indonesia' and 'The Structure of Bahasa Indonesia' (by J.P. Sarumpaet).

3. 'Bahasa Indonesia for Beginners' (by Poerwanto Danoesoegondo). Bijdragen tot de Taal - Land-en Volkenkunde, CXXIV, iv, 1968.

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1.Subject 2 .Er.rollEa..;. 3.Sitting 4.High 5.Distinction 6.Credit 7. --- 8.Pass 9.Fail 10 .Wasta8e 11.:1 ~re ·or unit --- Distinction (i.e. 2 - 3) wastage

(i.e. 9 + 10)

B.I.M. I No. 76 53 8 9 13 11 ]2 23 35 % 10.:'' 70 11 12 17 14 16 30 46

B.I.M.II No. E 8 1 2 2 3 3 6 % 1100 73 9 18 18 27 27 54

B.I.M.IIB No. " 3 1 2 ,,, lCJ 100 33 67 tu

B .I.M. ,. _;,~o -r-ro. 1 1 1 lo 100 100 100

B .I .M.III .:ro. 1.:. 14 4 9 1 1 % 1no 100 29 64 7 7

B .I .M.IIIH ~:" I 4 1 1 - Remaining 1. students have not completed papers, . + % 100 100 25 25 therefore result not yet determined.

Jav. I No, fi 6 1 1 3 1 1 lOu 100 17 17 50 17 17

Jav. II No. ( 5 2 3 1 1 % lCiO 83 33 50 17 17

Enrolled Sitting Results

Final Honours No, : 4 4 1 X I ._., 100 100 2 X Ila / g

1 X Ib Masters Qualifying 1 1 Ila

·100

:t-'msters Degree. 2 100

••• THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL- UNIVERSITY ~culty o:f Oriental Studies

DEPARTMENT OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

The work of the Department can be consider

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(ii) The preparation of school texts.

(iii) Lectures . in methods of class-room presentation of Bahasa Indonesia/Nalay.

For the kinds of courses envisaged in (i), i.e. accelerated and intensive, staffing can only be estimated in terms of demand; yet demand cannot be assessed unless the courses are offered, and they cannot be offered unless adequate materials are avail~ble.

It is proposed:

(i) The introduction of a sUiillller intensive course in January 1970 and an accelerated course covering Bahasa Indonesia and Malay I and II in one year. Staffing requirements:1 lecturer/ senior lecturer, 1 tutor/senior tutor over and above the staffing :figure justified by normal enrolments according to the :formula. This staff would need to be recruited by October 1969.

(ii) .!.211. A se_ries of t .hree intensive course block,- with an accelerated course - staffing requirements: 1 lecturer, 1 tutor.

(iii) ..!.2,7_g_ A series of six bitensi ve course blocks· together with an accelerated course - staffing requirements: 2 tutors.

To this blueprint could be added:

(i) That the intensive and accelerated courses · to be offered in 1970 be advertised quite widely in 1969.

(ii) That the writing o:f materials for all levels, courses on methodology and the development of intensive courses are shared by all the staff.

(iii) That the staffing requirements and provision of courses in 1971-72 be determined in accordance with response in ' 1970, bearing in mind, however, that the exercise cannot begin without an initial increase of two staff-members for the programme to be launched in 1970.

(iv) That such .a development would add to the effectiveness of the department in all areas of its activities, under-graduate as well as postgraduate.

11 September 1968 CGP:1-iL

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