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Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Bahasa Indonesia Untuk Penutur Asing (Bipa) Berdasarkan Hasil Analisis Kebutuhan Belajar, Imam Suyitno
Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Bahasa Indonesia Untuk Penutur Asing (Bipa) Berdasarkan Hasil Analisis Kebutuhan Belajar, Imam Suyitno
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Teaching Indonesian for Foreign Learners or Indonesian as a Foreign Language (IFL) is different from teaching Indonesian as a first language. The differences are due to the characteristics of the learners. IFL learners generally are adults who have language and cultural background and learning style different from those Indonesian learners have. These differences demand IFL teachers and instructors to prepare teaching-learning materials and the activities of the teaching-learning process in the classroom that are relevant to the learners' needs. Understanding the entry level behavior of the learners, the teaching materials, the teaching-learning approach, and the evalution process is of crucial …
Ujian Nasional (Un): Harapan, Tantangan, Dan Peluang, Gunadi H. Sulistyo
Ujian Nasional (Un): Harapan, Tantangan, Dan Peluang, Gunadi H. Sulistyo
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
The National Examination (NE) has been conducted for several times nation-wide. However, public debates always emerge over the importance of NE prior to the annual excecution of the examination. The government's policy to raise the passing standard under the pretext of improving the quality of the national education has commonly triggered a heated controversy. This paper discusses the NE from the perspectives of expectations, challenges and opportunities. It attempts to provide an objective picture as to the need to hold NE. As such, it puts the attempts to improve the quality of the national education through NE in a proportionately …
Strategi Pembelajaran Bahasa Dan Sastra Indonesia Di Sekolah Dasar: Peran Guru Dalam Menyikapi Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan, Kushartanti Kushartanti
Strategi Pembelajaran Bahasa Dan Sastra Indonesia Di Sekolah Dasar: Peran Guru Dalam Menyikapi Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan, Kushartanti Kushartanti
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Teaching Indonesian in formal schools today is regarded as a challenge by many Indonesian teachers. In a country like Indonesia, in which language situation is very complex due to many languages and dialects (and also the fast-growing English usage in big cities), this phenomenon can be understood. Since the country's independence, there have been several curricula-one of them is Kurikulum Berbasis Kompetensi (competence-based curriculum), the newest being Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (Unit Level of Education-Based Curriculum). The latter seems to be regarded as the most ideal curriculum, because it can be adjusted to the regions' policy. The problems are that …
The Coloniser And The Colonised: Reflections On Translation As Contested Space, Harry Aveling
The Coloniser And The Colonised: Reflections On Translation As Contested Space, Harry Aveling
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Tulisan ini mengemukakan pentingnya pemahaman penerjemah mengenai "kata" dari sebuah karya. Kata "coloniser" dan "colonised" yang muncul dalam karya Albert Memmi memiliki relevansi dengan pengertian kolonial yang bersifat metaforis. Oleh karena itu, seorang penerjemah, dalam melihat kedua kata itu, haruslah terfokus pada teks itu sendiri dan merefleksikannya. Secara singkat ada banyak cara untuk melihat karakteristik yang beragam dari hubungan antara penerjemah beserta terjemahannya dan penulisnya
Seni Kulinari, Kekuasaan, Dan Multikulturalisme Dalam Master Cooking Boy/ The Real Master Cooking Boy Karya Etsushi Ogawa, Lilawati Kurnia
Seni Kulinari, Kekuasaan, Dan Multikulturalisme Dalam Master Cooking Boy/ The Real Master Cooking Boy Karya Etsushi Ogawa, Lilawati Kurnia
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This essay examines manga, the japanese comic Master Cooking Boy" and inquires what the manga offers to the reader beside being a popular reading. This essay reviews the history of manga and its function in the Japanese culture. The paper unravels the theories of cultural studies such as hegemony and multiculturalism in the analyse of this manga. This paper discusses the wider horizon of manga as a field of hegemony discourse and multiculturalism. It opens the possibilities to analyse manga in a different perspective and shows how ideology can operates in the popular literature.
Citra Penjajahan Jepang Di Indonesia Yang Terpantul Dalam Beberapa Novel Pramoedya, Koh Young Hun
Citra Penjajahan Jepang Di Indonesia Yang Terpantul Dalam Beberapa Novel Pramoedya, Koh Young Hun
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Images of Japanese troops which drawn by Pramoedya in his works indeed related with his own experiences. Pramoedya through his characters portrays his view on humanities. Pramoedya depicted the brutality of Japanese troops in their occupation in Indonesia. All Japanese propaganda delivered false messages and caused disasters for Indonesian people. Japanese culture retardation and their brutality made the author suffer and down. Even though his novels associate with anti Japanese occupation and patriotism among the youth, humanities issues in fact appear as a strong theme in all his works.
Kesusastraan Kontemporer Cina: Kontemporeritas Dan Kebijakan Pemerintah, Nurni W. Wuryandari
Kesusastraan Kontemporer Cina: Kontemporeritas Dan Kebijakan Pemerintah, Nurni W. Wuryandari
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
What is meant by contemporary literature? The first thing that comes up in mind is that the terminology of contemporary literature points out to "literature that is new" or "literature that is very recent", and constitutes a new trend lastly in touch with public. With this, contemporarity might possibly be seen or measured on the basis of time frame. In China, contemporary literature is not measured merely by the most recent time and the changing literary trend in a certain period of time, it is apparently not free from the political influence of the goverment in power. Political guidance issued …
Demistifikasi Tokoh Don Juan Dalam La Nuit De Valognes Karya Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Talha Bachmid, S. Riella R. Muridan
Demistifikasi Tokoh Don Juan Dalam La Nuit De Valognes Karya Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Talha Bachmid, S. Riella R. Muridan
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Don Juan is a myth about a seducer, a man with many love adventures, a women's heat conqueror, and many other predicates. Don Juan as a myth is well-known world wide over, appearing in about 50 writings such as novels, plays, operas. But a French writer Eric-Emannuel Schmitt proposes a new figure of Don Juan in his play La Nuit de Valognes (Night in Valognes): the seducer is judged by five victims and convicted to marry one of his victims in order to stop his adventures. Surprisingly, Don Juan accepts this verdict without conditions. This sudden change becomes the theme …
Multikultur Dan Multiperspektif Dalam Ham Internasional, Zeffry Alkatiri
Multikultur Dan Multiperspektif Dalam Ham Internasional, Zeffry Alkatiri
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This paper discusses the problem of human rights in an international context in which it often causes conflict of interests among different nations. It turns out that the Human Rights Declaration does not always provide convenient guide to problem of human rights abuse. This paper aims at demonstrating differing views in the international discourse on human rights and the necessity to understand those differing views and issues related to human rights. This is crucial to avoid taking side unwisely.
Kesultanan Bima Di Pulau Sumbawa, Tawalinuddin Haris
Kesultanan Bima Di Pulau Sumbawa, Tawalinuddin Haris
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Bima is a region that has been attracting researchers' attention, which should not be surprising because it has always been a multicultural region. Its history reveals that Bima was one of the sailing routes, especially of the Malay Muslim traders, sailing from the direction of East Java. Bima then became a center of the Islamic rule in the eastern Nusantara. This paper discusses a brief history of how Bima became a center of Islamic rule that was strongly influenced by the Malays.
Tingkat Tutur Dalam Bahasa Sasak Dan Bahasa Jawa, Sudirman Wilian
Tingkat Tutur Dalam Bahasa Sasak Dan Bahasa Jawa, Sudirman Wilian
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This paper discusses about speech levels in Sasak, the language of the indigenious people of the island of Lombok, examining the style, meaning and some historical background of the speech levels. Based on the data, it shows that Sasak, like Javanese and Balinese, also contains low, mid, high and few honorific vocabularies which are assumed to have been borrowed from Javanese (Steven, 1975; Nothofer, 1975). However, the use of the high and honorific variations are scarecly heard in the everyday common Sasaks conversation. In most occurrences, the high speech level is pronounced only among the so called menak Sasaks and …
Kritik Pemikiran Arab: Metode Dekonstruksi Mohammed Arkoun, Siti Rohmah Soekarba
Kritik Pemikiran Arab: Metode Dekonstruksi Mohammed Arkoun, Siti Rohmah Soekarba
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Mohammed Arkoun is one of an international Islamic modern thinker that his thought comes into Islamic thinking discourses in Indonesia recently. His Islamic thought were influenced by the modern philosophy concepts such as "myths" of Paul Ricouer, postmodern concepts like 'discourse' and 'episteme', which were developed by Michel Foucault as well as 'deconstruction' of Jacques Derrida. If Derrida focused on deconstruction of a discourse as a final concept, on the other hand Arkoun insisted that 'deconstruction' must be followed by 'reconstruction'. Arkoun's reconstruction leaves the limitation, the rigidity and deviation from the past. Arkoun proposes two ways: firstly it is …
A King Who Tames His Enemies And Not Who Is Obedient To The Law, Revo Arka Giri Soekatno
A King Who Tames His Enemies And Not Who Is Obedient To The Law, Revo Arka Giri Soekatno
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Dongeng tentang raja yang mengerti bahasa binatang terdapat versinya dalam Pa catantra baik yang berbahasa Java Kuno maupun Pertengahan. Sadurannya juga terdapat dalam kesusasteraan Jawa Modern, seperti dalam siklus-siklus Anglingdarma. Namun, dalam berbagai versi Java ada kerancuan soal berbagai nama sang raja. Nama-nama tersebut misalnya Aridharma, Hari Dharma, Aji Dharma dan Angling Darma. Makalah ini akan membahas masalah nama raja ini dengan asumsi bahwa kejelasannya akan membantu perolehan pemahaman yang lebih baik tentang kesusastraan Jawa, baik Kuno maupun Modern.
A Possible Location Of Gajah Mada's Madakaripura, Amrit Gomperts
A Possible Location Of Gajah Mada's Madakaripura, Amrit Gomperts
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Desa Madakaripura adalah desa milik Patih Gajah Mada, patih Kerajaan Majapahit yang sangat terkenal. Namun, hingga saat ini belum jelas lokasi Desa Madakaripura itu. Menurut Prapa ca pada tahun 1359 desa itu berada di wilayah Pasuruan. Tulisan ini mengupayakan penemuan desa itu. Dengan metode analisis toponim dan peta-peta akan dicoba untuk dipastikan letak Madakaripura dengan seteliti mungkin agar ahli arkeologi Indonesia bisa mencari situsnya. Sebagai kesimpulan, kemungkinan besar Madakaripura terletak di sebelah tenggara enam kilometer dari kota Pasuruan.
Abreviasi Dalam Bahasa Inggris, Arie Andrasyah Isa
Abreviasi Dalam Bahasa Inggris, Arie Andrasyah Isa
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
This study is concerned with a productive word-form process in the morphological level, such as abbreviation. Through the process of the word form, I intend to find out how to make new words in using the abbreviation in English. Besides, I intend to review the concept of abbreviation. The aim of this study is also to observe how the abbreviation can form new words. The data employed in this study are from newspaper Jakarta Post and Kompas, and examples provided by the related linguists. With the data exemplified by the linguists and based on their discussion on abbreviation, I think …
Berkahnya Akal Yang Mili Dari Sebuah Kali, Muhammad Wasith
Berkahnya Akal Yang Mili Dari Sebuah Kali, Muhammad Wasith
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
No abstract provided.
Bushido Dalam Masyarakat Jepang Modern, Bambang Wibawarta
Bushido Dalam Masyarakat Jepang Modern, Bambang Wibawarta
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Bushido is most often translated as the way of the warrior caste in Japan. Bushi refers to warriors in feudal Japan while do means several things including: the correct way, the path, or the road. Another interpretation of Bushido could be the way of preserving peace through the use of force. Bushido comes out of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shintoism. The combination of these schools of thought and religions has formed the code of warrior values known as Bushido. A key to our understanding of how the concepts of Bushido fit into Japanese modern lives is to understand the historical and …
Marina La Malinche: Writing Across Cultures, Harry Aveling
Marina La Malinche: Writing Across Cultures, Harry Aveling
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Tulisan ini membahas karya pengarang perempuan Prancis, Kim Lef vre. Lef vre dilahirkan di Vietnam dari ayah Prancis dan ibu Vietnam-ia sendiri kini tinggal di Prancis. Karya-karya autobiografinya berkenaan dengan kompleksitas identitas campurannya. Dalam karya novelnya Marina la Malinche, ia menyajikan kehidupan seorang wanita penerjemah, Malinche, selama invasi Spanyol di Meksiko. Malinche saat ini dianggap oleh orang Meksiko sebagai pengkhianat bangsa. Dalam novel itu Lef vre menggunakan tokoh Malinche sebagai cermin problem identitasnya. Penerjemah hanyalah seorang "pengkhianat" ketika ia menjadi korban kekuatan di luar dirinya.
Potret Penghulu Dalam Naskah; Sebuah Pengalaman Penelitian, Muhamad Hisyam
Potret Penghulu Dalam Naskah; Sebuah Pengalaman Penelitian, Muhamad Hisyam
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
In the daily life of the Indonesian people, a penghulu plays a role in accordance with the way the word is understood by the community in which he lives. In West Sumatra, a penghulu is the head of the nagari. In Riau, he has a status equal to that of a head of a village. In Java, he has an authority in all administrative matters of religion. This paper discusses the meaning of penghulu as depicted in old manuscripts written by the natives. Based on a research on these native manuscripts, it can be concluded that a penghulu plays the …
Naskah Dan Rekonstruksi Sejarah Lokal Islam; Contoh Kasus Dari Minangkabau, Oman Fathurahman
Naskah Dan Rekonstruksi Sejarah Lokal Islam; Contoh Kasus Dari Minangkabau, Oman Fathurahman
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Manuscripts are not supposed to be something unknown to the public and possessed by limited circle of people. Manuscripts are cultural heritage of a nation the content of which reflects the ideas, knowledge, tradition, and the patterns of behavior of the past society. As such they can be of use to different segments of society. This paper discusses the benefits of manuscripts to the efforts of reconstructing Islamic intellectual history in Indonesia by studying the case of local manuscripts in the Minang region. These manuscripts are not only the products of a writing tradition that had developed strongly in the …
Penyalinan Naskah Melayu Di Palembang; Upaya Mengungkap Sejarah Penyalinan, Maria Indra Rukmi
Penyalinan Naskah Melayu Di Palembang; Upaya Mengungkap Sejarah Penyalinan, Maria Indra Rukmi
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
In Palembang manuscripts are known to be available originating in the Palembang Palace as well as individual collection. This paper discusses the tradition of copying manuscript in Palembang, beginning with the historical background of Palembang, continuing with Malay manuscript copying in Palembang, and with a limited information on the content of the manuscript. Cultural diversity in Palembang where Javanese, Chinese, Arab elements are found, as well as those of the aristocrats and the common people, have impacted on the social lives of the people of Palembang. This diversity is reflected in the manuscripts that have been preserved, including those originating …
Bentuk Gambar Telapak Tangan Pada Gua-Gua Prasejarah Di Kabupaten Pangkajene Kepulauan, Sulawesi Selatan, R. Cecep Eka Permana
Bentuk Gambar Telapak Tangan Pada Gua-Gua Prasejarah Di Kabupaten Pangkajene Kepulauan, Sulawesi Selatan, R. Cecep Eka Permana
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Cave pictures are one form of human culture found in old sites of dwelling caves of the pre-historical time. Cave pictures can be said to be universal in nature because they are found almost every where in the world, including Indonesia. One form or object of picture frequently found is hand stencils. In Indonesia, beside Kalimantan, the Moluccas, and Irian, it is also found in South Sulawesi, especially in the District of Pangkajene Islands (Pangkep). Twelve caves in Pangkep are studied where 326 hand stencils are found. The hand part, orientation, hand side, number of fingers, size, color, and context …
Tradisi Lisan, Naskah, Dan Sejarah; Sebuah Catatan Politik Kebudayaan, I Nengah Duija
Tradisi Lisan, Naskah, Dan Sejarah; Sebuah Catatan Politik Kebudayaan, I Nengah Duija
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Tradition can be seen from two different perspectives, those of literacy (writing system) and of oral tradition. Recently, some intellectuals have shown interest in oral tradition as academic study in some universities. Oral tradition is not supposed to be seen merely as part of the past and a cultural entity of no importance. This paper describes the two traditions of oral literature and manuscript writing as a basis for local historical knowledge and records of cultural politics. The discussion will be more about the content of tradition that is related to the history of cultural politics than a historical observation.
Kutukan Dan Berkah Dalam Cerita Jawa Kuna; Sebuah Refleksi Sikap Arogan Para Pemilik Kekuasaan, Dwi Woro Retno
Kutukan Dan Berkah Dalam Cerita Jawa Kuna; Sebuah Refleksi Sikap Arogan Para Pemilik Kekuasaan, Dwi Woro Retno
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Old Javanese tales like Adiparwa and Sudamala are full of elements of curse cast by a man or a god. The curses take the form of words uttered full of emotion and anger to the addressee. Curses may result in a physical transformation or a change in the fate of the person cursed. A curse cast by a god demonstrates the power. A curse, however, eventually produces blessing. Curse and blessing are two things that are different from and opposite to one another.
Nusantara Dalam Era Niaga Sebelum Abad Ke-19, Mohammad Iskandar
Nusantara Dalam Era Niaga Sebelum Abad Ke-19, Mohammad Iskandar
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Trading activities in the Nusantara archipelago had developed into an international trade. According to Ricklef, Europe was not the most developed region in the world. The developing world at the time was in fact the Islamic world, stretching from the Middle East to the Nusantara. If we trace it further back into the past, to the pre-Islamic age, trade in the Nusantara region had developed, espcially during the golden eras of Sriwijaya and Majapahit. This paper describes the economic and trade development in the Nusantara before the 19th century.
Aspek Logis Dalam Pernyataan-Pernyataan Politik, Y. P. Hayon
Aspek Logis Dalam Pernyataan-Pernyataan Politik, Y. P. Hayon
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Each political formula in the form of a statement (argument) always has a direct interconnected political purpose relative to an important group. This importance factor becomes basic consideration in the formulation of a political statement in such a manner that it can influence public emotion and feeling producing desired agreement and response from the public. Because a wide segment of society becomes special target, with their different levels of education and understanding, the logical aspects are considered unimportant and subject to elimination. The important thing is how to encourage public emotion and encourage the public to response according to what …
Kepustakawanan Dalam "The Name Of The Rose" Karya Umberto Eco, Laksmi Laksmi
Kepustakawanan Dalam "The Name Of The Rose" Karya Umberto Eco, Laksmi Laksmi
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
The Name of the Rose, a detective novel, is set by some issues on librarianship during the Middle Age in Europe. By using discourse analysis approach, I try to know how far the concept of the librarianship was understood at that time-in the novel-based on the understanding of some concepts, starting from "library", "development system", "collection handling", which includes "classification", "censorship system" and "librarians' professionalism", until some matters on borrowing and using collection. Besides, this analysis is aimed at identifying cultural values related to the librarianship. The conclusion shows that the librarianship has an important role in providing suspense elements …
Ideals Without Heat Indonesia Raya And The Struggle For Independence In Malaya, 1920-1948, Byungkuk Soh
Ideals Without Heat Indonesia Raya And The Struggle For Independence In Malaya, 1920-1948, Byungkuk Soh
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Kajian ini ditujukan untuk menemukan pemahaman perkembangan kesadaran nasional bangsa Melayu dalam mencapai kemerdekaan bangsa Melayu. Di dalamnya dikaji muncul dan berkembangnya kelompok-kelompok intelektual baru Melayu yang memiliki daya desak di balik perkembangan pergerakan kemerdekaan Melayu. Tahun 1920-an dianggap sebagai awal perkembangan kesadaran nasional bangsa Melayu. Dalam periode itu kelompok sosial baru, yaitu kaum agamawan terdidik, intelektual terdidik Melayu, dan intelektual terdidik Inggris, muncul di luar hierarki Melayu tradisional dan mulai menampilkan cita-cita sosiopolitis yang berdampak besar pada pembentukan bangsa Malaya, yang kemudian menjadi Malaysia, hingga bergerak terus ke tahun 1948.
Hubungan Intertekstualitas Di Antara Novel-Novel Mochtar Lubis, Kim Jang Gyem
Hubungan Intertekstualitas Di Antara Novel-Novel Mochtar Lubis, Kim Jang Gyem
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
Mochtar Lubis merupakan tokoh yang selalu gigih memperjuangkan kebenaran, keadilan, kebebasan berpendapat, dan nasib rakyat. Hal itu terlihat dari berbagai aktivitasnya sebagai sastrawan dan wartawan. Dalam setiap karya sastranya, Mochtar Lubis seolah-olah menyatakan dengan jelas pemikirannya. Dengan mengamati hubungan antarteks (intertekstualitas) di dalam karya-karya Mochtar Lubis, dapat dijalin benang merah mengenai persoalan yang selalu didengungkan oleh sastrawan itu dari satu karya ke karya yang lain, seperti ketakutan manusia dan dekadensi moral manusia.
Iklan Lampau Indonesia Dalam Wujud Komik Analisis Bahasa Dan Grafis, Zeffry Alkatiri
Iklan Lampau Indonesia Dalam Wujud Komik Analisis Bahasa Dan Grafis, Zeffry Alkatiri
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia
As a powerful medium to persuade people to buy a product or service, ads have long been used in many forms. This study attempts to understand the language use and graphic design of comic as one of the ads forms in Jakarta-based Indonesian media, particularly in the period of 1940-1960s. By employing different approaches in Linguistic Anthropology, Mass Communication and Graphic Design, the findings show a close relationship between the language and the graphic design of the ads with the society who consumed them as well as a trend towards informal language use and popular culture.