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National Seminar on Language Month. "Love of Language, Sustainable Forever" University
The National Seminar on Language Month will be held on
Sunday, October 23, 2022 in a hybrid manner. Located in the Widya Sabha Mandala
Auditorium Room, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Udayana University for offline
and via Zoom Meeting for online. This event pull a lot of interest, as evidenced by the number of
participants who registered, namely as many as one hundred and seven
participants. This activity is a work program from the Indonesian Sastra
Student Association, Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University in collaboration with Ahmad Dahlan
University, with the theme "Language as a Bridge unifying the Nation.
" Thisis open to all students in Indonesia.
The seminar was moderated by Sahfitri Br Sembiring, an
active student of the Indonesian literature study program batch '21. The
seminar event featured two great speakers. One of them is a lecturer from Ahmad
Dahlan University, namely Dr. Dedi Pramono, M.Hum. Presenting material with the
title "Youth Oath." Then the second speaker of BIPA teaching
lecturers, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Udayana University, namely Eirenne
Pridari Sinsya Dewi, S.S., M.ed. brought no less interesting material, entitled
"Proud to Speak Indonesian."
Report of the Chairman of the Bulbah Committee
Remarks by the Chairman of the Indonesian Literary
Association
Ni Kadek Widayanti.
Remarks by the Head of the Indonesian Literature Study Program
Mrs. Dr. I G A.A. Mas Triadnyani, S.S., M.Hum.
Remarks by the Faculty of Humanities
Mrs. Dr. Made Sri Satyawati, S.S., M.Hum.
The event opened with the report of the chairman of the
committee, which in his report also mentioned that Language Month 2022 also
held an exhibition of reading works from October 24-29, 2022. After the report
of the chairman of the committee, remarks were also given by the chairman of
Himasindo, the Indonesian literature study program and the dean of the Faculty
of Cultural Sciences, Udayana University.
Report of the Chairman of the Bulam Bahasa Sutondu Mada
Committee.
"Language Month 2022 is an activity to
commemorate the Indonesian nation in the youth oath. This year's Language Month
carries the theme "Youth Oath Not Youth Waste" which has two
activities, the first on October 23, 2022, namely a national seminar entitled
"Language as a Unifying Bridge for the Nation." Then the second one
will be held on October 24-29, 2022, which is an exhibition of immaji house
reading works. This activity has preparations from July to October, with a committee
of 46 people. The purpose of holding this language month 2022 is the first to
provide space for young literati to show their existence, the second is to
strengthen relations both internally and externally, and the third activity is
also to add knowledge and insight in the literary world."
Youth Oath
First Material Presentation
Dr.
Dedi Pramono, M.Hum.
The first material was presented by Dr. Dedi Pramono,
M.Hum. a lecturer from Ahmad Dahlan University. He explained that the function
of Indonesian as a national language is the first as a symbol of national
identity, the second as a symbol of national identity, the third as a unifying
tool of the nation, and as a lingua franca. In addition, he also explained about
Indonesia's anomalous conditions regarding fears of extinction of regional
language use, the increasing use of foreign languages and slang, language
development efforts, especially new vocabulary should continue to be carried
out, it's just that it is more adaptif and transparent. Mr. Dedi in his
material explained the challenges of Indonesian in the era of globalization.
Indonesian are required to be adaptive to keep up with the times, especially
science and technology, Indonesian must mix codes with foreign languages,
regions and slang. The struggle for national unity with language is not over
yet.
Proud to Speak Indonesian
Second Material Presentation
Eirenne
Pridari Sinsya Dewi, S.S., M.ed.
The second speaker was Mrs. Eirenne Pridari Sinsya Dewi,
S.S., M.ed. in her meter, Mrs. Eirenne explained that Indonesian is in the
fourth position with the most populated countries, Indonesian is in the top ten
of the most spoken languages in the world, Indonesian is a compulsory course or
subject in an overseas educational institution. Some universities that make
Indonesian as their courses, namely Hangkuk University of Foreign Studies (South
Korea), University of Southern Queensland (Australia), University of
Washington (United States), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, (Japan),
and others. The things that encourage foreigners to be interested in learning
Indonesian are the culture of Indonesian art and nature, as well
as being interested in Indonesian culture and seeing business opportunities in
Indonesia. Mrs. Eirenne mentioned that Indonesian have the opportunity to
become an international language because Indonesian become an international
scientific language, Indonesian become a second language in Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam, Bahasa Indonesia isranked fourth as the most popular language in
Australia, and M esir has a PSI (Center for Indonesian Studies) at the
University of Suez Canal. In between delivering the material, he gave a slogan
"a country will not survive without its language."
Cover
Thesecond M a teri is the closing for the 2022 Language
Month Seminar. The enthusiasm of one hundred and seven participants in the
National Seminar this Language Month, is expected to be able to maintain the
existence of Indonesian as a national language. Hopefully, Indonesian will remain
sustainable and mampu compete with other languages in the future. (SASINDO)
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES