Indonesian/Malaysian Languages (Basic course)

2023/2024

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

17

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Course type:

Elective course

When:

1 year, 1-4 module

Instructors

Ищенко Александра Владимировна

Попова Ольга Сергеевна

Табунова Кира Викторовна

Tkhor, Svetlana

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is designed to provide practical skills and knowledge on the vocabulary and grammar of the Malay language to the students who have no background in Malay. The course provides students with the opportunities to develop a sufficient competency in Malay and to use it in a variety of ways to develop their communication skills. The course will focus on four skills: speaking, listening, writing and reading. It is expected that students will reach the B1 level according to CEFR by the end of the course. Students are also expected to acquire basic speaking and listening comprehension skills, a considerable body of basic grammar, reading and writing skills within the topics covered in class. To attend the course a student should have near-native command of the Russian language since one of the goals is to train fluent interpretation and translation from Russian to Malay and vice versa.

Learning Objectives

• Reading: Read articles and reports about common topics; recognize rhetorical patterns, determine the author’s purpose; summarize and paraphrase information in the text.
• Speaking: Discuss familiar topics in detail; describe experiences, events, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans; plan and deliver short oral presentations; show the improved pronunciation skills, including stress, intonation, and reductions.
• Writing: Write clearly and in detail about a wide range of subjects; write an essay or report, which are clearly focused, fully developed, and logically organized; write letters about events and personal experiences.
• Listening: Listen and comprehend coherent conversations in everyday situations, spoken at near-natural speed; understand long speech and lectures and follow complex arguments if the topic is reasonably familiar; make inference and predictions about spoken discourse.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Upon completion of the course, students will be able to identify the topic and main idea; make inferences and predictions about spoken discourse; understand and hold real-life conversation on topics covered in class.
• Upon completion of the course, students will be able to skim for a main idea; scan for details; summarize and paraphrase information in the text; deduce meaning from the context
• Upon completion of the course, students will be able to skim for a main idea; scan for details; summarize and paraphrase information in the text; deduce meaning from the contex
• Upon completion of the course, students will be able to translate texts from Malaysian and to Malaysian both in writing and orally.
• Upon completion of the course, students will be able to conduct business and academic communication in oral and written forms.
• Upon completion of the course, students will be able to choose a communicatively acceptable style of communication in oral and written forms.
• Upon completion of the course, students will demonstrate basic knowledge in Malaysian geography, history, culture, social life within topics covered during course.

Course Contents

• 1st year. Introductory Phonetic Course I
• Introductory Phonetic Course II
• Introductory Phonetic Course III
• Introductory Phonetic Course IV
• Introductory Phonetic Course V
• Basic I-1
• Basic I-2
• Basic I-3
• Basic I-4
• Basic I-5
• Basic I-6
• Basic I-7
• Basic I-8
• Basic I-9
• 2nd year: Basic II-1
• Basic II-2
• Basic II-3
• Basic II-4
• Basic II-5
• Basic II-6
• Basic II-7
• Basic II
• Basic II-9
• Basic II-10
• Basic I-11
• Basic II-12
• Basic II-13
• Basic II-14
• Basic II-15
• Basic II-16
• Basic II-17
• Basic II-18
• Basic II-19

Assessment Elements

• In-class assignment
  In-class assignment includes quizzes, dialogue practice, conversations, group discussions, translations etc. Quizzes can be given during the first 15 minutes of a class.
• Homework
  Description: After every class, you will receive a homework assignment to practice new grammar and vocabulary. It can include the following: 1 Grammar exercises; 2 Online activities for vocabulary practice (www.quizzlet.com. Learningapps.org); 3 Dialogue: You are required to listen to the dialogue and learn it by heart or repeat after audio not looking in the text or listen and fill in the blanks. 4 Text: You are required to read or retell a text using the phrases from the text, and answer questions. 5 Writing text using given vocabulary and grammar.
• Unit test
  Description: The test consists of two parts: 1) Writing test (lexico-grammatical test, vocabulary test, sentences or texts for translation from Russian to Malaysian / from Malaysian to Russian); 2) Interview (students are required to talk to instructor on the topic of the Unit / read, retell text and answer questions). The format and the topics of the test are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.
• Final exam
  Description: Exam consists of the writing test (writing an essay on one of the topics covered during the course, translation from Russian to Malaysian, translation from Malaysian to Russian, vocabulary test) and the oral part (Reading and interpreting text, translation from Malaysian or Russian and grammar rule retelling covered during the semester). Students are expected to use words, expressions & grammar learned in the class during the conversation.
• Final written assignment
• Unit tests
  Description: The test consists of two parts: 1) Writing test (lexico-grammatical test, vocabulary test, sentences or texts for translation from Russian to Malaysian / from Malaysian to Russian); 2) Interview (students are required to talk to instructors on the topic of the Unit / read, retell text and answer questions). The format and the topics of the test are subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.
• In-class assignment
  Description: In-class assignment includes quizzes, dialogue practice, conversations, group discussions etc. Quizzes can be given during the first 15 minutes of a class.
• Homework
  Description: After every class, you will receive a homework assignment to practice new grammar and vocabulary. It can include the following: 1 Grammar exercises; 2 Online activities for vocabulary practice (www.quizzlet.com. Learningapps.org); 3 Dialogue: You are required to listen to the dialogue and learn it by heart or repeat after audio not looking in the text or listen and fill in the blanks. 4 Text: You are required to read or retell a text using the phrases from the text, and answer questions. 5 Writing text using given vocabulary and grammar.
• Final written assignment
  Description: Exam consists of the writing test (writing an essay on one of the topics covered during the course, translation from Russian to Malaysian, translation from Malaysian to Russian, vocabulary test) and the oral part (Reading and interpreting text, translation from Malaysian ro Russian and grammar rule retelling covered during the semester). Students are expected to use words, expressions & grammar learned in the class during the conversation.
• Final exam
  Description: Exam consists of the writing test (writing an essay on one of the topics covered during the course, translation from Russian to Malaysian, translation from Malaysian to Russian, vocabulary test) and the oral part (Reading and interpreting text, translation from Malaysian ro Russian and grammar rule retelling covered during the semester). Students are expected to use words, expressions & grammar learned in the class during the conversation.
• Final exam
  Description: Exam consists of the writing test (writing an essay on one of the topics covered during the course, translation from Russian to Malaysian, translation from Malaysian to Russian, vocabulary test) and the oral part (Reading and interpreting text, translation from Malaysian ro Russian and grammar rule retelling covered during the semester). Students are expected to use words, expressions & grammar learned in the class during the conversation.
• Final exam
  Description: Exam consists of the writing test (writing an essay on one of the topics covered during the course, translation from Russian to Malaysian, translation from Malaysian to Russian, vocabulary test) and the oral part (Reading and interpreting text, translation from Malaysian or Russian and grammar rule retelling covered during the semester). Students are expected to use words, expressions & grammar learned in the class during the conversation.

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 2nd module
  0.16 * Final exam + 0.24 * Final written assignment + 0.12 * Homework + 0.12 * In-class assignment + 0.36 * Unit test
• 2023/2024 4th module
  0.16 * Final exam + 0.24 * Final written assignment + 0.12 * Homework + 0.12 * In-class assignment + 0.36 * Unit test
• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.16 * Final exam + 0.24 * Final written assignment + 0.12 * Homework + 0.12 * In-class assignment + 0.36 * Unit tests
• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.16 * Final exam + 0.24 * Final written assignment + 0.12 * Homework + 0.12 * In-class assignment + 0.36 * Unit tests

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Baharudin, M., & Ikhsan, S. A. (2016). The Interesting Teaching and Learning of Malay Language to Foreign Speakers: Language through Cultures. Dinamika Ilmu, 16(1), 1–13. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=eric&AN=EJ1121836

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Emily, E. D. The Malay — took the Pearl / E. D. Emily. — Санкт-Петербург : Лань, 2013. — 1 с. — ISBN 978-5-507-42710-9. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/57278 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.