Teaching Bahasa Indonesia Using Rendra^s Ballad Nyanyian Angsa (Swan Song)
Reimundus Raymond Fatubun

Universitas Cenderawasih, Jayapura

Abstract

ABSTRACT
What to focus on when dealing with a piece of literary work in a foreign language classroom? One can balance among: teaching language vs. focus on teaching literature- pragmatic focus vs. intellectual focus- stylistics vs. literary critical orientation (the new criticism, post modernism, etc.)- and learning how to study literature vs. studying literature. Literature in the target language can become a rich source to be exploited with creative imagination for linguistic competence and literary competence as well as values found in it. Since Bahasa Indonesia (BI) is now becoming more popular in the world, BI teachers should find various ways to teach it. This paper shows that using Nyanyian Angsa (Swan Song), a ballad by Rendra, a famous Indonesian poet, anyone or all four foci mentioned above may be realized through tasks created by the imaginative, creative, and innovative BI teacher.

Keywords: Bahasa Indonesia, Rendra, Ballad, Nyanyian Angsa, Swan Song

Topic: Education