The Use of Audiovisual Media as an Introduction to Local Culture for Foreign Students Participating in Indonesian Language Learning

Learning a language is a step towards mastering “a language”. The success “of the language” learning step is influenced by two important elements, namely teacher and learner. Similarly, Indonesian language learning for Foreign Languages (BIPA) requires students to master both language and literature skills. Especially for middle school BIPA students. The learning process “is said to be successful if the” competencies taught by the teacher or teacher can be well mastered by the learner. There is a need for preparation by the teacher before passing on the competency to the student. Especially for BIPA students, the literature must be quite foreign to them even though few are familiar with the literature in their respective countries. Therefore, BIPA educators should use a variety of innovative learning tricks, one of them by applying learning media according to the competencies that BIPA learners will teach. Learning and knowing Indonesian culture is a great way to teach using audiovisual media in the form of video. Video media is a medium that displays images, gestures, and sounds that will make the learning process for BIPA students more enjoyable and easier, while introducing the cultural diversity that Indonesia has to BIPA learners.