Yacinta Kurniasih
Assistant Lecturer
Biography
Qualifications
Contact Details
Subjects Taught & Coordinated
Supervision of Research Students
Research
Interests
Publications
Biography
Yacinta Kusdaryumi Kurniasih was born in Kedungjati, Central Java, Indonesia. In 1986, she went to Yogyakarta where she did her degree in English Literature, Education, and Language Teaching Methodology at the University of Yogyakarta . She has been teaching English, Indonesian, and Javanese as a foreign language in various formal and non-formal educational setting since then.
She obtained her B.A. (Hons) with a thesis which examined the correlation between the learner's perception and attitude toward the culture of the target language (English) and their academic achievement in language learning. Yacinta has a wide variety of hobbies ranging from dancing, drama, writing poetry and short stories to cooking, and self defence (currently Taekwondo).
In 1994 she was invited to work as an Indonesian Guest Teacher in northern Tasmanian Schools and at the University of Tasmania for twelve months where she visited about 40 schools and lived with 18 different families. She then continued working as Indonesian teacher and dancer for several schools and the University while completing her M.ED. in Applied Linguistics, TESOL and LOTE at the University of Tasmania. She completed her Master Research Project on age, gender and foreign language learning strategy: a study case of Indonesian students in Tasmania University
In February 1997 she joined the Monash Indonesian Program, teaching Indonesian/Javanese Language and studies. Currently Yacinta is working on her PhD focussing on Javanese language teaching at schools and Young Javanese in Yogyakarta.
Outside teaching and studying, Yacinta has a role as an In-Country Program Coordinator and a LOTE (Indonesian) Equivalent Examiner. She also has an active role as a language/culture consultant for Indonesian textbook publishers, regular speaker and presenter at VILTA (Victorian Indonesian Teachers Association) conference & workshop, regular speaker at ‘Why Learning Indonesian Forum’ Melbourne, regular presenter for Indonesian Teachers Workshop run by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - DEECD).
In the past, Yacinta was often invited as a regular speaker/informant for SBS Radio – Indonesian Program and ‘Radio Kita’, Indonesian Ethnic Radio Community in Victoria and a contributor for AIA: Australian Indonesian Association Newsletter.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (Hons), University of Yogyakarta
Master of.Education, University of Tasmanina
Currently undertaken – PhD, Linguistic Department, Monash University
Contact details
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Room: |
W315 Menzies Building (Building 11), Clayton Campus |
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Phone: |
(03) 9905 2235 (international: 61 3 9905 2235) |
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Email: |
yacinta.kurniasih@monash.edu |
| Fax: | (03) 9905 5437 (international: 61 3 9905 5437) |
| Mailing Address: | Ms Yacinta Kurniasih |
Subjects Taught & Coordinated
- ATS1111 Indonesian introductory 1
- ATS1112 Indonesian introductory 2
- ATS2113 Indonesian intermediate 1
- ATS2114 Indonesian intermediate 2
- ATS3115 Indonesian proficient 1 (Co-ordinator)
- ATS3116 Indonesian proficient 2 (Co-ordinator)
- ATS3117 Indonesian advanced 1
- ATS3118 Indonesian advanced 2
- ATS3119 Indonesian advanced 3 (Co-ordinator)
- ATS3120 Indonesian advanced 4 (Co-ordinator)
- ATS2120 Language study abroad program (Co-ordinator)
- ATS3122 Language study abroad program (Co-ordinator)
Supervision of Research Students
Honours Supervision (Honours)
- 2012: Language use of Young Chinese Indonesian in social media (100%)
- 2012: Australian perception on Pesantren in Indonesia (100%)
- 2008: Young Indonesian and their perception about Australia: Inter-cultural Communication (100%)
- 2007: Language maintenance and language shift in the Indonesian migrant community in Germany (50%)
- 2007: Drug and alcohol policy in Indonesia: The zero tolerance approach (50%)
- 2006: SBY: A new era in political rhetoric in Indonesia (100%)
- 2005: Tempo, representation of socio-ecological paradigms in Sulawesi Utara (50%)
- 2004: Apotik Komik and public art: The struggle for ‘democratic spaces’ in post-New Order Indonesia (50%)
- 2004: Before and after May 1998: Chinese Indonesians and the ‘imagined community’ (50%)
- 2002: Representations of refugee and asylum seekers in the Australian and Indonesian print media (50%)
- 2002: "Rainbow Heart" a narrative of an NGO for disabled people in Solo, Indonesia (100%)
- 2001: Nationalsm and Indonesian press coverage of separatist conflicts (100%)
- 2001: “Identity, activism and motherhood? Discourse negotiation in contemporary Indonesian society” (50%)
- 2001: Adat law and the land right: a case study in Central Java (50%)
- 2000: Cultural relativism and human right in Indonesia (100%)
- 2000: The way forward for the Indonesian Women's movement in the post Suharto era: An examination of conflict and percieved power relationship at the 1998 Women’s Congress (100%)
- 2000: Gender, power, development and the Keluarga Berencana Initiative: Javanese motherhood and the familial realm as a site for state intervention (50%)
Thesis examination
- 2011: Persuasive Lyrics: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of Protest Songs in Bahasa Indonesia and Biak – Hons/Arts, Monash University.
- 2010: Indonesian Reggae music & the Indonesian Reggae scene – Hons/Arts, Sydney University.
- 2009: Attitudes of Indonesian Learners of English toward Native Speaker Teachers (NESTs) and Non Native English Speaker Teachers (NNESTs) – Master of Arts, Monash University.
- 2007: Indonesian Religious Humour: A cultural and linguistic analysis of religious humour in Indonesia –Hons/Arts, Monash University.
- 2007: Indonesian Secondary School Teachers’ views of the Genre Based approach – Master of Education, Monash University
- 2005: Traditional Practices in Urban Lombok: the importance of Belian in Mataram – Hons/Arts, Deakin University
- 2004: “The Bali bombing: Jihad, matyrdom and Islamic extremism” – Hons/Arts, Monash University
- 2003: Cultural Approach to EFL Teaching: Indonesian Undergraduate Student’s Perspective – Master of Education/Monash University
- 2002: Bilingualism Among Indonesian Families as Sojourners in Australia – Master of Education/Monash University
Research interests
- Indonesian Language and Society
- Gender and Education
- Javanese language and study
Current research
- The teaching of Javanese at schools in Yogyakarta
- The Spirituality of Modern Javanese Fiction
- Gender and language maintenance in Javanese community
- Education & Pesantren in Indonesia
Publications
Commercial Book & Dictionary
Publisher: Tuttle. Authors: Stuart Robson, Yacinta Kurniasih.
- Robson, S & Kurniasih, Y (2010) Basic Indonesian: An Introductory Coursebook. Singapore: Tutle.
- Robson, S, Wibisono, S & Kurniasih, Y (2002) Javanese English Dictionary. Singapore: Periplus
- Robson, S & Kurniasih, Y (current) Basic Javanese: An Introductory Coursebook.
- Kurniasih, Y (current) Teaching and Learning Indonesian trough Poems.
Articles
Kurniasih, Y (forthcoming): 1994 Local Content Curriculum in Yogyakarta schools: an overview.
Kurniasih, Y (forthcoming): Regional, national and international language teaching at school: policy, idiology and identity in modern Indonesia.
Morrison, C, Kurniasih, Y & Barton, G (2012): The landscape of services for drug users in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Drug and Alcohol Review Australia, January: V:31, 95-100.
Kurniasih, Y (2006): Gender, class and language preference: a case study in Yogyakarta. Selected paper from 2005 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Melbourne. Alan,K.(ed) On-line journal: http://www.als.asn.au.
Robson, S and Kurniasih, Y (2000) : ‘Describing Character in Javanese; Three Grammatical Categories’ in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde, Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Reviews
“Errors in pronunciation of consonants by learners of English as a foreign language whose first languages are Indonesian, Gayo and Acehnese: by Ingrid Matthew. Monash University Linguistics Papers, 2005. Vol 3, No.2: 29-44.
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