Atma Jaya Language Learning Center (PPB) of Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia

Jakarta viewing from grand Indonesia, picture: Vian kadal, license: CC BY-SA 3.0
New York is the Big Apple, Jakarta is the Big Durian. Although, the national motto is “Bhineka Tunggal Ika” meaning: “Unity in Diversity”, the Indonesian capital is not a melting pot, but rather a conglomerate of idiosyncrasies. Just like its nickname giver, this strange-smelling fruit, you will either love or hate the city. Jakarta with its population of over 10 million and an area of about 660 square kilometers is a city of contrasts: It is comprised of kotas, which are modern metropolitan areas, absorbing the kampungs, rural villages. Simultaneously, the city maintains its exclusive gated communities and habours slums. Moreover, the city represents just 0.03 percent of the country’s territory, yet it produces 17 percent of the national GDP. Jakarta, Indonesia’s financial and business hub, consists of the towns of Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi, combined in the acronym ‘Jabodetabek’. Greater Jakarta is divided into five main districts each self-contained with facilities such as hospitals, schools, universities, shopping centres and religious buildings.	Durian (Durio zibethinus) fruit, picture: Wibowo Djatmiko, license: CC BY-SA 3.0
Jakarta Special Capital Region in Indonesia, picture: TUBS, license: CC BY-SA 3.0
Jakarta Car Free Day, picture: Gunawan Kartapranata, license: CC BY-SA 3.0	For Students from Chemnitz: The Atma Jaya Language Learning Center (PPB) of Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia is located in Central Jakarta. The institute for language teaching and learning of foreign languages for Indonesian learners and of the Indonesian language for foreign learners was established on 1 January 1977. It has long collaborations with influential clients such as the embassies of the US, Australia, Korea, Japan, Spain and Singapore, the Singapore Minister of Defense and the World Bank as well as several private co-operations such as Samsung or Bussan Auto Finance. Atma Jaya Language Learning Center offers English as well as non-English language learning programmes, interpreting and legal language courses as well as other services.
For Students from Indonesia: Chemnitz University of Technology, specifically the Institutes of English and American Studies, of Intercultural Communications, of the Study Program for Primary Teacher Training (BA), and the Institute of European Studies arranged a cooperation with the Atma Jaya Language Learning Center agreeing on a short- and long-term exchange programme. The Agreement will be particularly beneficial to the mutual exchange of students at all levels of their studies (BA, MA) in English Literature(s), English Language and Linguistics, and the English Practical Language Programme (particularly the Study Program for Primary Teacher Training at the Zentrum für Lehrerbildung).	Ondel-Ondel Betawi, picture: Gunawan Kartapranata, license: CC BY-SA 3.0
Taxi in Jakarta, picture: Gaelen, license: CC BY 2.0	Experience Exchange: This is your chance for “hands-on” foreign language teaching experience when you are planning your semester abroad. Learn how English is being taught or which pedagogical strategies are applied in a formerly European colony which was not dominated by English cultural influences. As a student majoring in English Literature(s) you can actually experience what is means to “read the Canon and Beyond” and how postcolonial theory works in practice. Moreover, this agreement offers a great chance for practical cultural encounters or linguistic research projects regarding phonology, world Englishes and variations. The intended cross-cultural learning environment also welcomes English speaking Indonesian students to be a great asset in research and teaching at Chemnitz University of Technology. As an Indonesian student in Germany, you can learn how English is taught, practised and researched in a non-English speaking European country and experience our pedagogic strategies as well as cultural setting.
Festival Beach Ancol Jakarta, picture: Midori, license: CC BY-SA 3.0
Application and further information: Students from Chemnitz are invited to apply to the Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia for their obligatory 5th BA-semester abroad (applications must be handed in at the beginning of the 4th semester). Please contact Prof. Dr. Cecile Sandten for more information. Courses taken during the semester abroad in Jakarta will be accredited by the Department upon the student’s return. An application with the International Office (IUZ), Oliver Sachs, for a PROMOS-scholarship/stipend for travel expenses, is highly recommended. For further details, click: https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/international/outgoing/promos.