open dialouge with native speaker

on february 1st 2012 we have an open dialouge class with native speaker from Canberra (Australi).....her name is Kirrilly..=)

she shared many things about Australi, and also her experience in Indonesia...

in Australi many people study Indonesian, Spanish, and Japanese. she has been studying Indonesian since on Her Junior High School. the reason why many Australian study Indonesian because Indonesia is the closest neighbort than another country. The most interesting place in Australi is Quensland because there is many Gold coast.
in Australi there are no traditional music, traditional dance or traditional food (because Australi is a modern country), but there is Aborigin people that have traditional  culture, and sometimes Australi borrow from them...
the stereotype about Australian are :

• Australian is not really friendly
• Australian very individual
• Australian generally on time
• Australian not really work a helicopter
• Australian is gosiper

the education in Australi actually not really different with education in Indonesia, the differences only the fee and the school subject. In Australi if we go to public school, we not need to pay anything. In primary school the school subject only 6-7 subject. every year they have 3 mounth holiday. 

she Share about her culture shock when she come to Indonesia. the first is when every morning she heard the Azan voice in mosque (Azan subuh), she can't sleep if she heard the voice and feel distrubing. second, when she visited Bali she saw that the beach is dirty. and the third is when she visited traditionalmarket (Blotongan market, Salatiga) she feel amazed that all the things sold in one place (fruit, meat, vegetable, etc), because in Australi the seller not put meet in the market. but she also feel hapy to go to the market, because she not need to bargain with the seller, because she think that the price is already cheep (cheaper then in Australi). her favourite food is rendang. she thought that indonesia is a beautifull country with very nice people.



foreigners love Indonesia...so we as Indonesian should be REALLY proud to be Indonesian...right???
=)