4. Creative Language Learning with Rebecca Gregory & Aqmarina Andria

Aus-Indo in 30

In the midst of globalisation and the digital era, the ability to write and to speak a second language has become an unwritten requirement for anyone who seeks to have global competency. The thing is creative writing and foreign language learning are not popular subjects among students, the future generation of the world, including of Indonesia and Australia. How can Australian and Indonesian students grasp the significance of writing and foreign language learning? This time, we present to you an episode on teaching future leaders the importance of creative writing and foreign language learning. Our guests, Aqmarina Andira and Rebecca Gregory, will discuss the importance of the two subjects for young people in the respective countries and also share their joint literacy project. Aqmarina is a founder of Rumah Cerita, a volunteer community that conducts creative writing workshop for children and teenagers in Jakarta. Rebecca Gregory is an Indonesian language teacher who teaches primary school students in the outskirt of Melbourne. She speaks several languages and fell in love with Indonesia since quite young age. Both Aqmarina and Rebecca are 2015 CAUSINDY alumni.