THE USE OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGE IN LEARNING FOR FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF INDONESIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF BATURAJA

Abstract

Indonesian is used by lecturers as the language of instruction in the teaching and learning process to deliver material. To avoid misunderstandings, the use of good and correct Indonesian during the teaching and learning process in the classroom should be prioritized. The population in this study were all fourth semester students of the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Baturaja University. The sampling technique used in this research is purposive sampling. Collecting data using questionnaires and interviews. Based on the questionnaire, it was concluded that the use of Indonesian in the fourth semester students in the Indonesian Language and Literature Education study program at Baturaja University in the teaching and learning process was not optimal. Efforts that can be made to overcome obstacles include: getting used to always using Indonesian, increasing Indonesian vocabulary, filtering out language influences from outside, teaching lecturers must use good and correct Indonesian.