The Minangkabau Language Speaking Topic will provide integrated and systematic training to foreign students to have language skills, both written and spoken and knowledge of the Minangkabau language.

Credits Equivalence
Meetings | Duration | Stages | Topics | Method | Learning Outcomes |
1 | 45′ | Basic | Introduction to Activities | Lectures and discussions. | Participants know the rules of activity and can comply with the laws of activity implementation. |
2 | 45′ | Basic | Listening | Listen to conversations in the Minangkabau language. | Participants know how to speak Minangkabau for various situations. Either when starting a conversation, responding to a conversation, or closing a conversation. |
3 | 45′ | Basic | Listening (continued) | Listen to conversations in the Minangkabau language. | Participants know how to speak Minangkabau for various situations. Either when starting a conversation, responding to a conversation, or closing a conversation. |
4 | 45′ | Basic | Basa-basi (Chit chat) | Teach the types of preamble speech. | Participants know the types of small talk in the Minangkabau language. |
5 | 45′ | Basic | Types and levels of kato in Minangkabau language | Teach the types and levels of kato in Minangkabau language. | Participants know the types and levels of kato in Minangkabau language. |
6-15 | 500′ | Exercise /practice | Conversation /dialogue exercises in the Minangkabau language | Exercise/practice dialogue in the Minangkabau language, which contains the philosophical values of the Minangkabau culture. | Participants can communicate in the Minangkabau language well and beautifully. |
6-18 | 100′ | Performance | Performance | Practice singing Minangkabau pop songs. | Participants can sing Minangkabau pop songs. |
19 | 45′ | Evaluation | Assessment | Oral/written test | |
20 | 45′ | Closing | Activity closing | Lectures and discussions | Participants get credit for the activities they participate in. |