KUASA BAHASA BAGI INTEGRASI: STUDI TENTANG KURSUS INTEGRASI DAN MANFAATNYA DI FREIBURG, JERMAN

• Main Authors: , BERNADETTA PUTRI ANJAR P, , Dr. Anna Marie Wattie, MA.
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2014
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/130807/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=71240
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Nowadays migration becomes a very big issue, especially for developed countries. Germany as a developed country that has a very large number of immigrants, feel the impact of the issue. Many of the problems occurred because of migration flows in Germany, such as unemployment, crime, and small conflicts with native German. Problems arising from the German government took a major step to accommodate the needs of immigrants and for their life survival. The accommodation is needed to reach the point of integration between immigrants with native German. To that end, the German government organized a course for immigrants, the integration courses. This course teaches German language and provide knowledge of citizenship for immigrants. Of the issue, the question arises, what is meant by integration course? How perceptions of immigrants over the course of the integration? And, what are the benefits of the integration course itself? Based on the three questions above, I conducted a research about integration course in Freiburg, Germany. This study was run in order to tandem research collaboration between Universitas Gadjah Mada and Freiburg Universität. By involving seven informants, the research was conducted on in-depth interviews and direct observation in some integration course institution. From interviews and observations we can see the character of immigrants in Freiburg, and what they actually need to achieve integration in Germany. German language skill is their actual needs. With language, the immigrants can meet their needs during their life in Germany, such as communicating, getting a job and continue their education. The results showed that, language has power in the integration process. Language has the power to regulate and accommodate most groups. With language, the immigrants come to know what the terms and obligations as citizens of their country. Language also changes the life�s dynamics of immigrants, from being embarrassed or do not dare to communicate with other people, be brave