<![CDATA[Bahasa Indonesia is one of the languages with the most speakers in the world. However, Bahasa Indonesia still needs to be campaigned to become one of the most important languages in the international arena. This is the context of why the BIPA or Indonesian Language for Foreign Speakers program was born. It has been going on for a long time, the BIPA program continues to experience improvements. This article aims to provide some input into improving Indonesian language learning through the BIPA program. Observation, survey, and interview through informal conversations were used in conducting qualitative investigations to describe BIPA learning related to fluency, standard language, learning tool or reference, and literature. These were conducted from around February to early August 2022. This research shows that active class participation and learning consistency of BIPA students have a major impact on the progression speed of Indonesian language mastery. This study also shows that the misuse of Google Translate has caused a negative impact on BIPA students and the urgency of using local folklore materials in BIPA learning in Indonesia.]]>
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