Indonesian entry level

The following information is provided to support your enrolment in the correct language unit level.

Before completing the Language Entry Test please note:

  • If you have never studied Malay or Indonesian, you are not required to complete the language test; please go to ‘Never studied Malay or Indonesian language’ below for next steps.
  • You must provide a valid Monash University email address to receive the email indicating what unit you should enrol in.
  • It is in your interest to follow the test guidelines. A distorted score as a result of external assistance will result in an incorrect entry level.
  • You must not purposefully misrepresent your competence in the language in order to enrol in a level lower than your actual competence. Doing so may breach the University’s Academic Integrity requirements.

Completing the Language Entry Level Test

You must contact Yacinta Kurniasih (Yacinta.Kurniasih@monash.edu) to arrange a placement interview.

Unit enrolment guide

Never studied Malay or Indonesian language
If you have never studied Malay or Indonesian, you should enrol in:

To enrol in this unit, you need to self-enrol via Web Enrolment System (WES).

Completed VCE Units 3 and 4 (or equivalent) in Indonesian
You are not required to do a language test.  However, as a guide, if you have completed VCE Units 3 and 4 in Indonesian you would usually enrol in:

To enrol in this unit, you need to complete a manual enrolment.  For information on how to do this, please see the below section: ‘Manual unit enrolment’.

I am from a Malay or an Indonesian-speaking background
If you are a native speaker of Indonesian or Malay, you should enrol in the following units. You do not need to attend a placement interview or complete a test to enrol in these units:

To enrol in this unit, you need to complete a manual enrolment.  For information on how to do this, please see the below section: ‘Manual unit enrolment’.

If you have some ability in Malay or Indonesian as a result of your family background, but have not completed VCE, you must must contact Yacinta Kurniasih (Yacinta.Kurniasih@monash.edu) to arrange a placement interview.

Manual unit enrolment

You can request enrolment in the units by submitting an  enrolment amendment form , attaching

  • the Placement Test results email and/or 
  • your VCE  / equivalent 
  • Results.

an email with the Indonesian Studies Coordinator permission.

Commencing the language unit 

Please note that the Language Entry Test does not measure some important aspects of competence such as oral skills, and results may be biased if you are very strong in one area and weaker in others. It is therefore important that you sample the content of the unit you are recommended to enrol in and speak with the Indonesian Studies Coordinator if you believe you have been assigned to a unit which is either too high or too low.

Find out more about the Indonesian studies major or minor.