RELAXING WITH MILLIONS OF BOOKS AT THE JAKARTA NATIONAL LIBRARY

 

by Dewi Kurniawati

    The National Library of Indonesia is a 24-story building located on Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan No. 11, Central Jakarta, right in front of the National Monument (Monas). Dubbed the tallest national library in the world, it was officially launched by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Sept. 14 and is open to the public. The library was previously located on Jl. Salemba No. 28A in Senen, Central Jakarta, and some of its working units still operate there.

    Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan can be accessed by both motorcycle and car. The building itself has sufficient parking space in the basement area. However, keep in mind that the odd-even license plate traffic policy is in place on main roads near the area, such as Jl. M.H. Thamrin and Jl. Sudirman. Rallies are frequently held in front of City Hall, which is located not too far from the library, making the traffic conditions in the area unpredictable. Those who ride Transjakarta buses can get off at the Balai Kota or City Hall bus station. Visitors can also use the free Jakarta City Tour buses that stop at the same station.  

    Upon entering the front area of the library, visitors will find an old building called the Heritage Building. It is the place where items related to Indonesians’ interest in reading, starting from the history of the alphabet and description of different types of alphabets across the archipelago, to the history of mobile libraries. Some of them are explained using a giant screen with touch-screen control panels.

    There are also displays of media that were used by our ancestors to write. Among them are Chinese paper (kertas Cina), palm leaf, bamboo and Alim wood bark (Aquilaria). Some of the collections that should not be missed are the ancient texts Negarakertagama, Pararaton and Al-Quran Al-Karim (Quran Al-Karim). Additionally, it also exhibits photos of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo meeting world leaders.

    Upon entering the main lobby of the library building, visitors will be greeted by a giant bookshelf adorned with an Indonesian map in the upper area. Some of the books available here include encyclopedias, novels, biographies and books on traditional fabrics.The room hosts a seating area on its left and an information center on its right. But don't miss out on the lobby’s entrance gate because it has books on six Indonesian presidents, from Sukarno to Jokowi. There are also books on Indonesia’s youth, the 1965 incident and books that are mostly in Dutch.

    Visitors should go to the second level as it is the place to get a membership card and information access. The library has about 70 computers and all you need to do is submit the book title or author’s name that you are looking for and the computer will give you a queue number and which floor you should visit. The third and fourth floors are often used as exhibition areas, while the fifth floor is to the library’s office. The seventh floor is dedicated to children, the elderly and disabled people. Upon stepping out of the elevator, the colorful Children Service room is located on the left side, while the service room for the elderly and disabled people is on the right. Open from Monday to Sunday, the former is filled with books, toys, a playground, outdoor balcony and nursery room, while the latter boasts a collection of books on health as well as books in Braille. Chairs, sofas and desks are provided for visitors.

    The eighth floor contains audiovisual collections. It is the place where people can watch films from different genres or read old newspapers from the 1800s and more in microfilm form. It also has a private discussion room and a mini theater that can accommodate over 35 people.  The ninth floor is home to a collection of ancient texts from across the archipelago.

MY LANGUAGE LEARNING LOG 14

 Take note of how certain words from the given text and the one you wrote are utilized in context. You can next investigate the use of these words in a dictionary and a corpus. Make a vocabulary items notebook using this template.

Topic Of the meeting	Date & Time	Sources	Vocabularies (words) learned	Parts of speech	Synonym & meaning in Indonesia	Use in Context
Writing for Broadcast: analyzing news	June, 24-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 14: Writing for Broadcast: analyzing news paper materials from 6th    group and PDF materials from google classroom	Abbreviation	Noun	Synonym: Contraction/ short form/ elision/ acronym/ initialism/ diminutive.   Meaning in Indonesia: Singkatan	Avoid using abbreviations except for Mr., Mrs., or Dr. (if it is in your style manual to use these terms.)
Writing for Broadcast: analyzing news	June, 24-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 14: Writing for Broadcast: analyzing news paper materials from 6th    group and PDF materials from google classroom	Instantaneous	Adjectives	Synonym: immediate/ instant/ on-the-spot/ promt/ direct/ swift/ speedy/ rapid/ quick/ expeditious/ express/ lightning/ sudden/ hurried/ hasty/ precipitate/ abrupt   Meaning in Indonesia: Seketika	The instantaneous change from one shot to another.
Writing for Broadcast: analyzing news	June, 24-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 14: Writing for Broadcast: analyzing news paper materials from 6th    group and PDF materials from google classroom	Superimposed	Adjective	Synonym: Allover/ overlaying/ superposed/ underlying   Meaning in Indonesia: Ditumpangkan	One-shot is superimposed over another.

 

My Learning strategies 

First, I skimmed the related material about writing for broadcast: analyzing news from the PDF material that Mrs. Sloria shared at google classroom. Second, when the presentation class took place, I listened to the explanation that the presenter presented, after that I re-read the paper materials from the 5^th group at google classroom to improve my understanding. Then, I found some foreign vocabulary. Eventually, I began to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary and write it down, so that I could remember it better. And as usual, after reviewing the material that I have learned, I will do the assignments given by Ms. Sloria which include writing my language learning log, how my learning strategy is, making a synopsis and writing a reflection which makes my learning more meaningful.

 

Synopsis 

(Your thoughts: What you learned)

Based on the material I read from the 6th paper and the PDF material that Mrs. Sloria shared from Google Classroom regarding writing for broadcasts: analyzing news, broadcast is an activity to broadcast or announce something to everyone at the same time. Broadcasting results can be in the form of radio or television broadcasts, namely programs that are transmitted via air waves to the eyes or ears of the recipient using a device that has been tuned to the appropriate signal channel, which means that broadcast has the advantage of providing information that can be accessed by viewers anywhere and anytime without being hindered distance. In addition, in making a broadcast as usual, there are many rules that we need to pay attention to such as the lead, maximize time, hit the highlight, quotes, writing style, contractions, use of tense, abbreviations, music features, and many more which are certainly not arbitrary. Input or create. In writing broadcasts, we also use active voice and avoid using passive voice. Before broadcasting, we need to make a proper plan for broadcast, so the writer has to script the entire broadcast. The stories are only one part of the script. Broadcasts have to be planned to fit the timed airing, and each segment has to be timed appropriately. More than that, we also need to pay attention to the camera settings, such as the camera angle, camera distance, which of course is useful for maximizing broadcast quality.

 

Reflection 

(Your feelings: What you will do differently next time)

 Outcome 

Having reading material related to the topic of writing for broadcasts: analyzing news, now I realize that studying broadcasts is important because it stimulates and hones creativity and improves critical thinking patterns which of course provides benefits when creating content or creating and broadcasting a broadcast that quality and education. Therefore, learning how to style broadcast writing, understanding what viewers need to hear and see, paying attention to music features, planning the broadcast, even camera settings for visual reasons becomes very useful and important. I have significantly developed writing skills, critical thinking and mastery of materials, which will be very important for me in the future to apply in writing for broadcasts and analyzing news and of course when I do a broadcast. In the future I will continue to be up to date on trending things that can be beneficial for broadcasting, create and write for broadcasts through observation activities about the latest phenomena that will be presented to viewers and more effective for listeners. As a next step, I have to continue to practice to develop my skills, especially in English speaking and writing skills so that I can write and broadcast broadcasts more confidently and according to the rules and be able to adjust the music features, able to suppress the news highlights so that the broadcasts that I bring have quality content, will be the news to look forward to because it has successfully captured the hearts of viewers.

MY LANGUAGE LEARNING LOG 13

 Take note of how certain words from the given text and the one you wrote are utilized in context. You can next investigate the use of these words in a dictionary and a corpus. Make a vocabulary items notebook using this template.

Topic Of the meeting	Date & Time	Sources	Vocabularies (words) learned	Parts of speech	Synonym & meaning in Indonesia	Use in Context
Creating a survey: Sell an ad for school publications	June, 17-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 13: Creating a survey: Sell an ad for school publications paper materials from 5th    group at google classroom	appointment	Noun	Synonym: Meeting/ session/ tryst/ engagement   Meaning in Indonesia: Janji temu	Some merchants prefer for ad representatives from publications to call in advance for an appointment.
Creating a survey: Sell an ad for school publications	June, 17-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 13: Creating a survey: Sell an ad for school publications paper materials from 5th    group at google classroom	Midriffs	Noun	Synonym: Belly/ gut/ midsection/ bowels/ tummy   Meaning in Indonesia: Perut bagian tengah	But you do need to dress conservatively, no holes in your knees, no plunging necklines, no bare midriffs.
Creating a survey: Sell an ad for school publications	June, 17-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 13: Creating a survey: Sell an ad for school publications paper materials from 5th    group at google classroom	Be gracious	Verb	Synonym: Be grateful   Meaning in Indonesia: bersyukur	It is possible that the merchant will want to take a day or two to think it over. If this happens, be gracious at least you have not been told “no.”

 

My Learning strategies 

First, I skimmed the related material about creating a survey: Sell an ad for school publications from the e-book that Mrs. Sloria shared earlier. Second, when the presentation class took place, I listened to the explanation that the presenter presented, after that I re-read the paper materials from the 5^th group at google classroom to improve my understanding. Then, I found some foreign vocabulary. Eventually, I began to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary and write it down, so that I could remember it better. And as usual, after reviewing the material that I have learned, I will do the assignments given by Ms. Sloria which include writing my language learning log, how my learning strategy is, making a synopsis and writing a reflection which makes my learning more meaningful.

 

Synopsis 

(Your thoughts: What you learned)

Based on the material I read from 5^th paper material at from google classroom related creating a survey: Sell an ad for school publications, one that supports the success of an ad is a survey. Surveys are used as a way to obtain statistical data in research. Survey results should convince merchants that your publication is a good place to reach a valuable group of customers. In addition, from the results of the survey, we will know what respondents or customers think about a service or product so that this supports us in formulating a strategy for the success of an advertisement itself because we can understand the picture of what consumers want and need. Furthermore, I learned that in making a survey we need to pay attention to several things about who needs to be given a survey and so on. Then, in selling an Ad for school publications, there are many things that need to be prepared such as a list of potential advertisers, their addresses and phone numbers. In addition, we also need to pay attention to how we behave, how friendly we are, how to dress, regulate the way we speak and correct what we need to say, convince advertisers with surveys, all of which we need to do to reach agreements and our school publications can be trusted, and most importantly do not forget to record all the results of your visit on the log sheet provided on the next page. This needs to be done in order to achieve the advertising objectives themselves.

Reflection 

(Your feelings: What you will do differently next time)

 Outcome 

Having reading materials related to the topic of creating a survey: Sell an ad for school publications, Now I realize that surveys are one that plays an important role in investigating all things about what customers think about services and products, how they want and need so that this can also be used as material for our evaluation of the development of our products and services. However, the most important thing is that the survey itself also plays a role in the publications that we have can be trusted and provide positive prospects for the merchants who advertise to us because our publications are able to reach a group of valuable customers. Therefore, learning about how to make surveys and mastering things related to us convincing traders about our publications becomes very important. I have significantly developed my writing skills and mastery of the material, which will be very important for me in the future to be applied in advertising my publications or in conducting surveys. In the future I will make a survey that shows the data objectively while continuing to develop my publications so that they get better, which of course will be useful in the success of my publications so that they are known and trusted by traders. As a next step, I must continue to practice to develop my skills, especially speaking so that I can negotiate well which ends with an agreement for every prospective trader who wants to buy advertisements for my publications.

MY LANGUAGE LEARNING LOG 12

 Take note of how certain words from the given text and the one you wrote are utilized in context. You can next investigate the use of these words in a dictionary and a corpus. Make a vocabulary items notebook using this template.

Topic Of the meeting	Date & Time	Sources	Vocabularies (words) learned	Parts of speech	Synonym & meaning in Indonesia	Use in Context
Advertising: creating an advertisment	June, 10-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 12: Advertising: creating an advertisment paper materials from 4th    group at google classroom	reluctant	Adjective	Synonym: Unwilling/ averse/ disinclined/ opposed/grudging   Meaning in Indonesia: Enggan	However, some merchants may be reluctant to advertise in school publications because they either are not aware of the amount of money that teens spend or because they are very cautious about spending their advertising dollars.
Advertising: creating an advertisment	June, 10-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 12: Advertising: creating an advertisment paper materials from 4th    group at google classroom	Tempted	Adjective	Synonym: Obsessed/ pixilated   Meaning in Indonesia: Tergoda	Don’t be tempted to put clipart into the ad.
Advertising: creating an advertisment	June, 10-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 12: Advertising: creating an advertisment paper materials from 4th    group at google classroom	Exposure	Noun	Synonym: Submission/ subjection/ vulnerability/ laying open   Meaning in Indonesia: Paparan	Students keep their yearbooks permanently, so there will be long-term exposure for your ad.
Advertising: creating an advertisment	June, 10-2022 Time: 08.00 am-09.30 am	Meeting 12: Advertising: creating an advertisment paper materials from 4th    group at google classroom	Neatly	Adverb	Synonym: Tidily/ smartly/ cleverly/ sprucely/ nicely/ skilfully.   Meaning in Indonesia: Dengan rapi	Neatly type a table of contents for the front of your project to list the various advertised products and the pages on which they can be found.

 

My Learning strategies 

First, I skimmed the related material about advertising: creating an advertisment from the e-book that Mrs. Sloria shared earlier. Second, when the presentation class took place, I listened to the explanation that the presenter presented, after that I re-read the paper materials from the 4th group at google classroom to improve my understanding. Then, I found some foreign vocabulary. Eventually, I began to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary and write it down, so that I could remember it better. And as usual, after reviewing the material that I have learned, I will do the assignments given by Ms. Sloria which include writing my language learning log, how my learning strategy is, making a synopsis and writing a reflection which makes my learning more meaningful.

 

Synopsis 

(Your thoughts: What you learned)

Based on the material I read from 4^th paper material at from google classroom related advertising: creating an advertisment, Advertising has a tremendous impact in promoting the products or services that we offer to be known and used by others. Advertising plays a very important role in publication, because that is what pays the bills. It also helps to educate the public about products, goods and services, and advertising helps to stimulate the economy. In addition, in making an advertisement, we need to pay attention to how advertising works and the things makes an ads work, which is essentially how we can create a desire for certain products and services through appeals, writing with attractiveness that can persuade consumers to use the product or service. the service you advertise. In addition, I also learned that there are generally five parts to an effective ad, namely art/photo can be a drawing, a photo, or type used as a graphic element, headline, copy, call to action, and business identification. All of this needs to be considered so that the ad works optimally.

 

Reflection 

(Your feelings: What you will do differently next time)

 Outcome 

Having reading materials related to the topic of advertising: creating an advertisment, Now I realize that advertising has a big influence on consumer knowledge of the products and services we offer which of course will affect the economy, although advertising does not create a need, in fact advertising creates a desire in the minds of customers regarding certain products or services through attractive and attractive offers and offers. the customer that they need this or this is the answer to what they are looking for. Therefore, the most important thing in making an ad we must make it by we must write it as attractive and informative as possible and make sure that the title we make attracts the interest of the reader and promises benefits so as to invite readers to use the products / services that we offer. In addition, indicate the reasons why we need this product/service. I have significantly developed my writing skills, which will be very important for me in the future if I am going to make an advertisement. In the future I will write advertisements which of course the services/products that I offer are very feasible to use. If I were to become a teacher, this skill would of course also come in handy if I were to advertise about the course. As a next step, I have to keep practicing to develop my skills.

MY LANGUAGE LEARNING LOG 11

 Take note of how certain words from the given text and the one you wrote are utilized in context. You can next investigate the use of these words in a dictionary and a corpus. Make a vocabulary items notebook using this template.

Topic Of the meeting	Date & Time	Sources	Vocabularies (words) learned	Parts of speech	Synonym & meaning in Indonesia	Use in Context
Using photographs: Writing caption	June, 03-2022 Time: 07.30-09.10	Meeting 11: Using photographs: Writing caption paper materials from 3rd    group at google classroom	luminosity	Noun	Synonym: Luster/ sparkle/ shine/ sheen   Meaning in Indonesia: Kilau	Medium that has been burned with the right size of light luminosity will produce an image identical to the light entering the refracting medium (hereinafter referred to as the lens).
Using photographs: Writing caption	June, 03-2022 Time: 07.30-09.10	Meeting 11: Using photographs: Writing caption paper materials from 3rd    group at google classroom	Appealing	Adjective	Synonym: Attractive/ interesting/ enchanting/ likable/ lovable/ charming   Meaning in Indonesia: Menarik	Photographs used for journalistic purposes must tell a story as well as being visually appealing.
Using photographs: Writing caption	June, 03-2022 Time: 07.30-09.10	Meeting 11: Using photographs: Writing caption paper materials from 3rd    group at google classroom	Pertinent	Adjective	Synonym: Relevant/ involved/ suitable/ appropriate/ to the point   Meaning in Indonesia: Bersangkutan/ terkait	More people will read the information in the caption than will read the actual story, so it is important to include pertinent information in the caption.
Using photographs: Writing caption	June, 03-2022 Time: 07.30-09.10	Meeting 11: Using photographs: Writing caption paper materials from 3rd    group at google classroom	Excessive	Adjective	Synonym: Exaggerated/ surplus/ imprudent/ uncontrolled/ immoderate   Meaning in Indonesia: Berlebihan	Avoid excessive use of verbal (-ing words) to begin captions.

 

My Learning strategies 

First, I skimmed the related material about using photographs: Writing from the e-book that Mrs. Sloria shared earlier. Second, when the presentation class took place, I listened to the explanation that the presenter presented, after that I re-read the paper materials from the 3rd group at google classroom to improve my understanding. Then, I found some foreign vocabulary. Eventually, I began to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary and write it down, so that I could remember it better.

 

Synopsis 

(Your thoughts: What you learned)

Based on the material I read from 3^rd paper material at from google classroom related Using photographs: Writing caption, I learned that caption can be an important part of a news story that contains basic information to readers and as a brief description of a related image. According to the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary, caption is brief text over or under a picture in a book, magazine, or newspaper that describes the picture or explains what the people in it are doing or saying. In addition, I also learned that the caption was not written haphazardly. There are many things and rules that need to be considered how to write captions well and of course we also need to pay attention to the grammatical arrangement. In addition, the caption must be written as attractive as possible so that it attracts readers and remains informative, so that what is in the picture can be conveyed properly.

 

Reflection 

(Your feelings: What you will do differently next time)

 Outcome 

Having reading materials related to the topic of Using photographs: Writing caption, I now realize that the use of photographs and the addition of captions in written news can have a significant impact on the interest of readers, because apart from helping to provide a basic description of the news, the use of photographs and captions plays a decisive role in whether the readers will continue reading or not. Therefore, the most important thing in writing this caption we need to write it as attractively and informatively as possible, choosing an appropriate image and obeying the rules and don't forget to pay attention to our understanding of grammar rules and word selection. I have significantly developed my knowledge and my vocabulary, which this skill is certainly very important for me in the future if I am going to write captions. In the future I will write as creative captions as possible but provide benefits and of course I will also include photographs. As a next step, I have to keep practicing to develop my skills.

MY LANGUAGE LEARNING LOG 10

 Take note of how certain words from the given text and the one you wrote are utilized in context. You can next investigate the use of these words in a dictionary and a corpus. Make a vocabulary items notebook using this template.

Topic Of the meeting	Date & Time	Sources	Vocabularies (words) learned	Parts of speech	Synonym & meaning in Indonesia	Use in Context
Review writing: analysing a movie review (Reviewing a movie/an art form)	Mei, 27-2022 Time: 08.00-09.30	Meeting 10: Review writing: analysing a movie review (Reviewing a movie/an art form) from paper materials from 2nd   group at google classroom	Eloquence	Noun	Synonym: Fluency/ articulary/ oratory/ rhetoric/ locution   Meaning in Indonesia: Kelancaran berbicara	Influential members of society who argue that the motion picture may achieve a profound eloquence discovered in the more traditional arts.
Review writing: analysing a movie review (Reviewing a movie/an art form)	Mei, 27-2022 Time: 08.00-09.30	Meeting 10: Review writing: analysing a movie review (Reviewing a movie/an art form) from paper materials from 2nd   group at google classroom	Preoccupied	Adjective	Synonym: Busy/ abstracted/ distracted/ eager/ engrossed/ deep in thought   Meaning in Indonesia: Sibuk/ asyik	The popular cultist fears most strongly that the motion picture might become overly intellectualized and overly preoccupied with conventional aesthetic tastes and traditions.
Review writing: analysing a movie review (Reviewing a movie/an art form)	Mei, 27-2022 Time: 08.00-09.30	Meeting 10: Review writing: analysing a movie review (Reviewing a movie/an art form) from paper materials from 2nd   group at google classroom	Preconceived	Adjective	Synonym: Prejudge/ predetermined/ suspicious/ prejudiced.   Meaning in Indonesia: Penilaian/ prasangka	But if you can avoid watching the trailers and reading about other peoples’ opinions prior to watching, you won’t have any preconceived judgments and can go in with an unbiased perspective.

 

My Learning strategies 

First, I seek material about Review writing: analysing a movie review (Reviewing a movie/an art form) from paper material from group 2nd at google classroom. Second, I started reading and felt I learned a lot and my vocabulary mastery improved, I found it easier to understand the text. Then, I found some foreign vocabulary. Eventually, I began to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary and write it down, so that I could remember it better.

 

Synopsis 

(Your thoughts: What you learned)

Based on the material I read paper material at from google classroom related Review writing: analysing a movie review (Reviewing a movie/an art form), I learned that in film analysis, it's not just writing whether the film is worthy or not, there are many elements that need to be considered, such as the title of the film/documentary; summaries; filmmakers; significance to your class; creative elements; and actors. In addition, I also learned that this film analysis is very useful in helping to give readers an idea about a film and influencing them on the film, so that it becomes a material consideration for watching the film or not.

 

Reflection 

(Your feelings: What you will do differently next time)

 Outcome 

Having reading materials related to the topic of Review writing: analysing a movie review (Reviewing a movie/an art form), now I realize that, in making news about film reviews there are many stages from starting before we watch the film, then when watching the film, then the process of analysing the film and writing the analysis, and publishing in the news that we need to outline and develop. Most importantly, in film analysis we still need to act as objectively as possible and not try to bring down any party. I have significantly developed my knowledge and skills in developing critical thinking, increasing vocabulary, and of course writing skills. This skill is certainly very important for me in the future if I am going to analyse films. As a next step, I have to develop my skills so that the analysis of the film that I will write will help and influence the readers.