International students who are BIPA UMSU students make field visits to four locations. The four locations chosen for this activity were the Medan Mega Trade Center (MMTC) market, the petisah market, the TNI Struggle Museum, and the Maimun Palace.
In learning Indonesian, especially for foreign speakers, it is necessary to understand that cultural diversity in Indonesian society reflects mindsets, lifestyles, and patterns of ethnic values. The diversity of ethnic groups in Indonesia can be seen as differences, each of which has advantages and disadvantages.
This difference is studied cross-culturally to see the psychological values of society. In this regard, before teaching language from a linguistic aspect (the structure of the Indonesian language), it is necessary to teach (introduce) local cultural knowledge in Indonesia, which includes value systems, social systems, and cultural products and their implications for speech acts. This market visit activity is essential for international students because it is related to survival interests in a foreign country.
