Menggaet Lebih Banyak Tamu Francophones: Pembelajaran Bahasa Prancis bagi Warga dan Karyawan Kampung Homestay Borobudur

Abstract

Learning French for residents and homestay employees in the homestay village, Dusun Ngaran, Desa
Borobudur is carried out by the French Literature Study Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences,
UGM as a community service activity in 2018. Tis learning is a follow-up of French language
training for homestay owners who have done in 2017. Using a tutorial system in small groups and
communicative approaches, residents and homestay employees have been able and feel confdent in
greeting, offering, explaining, giving choices, and other verbal activities related to guests or potential
guests in French (francophones) through simple communicative expressions. Simple French language
skills are a powerful capital to attract more francophones guests to visit the homestays. Te support
of French Literature Study Program on tourism development in Borobudur Homestay Village was
also given in the form of assistance in promoting the region's tourism potential through refnement
of French language pages and brochures. Tus, francophones tourists can fnd out more easily and
more quickly their whereabouts and get to know the area in order to attract more tourists to stay at
a homestay. Other results of this service are French language teaching materials in the form of text
and documentary videos.