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6th
Asia TEFL International Conference
The 6th Asia TEFL International Conference will be held in Bali
1 - 3 August 2008. The theme of the conference is 'Globalizing Asia:
The Role of ELT'. Invited speakers include David Nunan (Hong Kong),
Jack Richards (Australia), Jeremy Harmer (UK), Melani Budianta (Indonesia),
Paul Nation (New Zealand), Rod Ellis (New Zealand) and Thomas Farrell
(Canada).
For information on registration for the conference please visit
the website
On Thursday 17th January 2008, the LAPIS ELTIS
office at IAIN Sunan Ampel was officially opened. The event
was attended by Dr. H Thoha Hamim, MA, Vice Rector for Academic
Affairs; Prof Dr. Nursyam, MSI, Vice Rector for Finance; Denise
Finney, LAPIS ELTIS Director, Drs. H. Misbahul Munir, M.Ag,
Dean of the Adab Faculty, as well as the East Java ELTIS Master
Trainers, guests from LAPIS PGMI and IALF Surabaya.
After some welcome speeches, Pak Misbahul said a prayer to
‘Mohon Doa Restu’ for ELTIS and its activities,
and Denise Finney, the ELTIS Director cut into the Nasi Tumpeng
(Rice Cone) and offered a portion to the Deputy Rector for
Finance as a symbol of the partnership between LAPIS ELTIS
and IAIN Surabaya.
The LAPIS ELTIS Surabaya office is located on the third floor
of the Laboratory Building belonging to the Tarbiyah Faculty,
next door to the Rectorate building. ELTIS occupies an Administration
and Finance office, as well as a Trainers Preparation Room
and a Self-Study area for MTs teachers undertaking training
courses. ELTIS also has five dedicated classrooms in the Adab
faculty, all with air-conditioning and audio-visual facilities.
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Denise Finney, LAPIS ELTIS Director
cutting the Nasi
Tumpeng, accompanied by Drs. Sholikin, ELTIS Islamic
Schools Adviser and Prof Dr. Nursyam, MSI, Vice Rector for
Finance, IAIN Sunan Ampel |
IALF
Surabaya now offers a new program in English for Medical Purposes.
These courses have been developed in close co-operation with Dr
Hafid from the Neurosurgery Department of RSUD Dr Soetomo and in
response to requests from qualified doctors currently preparing
for further studies in specialised areas of medicine. IALF staff
Franky Henry and Philip Rees gave a presentation to a group of around
120 doctors at Dr Soetomo hospital last November and the response
has been very encouraging.
The course is offered at three levels, Intermediate and Upper-intermediate
and Advanced and aims primarily to assist students with Discussion
Skills, Presentation Skills and Seminar Skills. Participating doctors
will develop their English language proficiency to enable them to
communicate more effectively during their studies and to gain maximum
advantage from visiting consultants and specialists.
“We are fortunate that the RSUD Dr Soetomo program encourages
us to upgrade our English skills. This will help us in our studies
and give us opportunities to attend symposiums oveseas, present
at seminars and hopefully write articles for medical journals. Once
we start working again as doctors there'll be no more time to take
a formal English course!” says Guido, a doctor currently
working at the St Louisa Foundation in Kediri, who plans to join
the EMP program on 14 January.
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On the 14 December IALF Bali said farewell to the 31
ELTIS
(English Language Training for Islamic Schools) Master
Trainers, who have been following a combined Cambridge
ESOL ICELT (In-Service Certificate in English Language
Teaching) and ToT (Training of Trainers) program since
July 2007. The farewell started with a wonderful fish
dinner on Thursday night at Jimbaran beach, with beach
games and entertainment provided by the participants,
tutors and Kang Guru Radio English. Then on Friday 14
December, the formal closing ceremony was held in the
Seminar Room, with a speech from Mr Geoffrey Crewes,
IALF CEO and presentation of certificates by Ms Josie
Gawron, Teacher Training Coordinator.
The
trainers were recruited by ELTIS from partner institutions
(IAIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya and IAIN Mataram), from other
tertiary institutions, and also from a number of Madrasah
in East Java and West Nusa Tenggara. During the program
the trainers worked with ELTIS Advisers to produce English
Language Upgrading (ELU) and Communicative English Language
Teacher Training (CELTT) syllabuses and materials, and
are now ready to implement an 18-month teacher training
program for Madrasah Tsanawiyah teachers in the two
target provinces. ELTIS is a LAPIS
(Learning Assistance Program for Islamic Schools) consolidation
activity, supported by the Australian government.
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On
Sunday 9 December around 200 General
English students and IALF staff got up very, very
early to meet at dawn at Pantai Matahari Terbit in Sanur
for an IALF GE Fun Walk. And walk they did – through
the sawah, down the road, across streams and back along
the beach, looking forward to a breakfast of delicious
sweetcorn. A morning of entertainment followed, provided
by students themselves: at least 6 bands, including Chameleon
and Reload, and 2 singers, while everyone enjoyed lunch
under the trees. It was a great day, a mixture of exercise
and entertainment, and GE students look forward to the
next event in early 2008. I wonder what is in store …?
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IALF
Surabaya students organised ‘The Amazing Race’ on World
Aids Day to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. The competition
was held at Tunjungan Plaza, on 1 December 2007 and involved a treasure
hunt with clues and answers related to HIV/AIDS which lead teams
to participating stores.
Stop Discriminating, Start Educating’ was the message of
the competition and IALF students (SP7A) organised the event as
part of a class project hoping it would draw attention and persuade
people to reconsider previously held attitudes towards sufferers
of HIV/AIDS. All participants proudly wore a special edition C-59
HIV/AIDS t-shirt, and a red ribbon – the international symbol
for HIV/AIDS awareness.
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ready… set… go! And so the Amazing Race for World AIDS
Day began. For a moment Tunjungan Plaza’s lower ground area
was filled with shrieks, giggles and the sound of fast running footsteps.
Within minutes, blurs of whites were seen on different levels of
the mall, dashing in and out of stores. Our very dedicated photographers
captured their progress, jogging along with the teams, snapping
pictures of perspiring and sometimes, puzzled participants with
a tricky clue in their midst.
Students of SP7A concocted the whole idea of blending social
awareness with a footrace, and it worked. The buzz about the Race
began early on and participants lined up to register, it was free
for IALF students, and Rp. 20.000 for non-IALF participants.
The first team made it back to the finish line 2 hours after
the race began, slowly the rest of the teams trickled in, huffing
and puffing, turned in their pink score cards to the judges, and
collapsed on the floor. ‘Kick Larry’, an indie band,
contributed several songs to entertain them, and Bapak Sudiro Husodo
from Bina Hati explained to them the ABCD of HIV/AIDS prevention.
The winner was SMAN 5 team, an all-girl, non-IALF team, their
prize was Rp.500.000,- worth of Toko Gunung Agung vouchers.’
Elly Kurniawan – Committee
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