Issue 21: January 2008

Launch of TERRA

All three IALF centres were involved in the launch of the publication TERRA. TERRA is a bilingual anthology from Wordstorm, the Northern Territory Writers’ Festival. The collection of 65 short stories and poetry by 45 Austronesian authors was sponsored by the Australia Indonesia Institute, ArtsNT and the IALF and jointly published by Kata Kita and the NT Writers’ Centre. At IALF Jakarta several of the authors – Ayu Utami, Sam Wagan Watson and Sean Whelan – conducted a recital of their works and participated in a panel discussion. The audience consisted of AusAID scholarship students, undertaking English language training prior to leaving for postgraduate study in Australia, as well as invited guests.
The launch at IALF Surabaya was an evening event with the theme After Force Majeure: Triumph over Adversity. Students and invited guests experienced an emotional evening as several authors presented works that had deep personal resonance. A DVD of the event is available from the IALF.
At IALF Bali the featured speakers were Miles Merrill from the USA and Bernabe (Abe) Barreto Soares from Timor Leste. For the past eight years Miles has been performing slam poetry, hip-hop and monologues around Ausralia, the US, Europe and the Middle East. He recently released a CD of his work, What Night Knows. Abe is an interpreter to the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative to East Timor and hosts Dili’s literary radio program.

IALF and Kang Guru present at TEFLIN

Several IALF Bali staff presented papers/workshops at the 2007 TEFLIN Conference held at UIN (Universitas Islam Negeri) Jakarta in December. TEFLIN is the national association for teachers of English as a foreign language and their annual conference attracts participants from across Indonesia as well as from overseas.

Jeanette Lindsey-Clark and Rahma Diana Sari (Ana) presented a workshop focusing on dealing with ‘genre’ in the classroom through Flying Start. This is an English course book series for junior secondary teachers, recently produced by the IALF and published by Erlangga Press.

Caroline Bentley, Team Leader and Dr Zuliati Rohmah, Regional Coordinator, presented a paper on the research carried out in the design phase of ELTIS (English Language Training for Islamic Schools), an activity supported by the Australian government under the auspices of LAPIS (Learning Assistance Program for Islamic Schools).

Sue Rodger, Materials and Training Specialist on Kang Guru Radio English (KGRE), also supported by the Australian government, presented a KGRE workshop which focused on listening activities from the Kang Guru Teachers Package.

The IALF also had a booth in the exhibition area of the conference. Indahayani (IALF Bali) and Ogi Yutarini (Kang Guru) provided information about the range of IALF services, including IELTS testing and preparation courses as well as the teaching and learning resources available through KGRE.

Indonesia Australia Language Foundation IALF Language Centres in Indonesia:
Jakarta Sentra Mulia Building, Ground Floor Jl Rasuna Said Kav X-6 No. 8 Jakarta 12940 Tel. (62-21) 521-3350 Fax (62-21) 521-3349 ialfjkt@ialf.edu	Surabaya Jalan Sumatera No. 49 Surabaya 60281 East Java Tel. (62-31) 502-6400 Fax (62-31) 502-6408 ialfsby@ialf.edu	Bali Jalan Raya Sesetan 190 Denpasar Bali 80223 Tel. (62-361) 225-243 Fax (62-361) 263-509 ialfbali@ialf.edu