Staff Profile – Komang Wartini

Komang Wartini, a native of Amlapura in Bali, has been with IALF for over 20 years. Komang has two daughters, both of whom studied at Univeritas Udayana, one Economics and the other Law. Besides teaching, Komang managed the General English program at IALF Bali for many years. More recently, however, Komang has been Assistant Manager, Teacher Training. This has given Komang a wide range of new experiences working with keen and enthusiastic teachers through both short and longer courses and events. Regular teacher training workshops are held at IALF Bali on topics such as Teaching Young Learners, English for Specific Purposes, Teaching Grammar Communicatively, and Motivating Students. These workshops are active and not just a lecture situation. The participants are very busy throughout the sessions and actually complete the various classroom activities being presented to them. At different times of the year, Komang is involved on a regular basis with the delivery of the Trinity Cert TESOL course at IALF Bali.