Call for Paper: The 3rd International Seminar – ESP in SBI: Contextualizing the Jargons 27 June 2009
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Date: 19 - 20 November 2009 | Venue: Satya Wacana Christian University, Jl. Diponegoro 52-60Salatiga – 50714, Jawa Tengah Indonesia | Host: Faculty of Language and Literature in corporation with Language Training Center, Satya Wacana Christian University
Online Abstract submission:
http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/ESP2009
Introduction
The teaching of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has been seen as a separate activity within English Language Teaching. However, with the advancement of commerce, science, technology, and various disciplines in education, ESP should be opened to insight drawn from the present needs of the society. With the implementation of the Indonesian government’s education policy to design and develop Sekolah Berbasis Internasional (SBI) or Internationally Standardized School - for some Indonesian schools, the needs for appropriate ESP design and methodology for Indonesian schools is greatly felt by the school management. Based on the consideration above, the Faculty of Language and Literature in cooperation with Language Training Center, Satya Wacana Christian University will hold the third International Seminar on the key issues in ESP within the context of SBI.
Topic Areas
- ESP curriculum design
- Content language acquisition
- ESP needs analysis
- ESP materials development
- Methodology in ESP
- ESP teacher preparation
- Appropriate model of ESP
- Evaluation in ESP
- Other related subtopics
Presentations
1. Parallel Papers
These are formal lecture presentations which last thirty minutes and ten minutes for questions.
2. Workshops
A workshop lasts two hours in which the speaker does not do much lecturing. Instead, the speaker designs activities which can engage the participants throughout the session.
3. Poster/Film Presentations
This session is intended to display assessment in language learning as well as teaching and learning activities in the form of posters, pictures, photos, or films. Participants will have opportunities to see the displays and talk to the presenters during snack and lunch times.
Call for papers
Procedure for Submission of Paper/Workshop Proposals: A 250-300 word abstract with a title not exceeding twelve words and a fifty-word bio-data should be sent to the Seminar Secretariat via email or through the online submission link (http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/ESP2009) no later than August 12, 2009. Abstracts outside the word limit will not be accepted.
Accepted presenters will be notified by August 31, 2009.
A soft and hard copy of the full paper selected for the seminar must be sent to the Seminar Secretariat no later than October 19, 2009, to be included in the Conference Proceeding CDs. Should this fail, the Committee reserves the right to withdraw the paper from the presentation.
Criteria for Acceptance:
All abstracts will be evaluated by the Seminar Planning Committee. Relevance to the theme of the Seminar and freshness and originality of approach are among the major considerations in the acceptance of papers. The Committee reserves the right to decline paper/workshop proposals without assigning reasons. Proposals are encouraged within the sub-themes, but are not limited to the topic areas.
Online Abstract submission:
http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/ESP2009
Conference Fee
Information on registration will be posted here once available.
Secretariat
THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR SECRETARIAT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE and LANGUAGE TRAINING CENTER
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Jl. Diponegoro 52-60
Salatiga 50711
INDONESIA
Contact persons:
TRI SUNARTI
Phone /Fax: +62 298 312120
ANISIA BUDI PRABAWANI
Phone /Fax: +62 298 313859
Email: fbsltc@gmail.com
Web: http://ltc.uksw.edu/Events.html
Sociolinguistics Paper Guide 5 April 2009
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Here you go, guys, the guide for the paper.
Remember, the deadline is Monday, 27 April 2009 at noon (12 PM) either in my box or in my email.
Good luck!
Call for Paper 19 November 2008
Posted by neny in ESL/EFL Info, My events.Tags: Bachman, call for paper, conference, international seminar, language assessment, language testing, Salatiga, SWCU, UKSW
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International Seminar in Assessment in Language Learning and Teaching
(complete brochure fbsltc-2009-brochure | 6 Mb)
Submit your abstract online here.
22-23 January 2009
Faculty of Language and Literature & Language Training Center
Satya Wacana Christian University
Salatiga, Indonesia
CALL for Paper/Workshop Proposals
A 250-300 word abstract with a title not exceeding twelve words and a fifty-word bio-data
Deadline : 19 December 2008
Notification: 26 December 2008
Selected full paper deadline: 15 January 2009 (for inclusion in the Proceedings)
Topics
· Faculty in Language Program Assessment
· Students in Language Program Assessment
· Technology in Language Program Assessment
· Appropriate Ways to Assess the Mastery of Language Skills
· How to Align Learning Objectives and Learning Outcomes
· Evaluation Models for Data from Testing
· Other related subtopics
Criteria for Acceptance
All abstracts will be evaluated by the Seminar Planning Committee. Relevance to the theme of the Seminar and freshness and originality of approach are among the major considerations in the acceptance of papers. The Committee reserves the right to decline paper/workshop proposals without assigning reasons.
Proposals are encouraged within the sub-themes, but are not limited to the topic areas.
Invited Speakers
Prof. Lyle Bachman, UCLA, California, USA
Prof. Hiromi Otaka, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
RELO Jakarta, Indonesia
Conference Fee
Public : Rp 550.000,-
Local Teachers : Rp 300.000,- (for Salatiga primary and secondary school teachers with a letter from the schools)
The fee includes a certificate of attendance, conference materials, refreshments, lunches, and a conference dinner.
More info and brochure download:
email: fbsltc@gmail.com
web : www.uksw.edu/ltc/events or http://neny.edublogs.org (temporary)
Contact persons:
ANISIA BUDI PRABAWANI
Phone & Fax: +62 298 313859
TRI SUNARTI
Phone & Fax: +62 298 312120
Registration closes on Monday, 19 January 2009
IC Students: here is the file 9 October 2008
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To IC students, the file about Reporting is here. Enjoy!
To other readers, I’m alive and feeling good. The reason why I went hiatus for so long is because I’m (as usual) busy with projects and other engagements. And yes, I got your emails, messages in facebook and chat messengers. Thanks! Forgive me for being not very diligent in replying.
New Way for Finding References 20 July 2008
Posted by neny in ESL/EFL Info, For my students, Internet/Blogging/Computer.Tags: finding references, google book search
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For someone who lives in Indonesia, it’s quite difficult to find adequate references for research. Most of the times, my students and I find it very difficult to get latest journal articles. Searching in google usually brings many hits of results. The problem is, not all of them can be downloaded freely, unless your university subscribed to the journals or you pay. Getting them from university libraries is also possible, but due to the price of the books, the library simply didn’t buy them.
Today, I came across one of Google’s search engine: Google Book Search. What so wonderful about this facility is not only the search facility, but also the ability of it to display some pages of the book! Some books are available for previewing some pages only, and some even provide full book preview. It is just awesome for me! With Microsoft Office OneNote, I can always do a screen clipping of the pages for later reading and it will be a tremendous help for my research.
Round applause for Google, please!
Listening to Many 16 July 2008
Posted by neny in My events, My perspectives.Tags: culture, exposure to culture, listening, listening comprehension
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So, I went to SoE for two weeks, shared a house with 4 guys who knew how to cook so I didn’t have to cook myself *yay!*, taught two courses (Listening and Reading), and at my free time, struggled to write materials for COTIM program. Not bad at all. I think I got some new experiences about teaching during my travel and my stay.
me and the students of class 2006 |
One thing that supports my research proposal for PhD application is that it is extremely difficult to teach English when the students do not have enough exposure to the culture of English speaking country. |
I was using Cambridge materials for Listening which is highly British. Once, the students were required to listen to a guy leaving a phone message for a girl. He was in a call box and he said he would call again. The comprehension question was “why can’t the girl phone him back?”. If the students could infer what a call box was, it would be no problem at all for them to answer the comprehension question. By the way, a call box is a public telephone booth according to Merriam-Webster dictionary, and one who has seen or read about a call box (either in person, in movies, in novels) knows that a call box usually can’t be called back.
Got it? Well, it’s easy if you have seen or read about it. Even if you don’t know the words, you usually can infer what is a call box from the words call and box: it’s a box to call!
Another aspect of listening skills that I notice is that in order to successfully comprehend what s/he listens, s/he has to have the ability to adjust his/her ‘ears’ to accommodate different accents, dialects and styles. I personally believe that exposure to different accents, dialects, and styles will be beneficial to train one’s ears to adjust his/her hearing. Again, in SoE, where the environment tends to be homogeneous in terms of ethnic groups, media, references, etc., my students struggled to listen to even a sentence because I think they didn’t get used to listening and adjusting to different styles of speech.
So, the keyword is exposure to the culture. The more varied the exposure is, the better adjustment one makes with one’s hearing. The better the adjustment, the better the listening comprehension. What do you think?
Out of the virtual world… 14 June 2008
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Hello, Everyone!
Just to let you all know that I will be out of touch with the Internet for two weeks starting tomorrow. Like last year, I will be traveling to SoE, East Nusa Tenggara (east of Bali Island) and teaching there. So, if you have pressing matters to discuss with me, the easiest way will be in contact with my office and get to know my cellphone number.
I might check my email in my first weekend there, if I can go to Kupang and get an Internet cafe. But who knows. Anyway, ciao for two weeks!
