LIA International Conference 2005

Mercure Hotel, Jakarta, March 22-24, 2005

Theme:

Issues & Challenges in ELT for the Asian Region

Rationale:

In their quest to be global participants, many Asian countries including Indonesia must initiate an active role in commerce, manufacturing, and technology not only in the international community but also within the region. Being the lingua franca, English is the passport to this competitive arena. This makes it an imperative for newly industrialized and developing countries to make English serve its purpose. As such, English language teaching institutions in their respective countries must redefine their roles against a background of diverse and conflicting interests and needs that must be bridged, and yet ensure standards of practices and of practitioners.

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Program Overview

Plenary presentations by honorary & invited speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Conny Semiawan, Breaktrough in English language Teaching
• Prof. Fuad Abdul hamid, Ph.D. ,Policies in Education: What it means to TEFL in Indonesia
• Damon Anderson, ELT in the Region: Issues and Concerns
• Dr. Fauzia Shamim, Developing Quality Non-native Teachers in/for the Asian Region: Practice, Policy and Research
• Hari Menon, Ph.D.,Can Standardized Tests Adequately Tests Measure a Student’s Intelligence, Achievement and Competence?
• Prof. Douglas Biber,Corpus Linguistics and the Study of English Grammar
• Jayakaran Mukundan, Ph.D., Old and New Clothes in ELT: Are We Looking Like Silly Emperors in Fables?
• Huw Jarvis,Computers in ELT: Trends, issues and Challenges

Split Plenary Presentations and workshops:

• Hafilia R. Ismanto, Lighting the Candle: Fighting the Burn-out Teacher Syndrome
• Ian Shortreed, MA, The Electronic Writing Classroom: A Primer on Using Computers in the Writing Curriculum
• Dr. Fauzia Shamim, Maximizing Student Learning in Large Classes
• Christopher B. Allen, Some ideas for Teaching Grammar More Effectively in an EFL Context
• Ali A. Aljassim, Ph.D., Assessing ESL Intelligences: Preference of International Students Learning English as a Second Language
• Lionel Wee, Identity-Based in the Language Classroom
• Prof. David J. Wood, New Ways of seeing English: Film in the Classroom
• Dr. Partha Sarathi Misra, English at the Primary level: Correlations between Theory and Practice
• Prof. Soenjono Dardjowidjojo, Ph.D., The Implementability of Western Approaches in Eastern Society
• Thom Ronk, MA, Exploring Critical Thinking Questions through Cooperative Learning

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