Email: Alastair.Pennycook@uts.edu.au
Telephone: +61 2 9514 3067

BA (Modern Languages; Leeds, UK)
M Ed (TESL; McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
PhD (OISE/University of Toronto, Canada)

Professor
Academic area: Language and Literacy

Alastair Pennycook is Professor and Head of Language Studies at UTS. He has been involved in language education as a teacher of English and teacher educator for many years in Germany, Japan, China, Canada, Hong Kong and Australia. His best known work is on the global spread of English (The cultural politics of English as an international language, Longman, 1994), colonialism and language policy (English and the discourses of colonialism, Routledge, 1998), and critical applied linguistics (Critical applied linguistics: A critical introduction, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001).

His major recent research focus has been on popular culture (especially hip-hop), identity and language. He has recently completed work on two major projects looking at  how language and hip-hop are spread and localized in different contexts around the world. Work from these projects can be found in his 2007 book Global Englishes and transcultural flows (Routledge), which won the British Association of Applied Linguistics book award in 2008, the edited book  (with Samy Alim and Awad Ibrahim) Global Linguistic Flows: Hip Hop Cultures, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language, (Routledge 2009), or the Local Noise website: http://localnoise.net.au/

Other recent work has focused on different ways of understanding language, as in the recent edited book (with Sinfree Makoni) Disinventing and reconstituting languages (Multilingual Matters, 2007), metrolingualism: language use in multilingual urban environments (with Emi Otsuji) , early literacy in disadvantaged communities, and understanding language in relation to place and action, which is the focus of a new book to be published in 2010, Language as a Local Practice (Routledge).

Read an article related to Prof. Alastair Pennycook: EMERGING WORLD ENGLISHES

See book review: GLOBAL ENGLISHES AND TRANSCULTURAL FLOWS (by: Alastair Pennycook)

Download:

- Abstract for Plenary Session: English As a Local Language Practice

- Abstract for Concurrent Session: Metrolingualism: Fixity and fluidity in urban language use

Her teaching and researching interests focus on comparative studies, educational reforms, curriculum design, learner communicative competence, learner autonomy and classroom practices. She has received national and international grants for research on educational reforms, higher education management, and assessment. She has participated as both panel chair and presenter at many conferences in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam. Her most recent publications are “Intercultural Competence and Global Citizenship: The Harmonization of Theory & Practice” (The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence, USA. 2009 – co-author: Mark Ashwill); “Memorisation and CLT in Vietnamese Foreign Language Study” (TESOL Classroom Practice Series, USA, 2009); “Meeting Students’ Needs in the Two EAP Programmes in Vietnam and New Zealand: a Comparative Study” (RELC, Singapore, 2007); and “Learner Autonomy in an Asian Context: Independent Learning and Independent Work at a University in Vietnam” (Language Teacher Research Asia, LTR Series TESOL, USA, 2006).

Download:

- CV of Prof. Duong Thi Hoang Oanh

- Abstract for Plenary Session: Globalisation and World Englishes: What are the benefits of non native teachers in teaching English as a Foreign Language?

- Abstract for Concurrent Session: Globalisation, World Englishes and EFL: Taking advantage of your NNEST background to stir your learners’ interest in class activities!

Previously, he was Head of English Language in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore where he taught for more than 25 years. More recently he was a Language Specialist with Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Language Centre (RELC) in Singapore. Professor Foley has taught in all the countries in Southeast Asia as well as Japan, China, Australia and the UK. He has also been advisor to several Ministries of Education and Research fellow in Australia, Japan, Mauritius, Thailand and the UK. He has published widely, mainly in the area of Systemic Linguistics, Language Development and World Englishes. He was for many years been the editor of the RELC Journal and is now editor of The New English Teacher.

Download:

Abstract for Plenary Session: English as a Lingua Franca in Thailand

Abstract for Concurrent Session: Standard Used in Assessing Students’ Competence

At the beginning, TTD was mostly responsible for the Recruitment and Selection (R/S) of LIA’s candidate teachers and the pre-service training (LIA TEFL – LIA Teaching of English as a Foreign Language) for LIA’s teacher trainees. In the course of time, it has broadened its scope of work by designing and conducting in-service trainings to meet the development and trends of English Language Teaching and the increasing variety of programs offered by the institution. Other in-service and customized trainings were also designed and carried out for LIA’s various academic positions (materials & test writers, academic supervisors and curriculum designers). Aside from that, TTD also assists and collaborates with other academic sub-directorates in conducting teaching quality assurance and teacher mentoring, in developing needs assessment, curriculum design, materials & tests for LIA’s language programs.

With over 1000 teachers and academic staff spread out in LIA’s more than 50 outlets across Indonesia, serving over 60.000 students, teacher development programs designed and conducted by TTD plays a significant role in setting the course of English language teaching and learning in the country. This perception has lead to the conception of TTD’s vision and mission:

• To be an English Language Teaching (ELT) training center in Indonesia by offering quality teacher training and development programs.

To achieve its vision and mission, TTD organizes events, develop programs and conducts trainings involving LIA experts as well as those from other institutions in the country and abroad, all aimed at developing passion for teaching.

Photo gallery

Wednesday Sharing Session:

• Jogja photogallery

WSS updates:

WSS on World Englishes

Jakarta, December 2 2009.

In relation to the upcoming LIA International Conference , Teacher Training and Development sub Directorate of LBPP LIA conducted a sharing program on World Englishes. The Sharing Program featured four presenters carrying out the topics related to world Englishes. The featured presenters were Jusnidar Rahman, Endang Gultom, Sonny Soentanto, and Gloria Kismadi. They represented the well-known experts of World Englishes such as Andy Kirkpatric,  David Crystal, Jennifer Jenkinsz, Larry Smith, and Yamuna Kachru. The topics discussed were:

English as a Global Language (David Crystal), presented by Jusnidar Rachman
World Englishes (Andy Kirkpatrick), presented by Endang Gultom
World English vs. World Englishes (Jennifer Jenkinsz), presented by Sonny Soentanto]
Cultures, Contexts, and World Englishes (Yamuna Kachru and Larry Smith), presented by Gloria Kismadi

Teaching Language Skills to Young Learners Through Cooperative Learning

Jakarta, July 28, 2010

The recent Wednesday sharing session featured a presentation from Ms. Maria Florentina Palar, a teacher from LIA Bogor Pakuan. The two hour session covered the how to implement Cooperative Learning in EC classes. Some of the activities were Round Robin, Numbered Heads, Jigsaw Reading, Think Pair Share, Autobio Poem, Card Game and Scrap book. We had a lot of fun we enjoyed the session very much.

WSS in flash

CALL FOR PAPERS

I. FOREWORD

LBPP LIA has been empowering teachers with classroom action research  since 2007 and has held three LIA Research Colloquiums in three different places: Jakarta, Bali and Yogyakarta   consecutively. Unlike the previous three LIA Research Colloquia, where teachers from all sixty outlets in eighteen provinces, were able to gather in one place while exchanging ideas, this year LIA Research Colloquium is conducted differently. The teachers-researchers will be given some time to conduct the CAR and submit the full papers to the committee. The papers will not be presented in a formal gathering.

This year’s LIA Research theme is:

Classroom Action Research: Responding to Continuous Changes in Professional Development

To continuously respond to the changes in the professional development, LBPP LIA kindly invites LIA and *[1]Non-LIA teachers-researchers to conduct CAR and submit their full papers. We are convinced that the CAR competition is powerful media to maintain the spirit of classroom action research leading to the betterment of teaching and learning process.

II. AIMS

The aims of the CAR competition are:

- To provide media for keeping the spirit of conducting classroom action research
- To enrich teachers-researchers with the latest findings in maximizing effective teaching.
- To provide academic recognition in the world of ELT

III. TOPIC AREAS

The main strands of the topic areas :

- Using technology in the classroom
- Language teaching methodology
- Classroom management
- Handling students with special needs
- Dealing with mixed-ability classes

IV. CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE

- The CAR conducted individually.
- The full paper submitted to the committee never been published either in the previous LIA Colloquium Journals or   in any other publication media
- The CAR conducted recently (from the period of January 2010 – August 2010).
- The CAR conducted in English teaching and learning setting in Indonesia

V. PROCEEDINGS GUIDELINES

1. OUTLINE

- Title
- Name & Institution
- Abstract
- Background
- Theoretical Framework
- Data Analysis
- Result & Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix

2. TECHNICALITIES:

- Title of paper (16 pt Arial, Bold, Align text to the left)
– Content of paper :Headings (14pt, Arial, Bold)
- The paragraphs should be single space, left justified (i.e. with no indent). Text should be in Arial 12pt.  Use the    same type font and size throughout.  Do not use page numbering anywhere in this manuscript.
– Allow a one-inch margin all around the border and an empty single space between each paragraph. In other  words, do not fuse the paragraphs together.
– References (14pt, Arial, Bold), (APA style)

Dolog, P., Schaefer, M. (2005). A Framework for Browsing and Manipulating and Maintaining Interoperable Learner Profiles, Proc. of UM2005 – 10th International Conference on User Modeling, July, 2005, Edinburgh, UK. Springer Verlag.

Cheetham, G. & Chivers, G. (2005). Professions, Competence and Informal Learning, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Deerwester, S., Dumais, S.T., Furnas, G. W., Landauer, T. and Harshman, R. (1990).Indexing by latent semantic analysis. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 41, 391-407.

IMS Global Learning Consortium (2005). IMS ePortfolios Specification. Retrieved 1st of July, 2006 from http://www.imsglobal.org/ep/index.html

VI. FULL-PAPER SUBMISSION:

Full-paper (soft-copy) to be submitted to: secretariat@liaconferences.com in PDF file.
The deadline is on November 15, 2010. Any paper submitted after the deadline will not be included in the selection process but might be published in the 4^th LIA Research Journal.

VII. EVALUATION CRITERIA:

The committee will evaluate all of the incoming full-papers on their relevance to the theme, aims and topic areas. The best papers will be considered based on the clear and complete elaboration of the following aspects:

-The inquiry or the problem of the research (clear limitations)
-The preliminary data supporting the inquiry/problems
-The action or treatment conducted in the research
-The data collection and data analysis
-The results of the research
-The recommendation

VIII.    ANNOUNCEMENT

The best papers are to be announced on   December 15, 2010.

PRIZES

- First Winner: Laptop
– Second Winner: Netbook
– Third Winner:  Netbook
– Ten Consolation Prizes

IX.    COPYRIGHT/PUBLICATION OF PAPERS

The committee reserves the copyright over all papers submitted to the committee.

Secretariat:

Quality Control Sub-Directorate,
LBPP LIA Pusat, 5^th Floor, Jl. Pengadegan Timur Raya No. 3, Pancoran Jakarta Selatan, 12770.

Telephone: 021-7943526 ext. 529, Fax: 7948702

Contact Persons:

Abdul Muis    : 0818147770                                      Nelmi Nasution: 08128258276

Suyono            : 08176535723                                    Toto Endroyono:08561102683

SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY

AND WIN THE LAPTOP/NETBOOKS!

NOTE:

Procedure for Non-LIA teachers-researchers:

- Fill out the online registration form
- Submit it via email to secretariat@liaconferences.com
- Pay the registration fee of Rp. 100,000,- ( one hundrend thousand rupiahs) to

Bank Bukopin

LBPP LIA Pusat

Account Number: 1013526016

- Submit your full-paper as requested together with the payment slip.

*[1] See the note

Here are some memorable impressions the committee received from the speakers and participants:

Andy Kirpatrick:

Many thanks for your wonderful hospitality and congratulations for a superbly organised conference. I found it both enjoyable and stimulating and was able to meet a number of new faces and renew some old friendships. Please pass on my thanks to all the members of the LIA team.

Willy Renandya:

I really enjoyed Bali and I must compliment the organizing committee for doing such a nice job. I’d give them 10 out of 10.

Doung Thi Hoang Oanh:

Thanks so much indeed for the great time I had in Bali with all the unforgettable memories: my first trip to Bali was so impressive that it would be the highlight of my traveling up to now!

I have found the conference a great success in every aspect.  Academically, I had a chance to learn from well-known and typical presenters from the world and Indonesia.  I could also talk to the committee and the participants to share ideas, set up future network and further collaboration.

Culturally, I have learned a lot about your culture with the unique dances and the folklore behind daily life styles.  I love the way you organised the conference, making full use of modern techniques and the valuable cultural traces, with the gong to start the conference, and the bamboo bells to signals the sessions.  Just wonderful and so Bali!

In terms of organisation, the conference was very well organised in a creative and thoughtful way: the contents were rich and comprehensive, covering different and diversified aspects and perspectives around  similar themes.  I trust that everyone felt fulfilled, learning new things everyday. The conference started with the well-made speeches and ended with an   enthusiastic session which made everyone laugh, encouraged and happy.  The balloon                 session on the beach was another memorable event as well.

The conference was unique in another sense that besides academic activities, there were many others interwoven into the “conference life”.  Within a short time, we experienced different cultures, making friends all over the world, having chances to make quality conversations with them…  I felt warm, safe, trusted and taken care of all the time.

Well, I could go on and on with you about how I love my Bali trip and how I consider it a best conference of them all.

Marc Helgesen:

I want to thank you for the opportunity to present at the LIA conference. I thought the conference was well organized and the participants were wonderful. They were so enthusiastic.

I was great to part of such a useful, professional event.
I wish you and all of your members great success and happiness in your teaching.

George Scholz:

A hearty congratulations to you and the LIA team for hosting such a wonderful conference! Your team’s efforts were incredible, the planning and details were all well done. I was so pleased to be able to participate.  Thank you again for presenting a conference celebration of LIA at 50.

Ganakumaran Subramaniam

A very carefully planned and rigorously organised conference.

RATIONALE

LIA is celebrating its 50 years of teaching English amidst considerations that are being raised in the current context of English language teaching. LIA started out with Audio-Lingual teaching practices, which, at that time, seemed to be the most common approach. In the process, as new methods and practices came about, LIA has explored and adopted new teaching practices to optimize language learning.

Today, English has become the language for communication spoken by native and non-native speakers worldwide. The tremendous demands for the use of English in the 21st century have forced language teaching experts and professionals to look into other concerns besides language teaching and learning alone but language teaching and learning in different settings, cultures, and linguistic backgrounds. The profession of English language teaching today has to examine the pros and cons that deal with considerations of World English or World Englishes, English as an International Language, and acceptable standards that should be applied.

To keep abreast with what language teaching experts are concerned with, LIA International Conference 2010 hopes to provide a platform for language teaching experts and professionals to bring in and share new insights, current considerations and problems that impact on language teaching and learning in all of its aspects: linguistic, social, and cultural. LIA hopes that with this kind of dialog, the conference will bring about a better understanding and greater tolerance and acceptance of the differences in communication among world cultures.

AIMS

LIA International Conference 2010 has the following aims:

- To deepen the understanding of current issues related to English Language teaching and learning in today’s world:
World English and World Englishes
Language Standards and Standard Language

- To provide a forum where ELT practitioners and experts share new insights and experience in ELT amidst the      above streams

- To explore the impacts of the above on teaching beliefs and classroom practices

- To look into Indonesia’s position in ELT with regard to the above issues

AUDIENCE

The conference will draw together:

- Experts, teachers, teacher trainers, materials & test writers, curriculum designers, school administrators, student teachers, stake holders and other interested parties in the area of English Language Teaching.

- Educators and sponsors interested in supporting language education.

- ELT related institutions (e.g. book publishers, distributors and representatives).

SPEAKERS

Traditionally, LIA has been able to bring in renowned and reputable personalities as featured speakers. LIA International Conference 2010 will attempt to maintain this proud tradition. Invited speakers representing world cultures – experts, researchers, professionals – taking part in the conference, among others, include:

Andy Kirkpatrick, Hongkong	Duong Thi Hoang Oanh, Vietnam	Willy Renandya, Singapore	Joseph Foley, Thailand
Alastair Pennycook, Australia	Chan Yue Weng, Singapore	Jeon Jihyeon, South Korea	Gloria Kismadi, Indonesia
Marc Helgesen, Japan

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The conference will be held for two and half consecutive days. Plenary and split plenary sessions will be conducted each day prior to or followed by concurrent sessions.

Highlights of LIA International Conference include:

- Culture Class is a concurrent session in the form of cultural sessions from participating countries (represented by participants) taking place outdoors in the gardens of the hotel’s vast landscape.

- Conference World Festival, a dinner party by the beach, highlighted by unique Balinese Gong musical performance as well as world cultural performance from representatives of participating regions in Indonesia and other countries

Click here to view Program Rundown

TOPIC AREAS

Topic areas focus on the implications of World Englishes in the teaching and learning of English in different countries with various cultural background. The conference committee wishes to raise related issues such as teacher development, curriculum, syllabus and materials development, assessment, learners’ cultural background, language teaching approaches and methodologies.

Download prompts for topic areas.

Click here to see PROCEEDINGS GUIDELINES

TYPES OF CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1. Demonstrations

2. Dynamic Circular Discussions

3. Papers

4. Workshops

5. Culture class

View Types of Concurrent Sessions