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International Students of UAD Attend A General Lecture on the Horizon of Indonesia

April 13, 2013/in Event, International Office Activities /by admin

Saturday, April 13, 2013, all international students of UAD came to Auditorium of Kampus 1 UAD to attend the general lecture held by Language Center of UAD. That general lecture was about the horizon of Indonesia with the topic “Mengenal Wajah Indonesia”. First of all, Letkol Sus Budiharto, S.H., M.H., the speaker of of this lecture, presented the history of Indonesia and the philosophy of Indonesia. Then, he presented the heritage and culture of Indonesia. Surprisingly, the enthusiasm of the students who attended that lecture was not only about Indonesian people, language, and culture, but they were quite interested in the system, the politic, and the economy of Indonesia. Some students asked their critical questions, such as how Indonesia got their independence, Why this country named Indonesia, Where the name of Indonesia came from? Why goods imported from China were sold cheaper than the price in China? and many other questions.

That guest lecture was opened by singing national anthem of Indonesia “Indonesia Raya” together led by darmasiswa students. And then the head of Language Center of UAD, Wajiran, M.A. delivered the opening speech. After that, the presentation and discussion were delivered during two hours. And before closing the general lecture agenda, darmasiswa students performed some Indonesian songs, “Laskar Pelangi” and “Gebyar-Gebyar”, beautifully led by Jannah as the conductor. The international students who came from some countries, such as China, Thailand, Philippine, Egypt, Spain, and Belgium were glad with that lecture because it could enlarge their horizon of Indonesia. (Eci)

Students of UAD Joined Cultural Exchange at IFSU, Philippines

January 2, 2013/0 Comments/in Event, International Office Activities, News, Uncategorized /by admin

10 students and 5 lecturers of UAD went to Ifugao State University (IFSU), Philippines to join cultural exchange for 8 days form December 3rd to 12th, 2012. Those students are Ndaru Asmara, Putra Aji Aimujtahid, Sulastuni, Dwi Rina Nurcahyati, Vivi Ardiyanti Ledy, Mentari Cahya Nisa, Fajar Fitriani, Citra, Devinta Dwi Marviana, and Nur Khamudah from International Based Teacher Education (PGBI) study program of mathematics, physics, and biology. And the lecturers are Ulaya Ahdiani, S.S., M.Hum. (Vice Dean of Faculty of Letters), Drs.Ishafit, M.Si. (Dean of Faculty of Teacher and Training Education), Drs. Abdul Taram, M.Si. (Head of Department of Mathematics Education), Muh. Joko Susilo, M.Pd, and Irfan Yunianto, M.Sc. (lecturers of biology education study program).

Those students not only did cultural exchange in IFSU but they also did some other programs, such as present their mini research, tree planting, do some visits. On cultural exchange, those students teached students of IFSU some Indonesian culture, such as Saman dance (a traditional dance from Aceh), Angklung (a traditional music instrument from West Java), Cublak Cublak Suweng (traditional song from Central Java), and some indonesian traditional games. And students of IFSU teached UAD’s students their culture, such as their traditional song “Itetem” and their traditional dance “Ayangan”. Then they performed those all on clossing of this program. Besides, each study program presented their mini researches. Devinta and Nur Khamidah from biology education study program presented their research about Medicional Herbs for Poultry, Mentari and friends from physics study program presented their research about Free Fall Motion By Using Computer Programs, and Ndaru and friends from mathematics education study program presented their research about Forecasting by using Julian Calendar. Those students also did sit-in class for six different subjects which cover maths, physics, and biology field.For biology field, they sitted in agriculture class because the content of biology provided on that class. Beside the students, those lecturers of UAD also did a lecturer exchange right there which is an international target activity of UAD. That lecturer exchange is done by sharing the best practice with lecturers of IFSU.

All the students who join this program said that they get many things from this. Not only experiences, but also many other lessons that they want to share to the other students in UAD. They also glad to know how curious students of IFSU to get to know about Indonesia and they are very excited when they learned Indonesian culture. Those UAD’s student expect that they could join the other student exchange later. (eci)

2nd UAD TEFL International Conference Brings New Paradigms in Teaching English

October 25, 2012/0 Comments/in Event /by admin

More than a hundreds presenter presented their papers in 2^ndUAD TEFL International Conference which is held on last October 13 – 14, 2012 by English Education Department of UAD. There are 200 participants who joined this conference consist of techers, lecturers, and teachers and there are five invited speakers, such as Dr. Dat Bao (Monash University, Australia), Eran Williams, M.A. (RELO, US Embassy), Prof. Irene A. Largo, M.A. (University of Nueva Caceres, Philippine), Prof .Dr. Bustami Subhan, M.S. (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia), and Dr. Abdul Malik Mohammed Ismail (University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia).

This international English conference was held in two days. The first day, the conference was opened by gamelan performance played by Gending Bahana (UAD’s gamelan community) and also filled with plenary session by Dr. Dat Bao (The Teaching of Language through Interactive Cartoons) and Dr. Prof. Dr. Bustami Subhan, M.S. (Improving the Quality of TEFL at the Primary and Secondary School by Using Four Techniques), parallel session, and also enlived by the performance of UAD’s dance community. The second day was filled with plenary session by Irene Abardo-Largo, M.A (Communicative Language Teaching: A Rising Pedagogical Paradigm in the Philippine English Language Teaching), Eran Williams, M.A. (Teaching Writing), and Dr. Shaik Abdul Malik Mohamed Ismail.

The previous conference was held in national scale. And by the theme New Paradigms In Teaching English As Foreign Language, this 2^ndUAD TEFL International Conference is expected that would bring new paradigms, methods, and technique of teaching English in Indonesia. (E/I).