UAD and UMP Held the 3rd International Conference on Language Learning and Teaching

UAD held the 3rd International Conference on Language Learning and Teaching from 24 to 26 August 2021. This conference was divided into parallel sessions, plenary speeches, keynote speakers’ speeches, journal publications, and forum discussions.

Opening this special event, two parallel sessions have been conducted this morning. The first session was conducted from 07.45-09.00 Indonesian time. The first parallel session was held in six breakout rooms of the zoom meeting. Six researchers presented their papers in each room.
They came from varied countries in Asia and Europe.
The second parallel session was started at 10.00 and finished at 12.00 Indonesian time. There are six papers also were presented by six scholars. The question and answer session was opened for each presenter to get the participants familiar with the topic discussed. About one hundred and fifty participants attended this annual meeting. Following the parallel session, at noon, The 3rd International Conference on Language Learning and Teaching of UAD and UMP was officially opened. The opening ceremony was opened by speeches delivered by Dr. Muchlas, M.T. (Rector of UAD), and Professor Ir. Dr. Wan Azhar bin Wan Yusoff (Vice-Chancellor / Chief Executive Officer of UMP). After that, Prof. Agnes Kukulska_Hulme (Professor of Learning Technology & Communication) presented “What’s New in Mobile Assisted Language Learning”. About one hundred and fifty participants participated in this annual meeting.

Parallel session 3 of The 3rd International Conference on Language Learning and Teaching of UAD and UMP was held on the second day. Five scholars presented their papers. Two of them are from UAD. Nur Fatimah, M.Pd. (Lecturer of English Education) presented “Online storytelling: Engaging students in skill, performance, and technical issues”. Ulaya Ahdiani, M.Hum. (Lecturer of English Literature), Sri Winiarti, S.T., M.Cs. (Lecturer of Informatics Engineering), and Andri Pranolo, S.Kom., M. Cs (Lecturer of Informatics Engineering) presented “Indonesian traditional building education through application development by applying deep learning concept”. Around one hundred participants have been attending this annual conference.
The parallel session 3 was followed by plenary session 2. To open this session, Drs. Akmal. M.Hum., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Lecturer of Master of English Education of UAD) presented “TPACK Framework: The Challenge for the 21st Century Teacher” The next session was Journal Publication on Briefing. Four integrated Indonesian and Malaysian journals representatives were invited to present information related to journal publication processes.
Finally, in the most-awaited session, a discussion with three experts in language learning and teaching was held. They are Marianna Pascal, Anuar MCAfee, and Leticia Wallace.
Opening this session, the moderator asked all of the keynotes speakers, “How did they learn their second language, and what are the best way to learn a foreign language based on their experiences”.
Following these interesting questions, all of the keynotes speakers enthusiastically discussed their experiences in learning and teaching languages.