NELTAL 2013: Increasingly recognized, the more prestigious

National English Language Teachers and Lecturers (NELTAL) Conference 2013 conducted by the Language Centre in collaboration with the English Department of the Faculty of Letters State University of Malang was over last week (30/3). The conference was attended by hundreds of participants from various regions in Indonesia, both work as teachers, lecturers, and practitioners.

Me and some of my colleagues of
State University of Malang and Education University of Indonesia
with Prof. Bambang Yudi Cahyono, Ph.D.

In his speech at the opening, Dr. Yazid Basthomi as vice dean of academic affairs of the Faculty of Letters, NELTAL 2013 has wider recognition from the various national parties. In this fifth year, NELTAL 2013 has had a remarkable achievement with over 95 presenters, in the topic of media in teaching English.

In addition to paper presentations by teachers, lecturers and practitioners, there was also a seminar by Effendy Kadarisman, Ph.D. which discussed about a look of linguistic in to English language teaching. There was also TEFL workshops conducted by Professors of State University of Malang and other senior practitioners from various institutions. With the conference agenda which lasted for 8 hours, all in the conference rooms were filled by the participants.

Of the many papers were collected and presented, some will be selected to be a compilation of papers under supervision of Prof. Bambang Yudi Cahyono, Ph.D. This compilation book would be an achievement for practitioners of the field of English language teaching.

At the end of the event, Prof. Bambang Yudi Cahyono chair as well as prominent figures in ELT in Indonesia said that next year NELTAL 2014 will also be held at about March 2014, with the theme of success stories of English language teaching.