Unsud hosts int'l seminar on English

Unsud hosts int'l seminar on English

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The Jendral Sudirman University
(Unsud) based in Purwokerto, Central Java, is hosting a five-day
international seminar on English.

The seminar, organized by Unsud's Student English Forum is
titled Indonesian Education: A Present for Tomorrow. It started
on Tuesday and will finish June 1.

Participants were from 55 universities, including five foreign
colleges in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines,
Brunei and Malaysia.

Forum chairman Irawan said the speakers featured in the
seminar included Suwarsih Madya of the National Education Reform
Committee, Stephen Hill of Unesco, Sudharmadi of the Ministry of
Education and senior legislator Taufikurrahman Saleh.

"The seminar is aimed at providing an introspection of the
development of English in Indonesia as an international
language," Irawan said. --JP