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