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22 August 2019 – Often receive foreign guests makes De Britto College decide to give their staffs English training. They choose CEIC as the institution to hold the English training.  Today was the first day of the classes. The classes itself take place at meeting room, language and computer laboratories. The goal itself is to increase all teachers’ and staffs’ English skill so that they will be ready if some foreigners visit their school. The teachers and staffs will learn from 22 Augusts – 4 November 2019 and they will learn from 13.30 – 15.00 on Monday and Thursday. Happy learning, Bapak and Ibu!

14 August 2019 – 1.5 years is the time spent by both Pak Mark and Bu Tammy at ILCIC, Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma. It is a quite long time for students to learn at Lembaga Bahasa. No wonder that they have a lot of teachers during their learning. The closing ceremony was held at Self Access Center room, Lembaga Bahasa. All of their teachers including Bu Ria attended the closing ceremony. Bu Ria gave her speech to start the closing ceremony. After that, she handed certificates of completion for both Pak Mark and Bu Tammy. It was not the end of the closing since after that three teachers told their experiences learning at Lembaga Bahasa. Then, Pak Mark and Bu Tammy also told their experiences. It was so touching since we had spent a long time together. It is more than just teacher-student relationship. In the end, Pak Mark prayed for all of teachers.   Thank you so much, Pak Mark and Bu Tammy!

12 August 2019 – ILCIC Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma received a special visit from Peter Suwarno, a professor from Arizona State University. He gave a seminar on second language assessment on BIPA in the US using ACTFL. He mentioned the underlying theories behind the ACTFL and also how students are actually assessed in OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) in the US after students learned second languages. Bu Ria, the head of LISDU, opened the seminar by explaining Lembaga Bahasa to all attendance. After that, Pak Ouda, the vice rector of USD, also greeted Pak Peter while also explained the partnership between USD and other universities especially for international students and how USD is currently improving it.  In this occasion, Peter Suwarno gave 3 hours session. He encouraged the participants to teach students Indonesian that normally Indonesians use, not the prescriptive one. In other words, we should integrate to adapt our curriculum with the OPI. Making “Can-Do” lists was also emphasized since it would help teachers to organize the class and give more ideas. We also got chances to make and discussed those “Can-Do” lists specifically for BIPA. Peter Suwarno concluded the seminar by sharing and discussion session for all participants. Thank you for the chance, Sir!

9 August 2019 – After learning for almost a year, Sister Sidonie had to say goodbye to all of her teachers at ILCIC Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma. All teachers, including Bu Ria and Bu Truly, gathered at SAC room for closing ceremony Sister Sidonie. Ibu Ria as the head of Lembaga Bahasa gave her speech related to her experience with Sister Sidonie and what she heard about her.  Two of her teachers also gave some speeches related to their experience teaching Sister Sidonie from the beginning until that day. After listening to her teachers’ speech, she also told her experience and presented a song in English telling how grateful she was. Everything is positive since we all enjoyed our time together. The teachers also had other present for Sister Sidonie. We played a video covering all of Sister Sidonie’s activities with us.  In the end, Bu Ria and Bu Truly handed the certificate of completion and a souvenir. It was a happy and sad moment for all of us. Thank you, Sister for having us! Good luck on your new challenges!

9 August 2019 – The lecturers of EEC LBUSD gathered today as we prepared ourselves for new programs. In this event, the EEC Director mentioned what EEC had done on the previous semester especially related to EEC Speaking Club and Chatville. The director also explained the student candidates that would enroll in the next program. Ibu Ria, as the head of LBUSD, also gave her speech to open the discussion for the next session. The next was discussion for lecturers who have the same subject. This meeting is closed with lunch.

2 August 2019 – Preparing for their next study at STF Driyarkara is their goal for learning at Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma. In our institution, they learned Academic English for Indonesian Fraters and Indonesian for the foreign frater. They learned Academic English at CESP and Indonesian at ILCIC for a month. During their learning, they have learned a lot of things with their teachers. After finishing their program, they had to say goodbye to all teachers at Lembaga Bahasa. Therefore, Lembaga Bahasa staffs prepared a closing ceremony for them. Speeches from Bu Ria and Father Heri started the closing. After that, the staffs played a footage of what the fraters had done at Lembaga Bahasa during their stay. After that, some teachers also told their experience teaching the fraters followed by the story of learning at Lembaga Bahasa by some fraters. In the end, the fraters performed a song specially written for depicting their experience learning at Lembaga Bahasa. A feast finished the event. Everyone was happy. Good luck fraters!

26 July 2019 – After spending 10 weeks at ILCIC Lembaga Bahasa Universitas Sanata Dharma, finally the students of USINDO 2019 program had to say goodbye to all teachers and tutors. The closing ceremony was held to mark the ending of this program. Ruang Koendjono became the place to hold this event.  Teachers’ performance opened the closing ceremony. After that, some speeches from Ibu Ria, PCMI and USINDO representatives also became the part of the closing ceremony. The teachers also prepared footage of what the students had done during their stay. It remarked how far they have progressed. After the footage playback, we handed all students souvenirs. It turned out that the students and tutors also prepared performances in this closing ceremony. The students danced traditional dance that they had learned in their culture class while the tutors sang “All of Me” and it marked the end of the closing ceremony. Thank you so much for these amazing two months! See you again, guys!