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!