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ASILE 2018 Conference
Cultivating Literacy




28-30 September 2018

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Melbourne is proud to host the biennial national conference of the Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE) from Friday 28 until Sunday 30 September 2018. The ASILE conference is the premier event for Indonesian language and culture researchers and educators across Australia.


About the conference

The theme for ASILE 2018 is Cultivating Literacy, a key issue for developing deep and ongoing relations between Australia and Indonesia in the 21st ‘Asian’ century. Cultivating Literacy goes beyond language learning in terms of grammar, vocabulary and basic language skills only. It also emphasises the integration of social and cultural knowledge that is necessary to truly understand the different contexts in which language is used. The conference will focus on reading and writing in all its forms and variation, including novels, short stories, poetry, drama, newspaper and magazine articles, youth literature and fan fiction. It will also emphasise literacy beyond the written word, relating to contemporary media such as film, television, visual arts, social media, comics, graffiti and signage.

The steering committee for organising ASILE 2018 in Melbourne includes representatives of the University of Melbourne, La Trobe University, Monash University, the Victorian Indonesian Language Teachers’ Association (VILTA), the Indonesian Language and Culture Centre of Victoria and Tasmania (BBBIVT), the Australia-Indonesia Youth Association (AIYA) and La Trobe University’s Bahasa Indonesia Students’ Association (BISA).

We kindly invite you to participate in our conference. Registration will open in February 2018.

For more information, please check our Facebook page.

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Conference program

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Program

Friday 28 September 2018
8.00am Registration (Atrium, ground floor)
9.00am Opening (Forum Theatre, level 1)
9.30am Keynote Priyantono Rudito (Forum Theatre, level 1)
10.30am Coffee (Atrium, ground floor)
 Parallel sessions
  Room 455 Room 461
11.00am Tim Hassall: Where words and grammar meet culture: learning the pragmatics of Indonesian Dian Mardijono: Program Membaca Dongeng Anak-Anak "Nilai Sebuah Nasehat" untuk Siswa-siswa Sekolah Dasar di Australia
11.30am Adrian Clynes: Fostering positive transfer through L1 language awareness: Some 'Indonesian' structures in English Andika Eko Presetyo: Pemanfaatan Teks Cerita Rakyat Jawa dalam Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Bahasa Indonesia bagi Penutur Asing (BIPA) Tingkat Menengah
12.00pm I Made Ardana Putra and I Nyoman Sarjana: How to Teach and Call Balinese People for Foreign Learners? Paul Thomas: Pirates!!! Representations of Indonesian in Popular Culture
12.30pm Lunch (Atrium, ground floor)
 Parallel sessions
  Room 455 Room 453
1.30pm Sri Setyarini: Integrating Critical Literacy in EFL Classroom To Raise Students’ Social Awareness On Global Warming Issues Workshop - Anggi Auliyani Suharja: Integrating Language Learning and Culture through Hompimpa: A fun Way to Learn about Indonesia
2.00pm Maria Magdalena Sinta Wardani: Manipulasi Kebahasaan Pada Teks Kabar Bohong (Hoax) Terkait Pandangan Masyarakat Terhadap Luar Negeri
2.30pm Zainal Amir: Developing Local Wisdom-Based Videoblog as Vocabulary Learning Media for BIPA Student in Intermediate Level Workshop - Rahmat Agung Azim Putra: Encouraging Australian Students’ Critical Literacy in Learning Bahasa Indonesia through Outdoor Education
3.00pm David Reeve: The diasporic imagination in recent Indonesian popular novels and films
3.30pm Coffee (Atrium, ground floor)
4.00pm Keynote Mark F. Ellis (Forum Theatre, level 1)
5.00pm Reception (Atrium, ground floor)
Saturday 29 September 2018
9.00amRegistration (Atrium, ground floor)
9.30amKeynote Pudentia Maria Purenti Sri Sunarti (Forum Theatre, level 1)
10.30amCoffee (Atrium, ground floor)
 Parallel sessions
 Room 455Room 461
11.00amSimon Williams: Nonton Film YukLuh Sriasih: The Potential of E- learning to Build Students’ Literacy Skills in Indonesian as a Foreign Language
11.30amMarcus Salvagno: JarananJess Mikecz: Flipping the Classroom with Education Perfect Languages
12.00pm Uli Kozok and Taufiq Tanasaldy: Developing online courses with the authoring tool H5P
12.30pmLunch (Atrium, ground floor)
 Parallel sessions
 Room 455Room 453
1.30pmKate Naidu: Understanding the ‘in-country’ experience in developing literacy and intercultural capacities: A work in progressWorkshop - Howard Manns: Introducing vernacular Indonesian language(s) and culture(s) to secondary/tertiary students
2.00pmMonika Winarnita: Second-generation contexts for cultivating Indonesian literacy in Australia
2.30pmAmy Coppo: Queensland Senior Students' Motivations for Learning IndonesianWorkshop - Silvy Wantania: Making Movies
3.00pmBeatrice Trefalt, Yacinta Kurniasih and Rachel Daymond: Indonesian language teaching in Victorian schools: challenges and solutions
3.30pmCoffee (Atrium, ground floor)
4.00pmPlenary Workshop - Bagong Soebardjo (Forum Theatre, level 1)
5.00pmDiscussion and Closing (Forum Theatre, level 1)
6.30pmOptional dinner


Keynote speakers

The ASILE Committee can confirm that the keynote speakers for the 2018 ASILE conference will be Dr Pudentia Maria Purenti Sri Sunarti (MPSS), MA, Dr Mark F Ellis AM and Mr Bagong Soebardjo.

Dr Pudentia Maria Purenti Sri Sunarti

Dr Pudentia Maria Purenti Sri Sunarti (MPSS)
Dr Pudentia Maria Purenti
Sri Sunarti (MPSS)

Dr Pudentia, born in Muntilan, Magelang on 8 May 1956, is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Humanities (Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya) of Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta. She has her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Universitas Indonesia, and her PhD from Universiteit Leiden and the University of California Berkeley.

As the Chair of the Asosiasi Tradisi Lisan (Association for Oral Traditions), she is a champion of the preservation of the archipelago's oral traditions. She has also served as a member of the Eminent Persons Group for Indonesia and Malaysia under the Yudhoyono Presidency and on the expert panel for UNESCO's Memory of the World program.

We express our thanks to Dr Pudentia for agreeing to join us in Melbourne for ASILE 2018.

Dr Mark F Ellis

Dr Mark F Ellis AM
Dr Mark F Ellis AM

Dr Mark F Ellis AM has two Fellowships in Ophthalmology (FRANZCO and FRACS). He is a member of The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and a founding member of The Australasian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (AUSCRS). His main interests are in anterior segment surgery and particularly cataract and glaucoma.

Mark has been involved in International Ophthalmology as a team leader for the East Timor Eye Program (ETEP) since 2004. He co-founded (in 2007) and is the current Director of the Sumba Eye Program (SEP) in Sumba, Nusa Tenggara. The Sumba Eye Program is dedicated to training the local nursing staff in eye health and working in cooperation with Indonesian Ophthalmologists.

In 2012 he received a Certificate of Appreciation for his work in Sumba from the Indonesian Consulate. In 2013, he was awarded Member of the Order of Australia for significance to medicine in the field of Ophthalmology and to Eye Health in Indonesia and Timor Leste.

Dr Ellis has worked in the local community as a Glenferrie Rotarian since 2006, and has been on board as the International Chairman.

We express our thanks to Dr Ellis for agreeing to join us in Melbourne for ASILE 2018.

Mr Bagong Soebardjo

Bagong Soebardjo
Mr Bagong Soebardjo

Bagong Soebardjo (b. 1957) is a storyteller, writer-illustrator of children’s stories, and puppet maker from Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He graduated in Painting from the Indonesian Art Academy (ASRI) in Yogyakarta, and studied Science at the Sanata Dharma Institute of Teacher Training and Education (IKIP) in Yogyakarta. He is known as an innovator in wayang and other puppet traditions. He creates his own puppets from a variety of materials. He also provides workshops about the creation and use of puppets for storytelling. Several of his puppet stories have been adapted for film.

We express our thanks to Mr Soebardjo for agreeing to join us in Melbourne for ASILE 2018.


Conference registration

Registration for the Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE) conference 2018 is now closed.

Registration fees

The registration fees for ASILE 2018 are as follows:

Standard pass

$350

Presenter

$300

International

$300

Early bird (until 30 June 2018)

$300

Students / Unwaged

$250

Single day

$180


Conference venue

Arts West (Building 148) North Wing, Faculty of Arts, the University of Melbourne

The venue for the ASILE 2018 conference will be in the award-winning Arts West North Wing of the University of Melbourne. This is the Arts Faculty's most prestigious building with sophisticated presentation facilities. Although the conference is jointly hosted, all conference activities will be centred in this building. See you there in September!

  • Accommodation

    Various hotels are available within a short distance of the University of Melbourne.

    Accommodation Single room rate
    (per night)
    Walking distance to
    the University of Melbourne
    Arrow on Swanston From $95 19 mins
    Ibis Melbourne Swanston St
    (search for this hotel name)
    From $125 16 mins
    Ibis Melbourne Hotel and Apartments
    (search for this hotel name)
    From $140 16 mins
    Lygon Lodge From $150 17 mins
    Best Western Plus Travel Inn Hotel From $155 17 mins
    Quest Carlton on Finlay From $135 19 mins
    Rydges on Swanston From $220
    (Incl breakfast)
    13 mins
  • Public transport

    There are many public transport options for access to the University of Melbourne campus. Details can be found on the How to get here web page.

  • Parking

    Ticketed parking is available at three locations within the Parkville campus, details can be found on the Parking on campus web page. A number of other public car parks are also available within walking distance from the Parkville campus.

Arts West interior
Arts West interior Photo: John Gollings
Arts West interior
Arts West exterior at night


Platinum sponsors

  • The University of Melbourne

  • La Trobe University

  • Monash University

Gold sponsors

  • Kabo Lawyers

  • Indonesia - Jordan Business Council

Silver sponsors

  • Balai Bahasa and Budaya Indonesia - Victoria Tasmania

  • Balai Bahasa Indonesia - ACT

  • Victorian Indonesian Language Teachers Association

  • Wonderful Indonesia


Contact us

Dr Edwin Jurriens

Email: edwin.jurriens@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9035 7594

Useful links

Australian Society of Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE) Facebook page