ENGLISH SPEAKING FOR INFORMAL INTERACTION
About this ebook
development be synergized with the curriculum so as to meet its
proper and applicable implementation. A number of grants have been
awarded to our faculty members for designing instructional materials.
Systematical arrangement of instructional materials is to minimize the
gap between planned curriculum and implemented curriculum.
FTTE UMM keeps striving to develop curriculum through a
long-listed agenda: designing course outlines, materials, media, and
evaluation instruments. Those four key components fulfill the National
Standard of Higher Education. Until recently, FTTE UMM has developed
instructional materials for 27 selected courses, comprising 9 pedagogy
courses and 18 content specific courses.
This Speaking book is the manifestation of our incessant contribution
to the field of education. Not only does it contain several relevant topics,
but it is equipped with various activities to accommodate students with
active, meaningful, and independent learning as well. It is then specially
wrapped in the form of hybrid learning materials.
Finally, it is highly expected that FTTE UMM, through its continuous
efforts, could achieve the standards as stipulated by the Curriculum
of Higher Education, aiming for the National Standard of Higher
Education in Indonesia.
About the author
Sudiran was born in Tanjungkarang in Mei
20, 1965. He graduated from English teaching
program study of Faculty of Teacher Training
and Education of Lampung University in 1990.
Since 1992 he has been teaching at English
Language Education DepartmentFaculty of
Teacher Training and Education of University
of Muhammadiyah Malang. His master degree
was graduated from American Studies Program
of GadjahMada University in 1997. In 2013,
he achieved his Doctor degree from American Studies Program of
GadjahMada University. From November 2008 to March 2009, he won
sandwich program scholarships from Indonesian Ministry of National
Education to study American Popular Culture in the Popular Culture
Department of Bowling Green State University Ohio, United States.
From October 2015 to April 2016, he got Erasmus Mundus scholarships
from European Commission to undertake Postdoctoral research in the
University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Riski Lestiono is a lecturer in English
Language Education Department, Faculty of
Teacher Training and Education, University
of Muhammadiyah Malang. He is teaching
English especially linguistics courses. He earned
his specialization in linguistics from Radboud
University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, with
major research interest in applied linguistics in
translation studies, sociolinguistics, pragmatics,
and language change. The writer has published some books: Bilingual
Nusantara Folklores, Guideline for Intercultural Instruction, and
Culture and Tourism Potential of Malang, as well as edited a number
of books: Shining English, Little Sunshine Bilingual Book, and a longlist
of ESP books. He has been doing researches on arriving at English
pronunciation by means of hijaiyah sounds as the bridge these past three
years, authoring articles as the outputs.
Erlyna Abidasari M.A, M.Ed is a Master
graduate from the University of New South
Wales, Sydney, Australia and a lecturer at English
Language Education Department of Universitas
Muhammadiyah Malang. She has been working on
various academic projects for English language
learning, curriculum development, English
language test development, international
language and education conference, as well as
English for Specific Purposes textbook editing. Her major interests are
in cross cultural understanding and applied linguistics incorporated
in educational technology advancement. Other related works from
the writer involves a study on phonology comparison of Javanese and
English languages, second language acquisition, and pragmatic analysis
on language use.
