Universitas Negeri Semarang (Semarang State University), known as UNNES, was once a teacher training institution. Although it has become a university, its commitment to educational matters and issues remains strong and until today it is one of the most productive institutions in preparing and producing teachers of different disciplines. With this background, UNNES plans to carry out an international seminar on literacy education to mark its 40^th anniversary. This is meant to send an important message to the world regarding the key role literacy plays in building a nation and how important it is for an institution such as UNNES to have total commitment on this very issue.

To celebrate the event and to demonstrate its commitment, UNNES invites experts in literacy, practitioners who have been involved in literacy education, and anyone who has been working in areas related to this field to participate in this seminar. This seminar will be unique in that in Indonesia there have been so many seminars on language and language teaching, but putting language education in the perspective of literacy education has not been a major issue. There is an urgent need to raise awareness among language experts, teachers and other practitioners to adopt a broader perspective in which language education is seen as an effort to equip learners with life skills. These life skills are traditionally known as the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing, but literacy involves more than the acquisition of those skills. Literacy has everything to do with how well learners will survive in modern or global communities. Language education needs to equip learners with communication skills that enable learners to communicate orally as well as in written in different contexts by different means for different purposes. Thus, this seminar is expected to address literacy in a broad sense that includes oracy and literacy.

TOPIC AREAS

Literacy: a conditio sine qua non for nation building
Language education as literacy education
Language policy on literacy education
Literacy education across the curriculum
Literacy in multilingual communities
Literacy and power struggle
Literacy and Literature

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the conference include:

1. to raise awareness regarding the importance of improving literacy standards in building a nation;

to give a new and broader perspective to language education;
to highlight the importance of language policy in improving literacy standards in a country;
to raise awareness that literacy is everyone’s responsibility; it is developed across the curriculum;
to discuss literacy issues involved in multilingual societies;
to raise awareness that literacy education is ultimately an issue of power struggle;
to explore the use of literary work to develop literacy.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Invited speakers include:

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ABSTRACT AND PAPERS

An abstract of 250 – 300 words should be sent to via email to: literacy_UNNES@yahoo.com as a .doc attachment and a separate page bearing the abstract title and the presenter’s name, degree, institution affiliation, office/mobile phone number, and address. Complete papers will be made available in the form of CD as the conference proceedings.

TYPES OF PRESENTATION

There are three types of presentation:

1. Paper

A plenary paper presentation is 60 minutes including question and answer. A Parallel presentation is 30 minutes.

2. Workshop

A workshop is 60 minutes including presentation, activity involving the audience and question and answer.

3. Poster

The poster may include sample of students’ works and/or pictures of students and teachers doing activities in and outside the classrooms.

PLENARY AND PARALLEL SESSIONS

Paper to be presented in the plenary and parallel sessions will be selected by the committee and every presenter has the opportunity to be selected as a plenary speaker. Early submission of abstracts will be appreciated.

VENUE AND DATES

· Venue: Hotel Patra Jasa, Jl. Sisingamangaraja, Semarang 50272.

Phone/ Fax +62 24 84141441, 8314441

· Seminar: September 29 and 30, 2005

· One-day Borobudur Cultural Tour: October 1, 2005

IMPORTANT DATES

· July 20, 2005: deadline for abstract submission

· August 10, 2005: announcement of paper acceptance

· September 10, 2005: submission of full paper

CONFERENCE FEE AND REGISTRATION

· Rp. 400.000 for early registration by August 20, 2005

· Rp. 450.000 for registration after August 20, 2005

· Rp. 500.000 for on-site registration when seats are available

· US$ 100 for participants from outside Indonesia

The fee covers conference kit, lunches, snacks and certificate of attendance but does not include hotel accommodation.

PAYMENT

Payment should be made by bank transfer to:

Dwi Anggani – Rini Susanti

Bank BNI

Semarang Branch

Account No.: 5580271-6

ACCOMMODATION

Conference participants are encouraged to stay at Patra Jasa or at one of the following hotels:

Hotel & Phone	Standard	De Lux	Moderate	Suite/VIP	Family room
Patra Jasa (venue)* +62 24 8414141, 8314441	Rp. 375,000 ($42)	Rp. 450.000 ($50)
Grand Candi* 300 m away +62 24 8416222	Rp. 499.000 ($55)
Grasia* +62 24 8444777	Rp. 225.000 ($25)	Rp. 320.000 ($ 36)	Rp. 280.000 ($ 31)
Srikandi +62 24 8311969	Rp. 140.000 ($16)			Rp. 165.000 (419)	Rp. 175000 ($ 20)
Permata Hijau +62 24 8315671	Rp. 155.000 ($18)			Rp. 175.000 ($20)
Rinjani +62 24 8443232	Rp. 185.000 ($21)	Rp.210.000 ($24)		Rp.260.000 ($29)
Candi Indah* +62 24 8312912	Rp 150.000 ($ 17) single Rp. 175.000 ($20) double	Rp. 225.000 ($25)

* Breakfast included

TOUR

On October 1, 2005 there will be a whole day tour to Borobudur, Prambanan, and Yogyakarta. It will cost you around $15 including meals.

REGISTRATION FORM

· Fill in this form (use BLOCK letters).

· Enclose a receipt of a bank transfer.

· Fax to the secretariat +62 24 8508071 or Email it to us and CC to hagustien@yahoo.com

Title: Prof ( ) Dr. ( ) Mr. ( ) Mrs. ( ) Ms. ( )

Full name: …………………………………………………………………………….

Title and name on the certificate: …………………………………………….

Institution: ……………………………………………………………………..

Address: …………………………………………………………………………

City: …………………………………………………………………………….

Country: ………………………………………………………………………..

Telephone: …………………………………………………………………….

Fax: ……………………………………………………………………………..

Email: ……………………………………………………………………………

Participant ( )

Presenter ( )

Types of presentation:

1. Paper ( )

2. Workshop ( )

3. Poster presentation ( )

Topic area: ……………………………………………………………………

Equipment needed:

* OHP ( )

* LCD ( )

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SECRETARIAT

Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni

Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES)

Gedung B3, Kampus Sekaran Gunung Pati,

Semarang 50229

Jawa Tengah

Indonesia

Telephone & Fax : +62 24 8508071

Email: literacy_UNNES@yahoo.com

Contact persons:

· Rohani, S.Pd, MA (Mobile: +62 8157734920)

· Helena IR Agustien, Ph.D (Mobile: +62 8156524275)

· Widhiyanto, S.Pd, M.Pd (Mobile: +62 81325164105)

· Pratikto (Indonesian speaking only)

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TOPIC AREAS

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