Singaraja- The Faculty of Languages and Arts, Ganesha University of Education (FBS-Undiksha) is holding an International Conference on Language and Arts Across Cultures (ICLAAC), Thursday (5/11/2020). The conference with the theme “Literacy Across Cultures” was attended by participants from various countries. The keynote speakers for this conference were Sanjoy Kumar Dey, M.F.A., Cora Lindsay, PhD., Prof. Yasuhiko Sukegawa, Prof. Luh Putu Artini, M.A., Ph.D., and Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Darmaputra.
In addition, there are also 91 presenters who will present. They come from 5 countries namely Japan, America, England, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. The topics presented at this conference are very diverse, namely teaching English, teaching with technology, character education, education with special needs, assessment, learning media, professional development, linguistics, assessment, also language, and art.
The head of the committee, Nyoman Karina Wedhanti, S.Pd., M.Pd., said that this conference aims to broaden the horizons of academics, especially in the fields of cross-cultural language and arts education, so as to enable cross-disciplinary collaboration and research collaboration. Karina who is also a lecturer in English Language Education Study Program said that the hope of holding this international conference is also to publish the works of researchers at the international level. This is also in line with the vision of internationalization of the Undiksha institution. He added that this conference was held virtually due to the current pandemic conditions. However, it is hoped that this will not reduce the meaning.
Undiksha Deputy Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Cooperation, Dr. I Gede Rasben Dantes, S.T., M.T.I., in the opening of this conference, said how important it is to learn to understand language and cultural differences in international relations, especially in sharing literacy issues across worlds and cultures. It is hoped that through this conference there will be good synergy and collaboration between researchers and academics across various cultures and disciplines. (rls)
