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; "Lecturer's Building at STAIN Watampone")
; "ELTIS Watampone Office (soon!)")
ELTIS Watampone
As ELTIS moves into its second year of implementation, its fourth ELTIS Regional Office is due to open at STAIN Watampone in Bone regency, South Sulawesi at the beginning of July 2008.
Based on the second floor of the Lecturer's Building, the office will be run by Ms. Nirwana Darwis, ELTIS Liaison Officer. She will be assisted by a Finance Officer, Mr. Astiar and an Administrative Officer, Ms. Resky Januarty. The ELTIS Trainers will have a Trainers Preparation room on the ground floor of the same building.
Ms. Nirwana Darwis, ELTIS Liaison Officer at STAIN Watampone.
In preparation for the new language courses starting in Watampone, ELTIS tested 120 MTs English language teachers from across Bone regency on 28 and 29 May and these teachers will commence their English Language Upgrading courses towards the end of July 2008, as follows:
- English language Upgrading Level 1 - 2 classes
- English language Upgrading Level 2 - 2 classes
- English language Upgrading Level 4 - 1 class
MTs English Language Teachers from Bone Regency, preparing to take the ELTIS Placement Test.
Rahma Sari (Ana) conducting an oral interview with one of the MTs teachers from Bone Regency.
School Principals from each of the participating schools were invited to a Semiloka Sosialisasi hosted by ELTIS on 27 May, whereby they had an opportunity to learn about the aims of ELTIS and the planned training course implementation. Feedback was extremely positive, with 63 Work Agreements signed and returned, underlining their commitment to the training program.
(from left to right) : Bapak H. Rappe, Kasi Supervisi & Kurikulum Bidang MAPENDA, KanWil DepAg SulSel, Prof. Andi Sarjan, Rector STAIN Watampone, Bapak Nasir Mas'ud, Kepala Bagian Kepegaiawan DINA Pendidikan Provinsi SulSel, Bapak Idris rasyid, Kasi MAPENDA KanDepAg Bone, Caroline Bentley, ELTIS Team Leader.
School Principals from MTs throughout Bone Regency attended the Semiloka to learn more about ELTIS and the training courses for their English teachers.