ELTIS Mataram

Muhsinin has been holding the fort for us in Lombok while we make the
final preparations for the ELTIS Mataram office. The technical team from
IALF Bali (Bintang, Yanto and Tika) are there this week, as well as Ani,
getting the office set up there.  We have a smaller office/trainers’
room than in Surabaya, but once they’re set up with the computers and
furniture sent over from Bali they will be great!

CELLT 1

The first CELTT course will run from 1 – 4 March, with Harits, Umi,
Ratna and Milal as the trainers.  Jeanette will be over in Sby for that –
it will be like ‘pulang kampung’ for her as she lived there for many
years before moving to Bali.

First ELU 4

We have two ELU 4 classes running this week until 15 February – with
Rodo, Irma and Wahju as the trainers, followed by a combined ELU 2 & 3
course running from 18 – 29 Febraury – Kamal and Koes will be training
on that one, as well as Fajar, Imam, Hakim and Latifah.  Iffah wanted to
teach again – but she’s got a second wedding to organize!

ELU First Course

The first course of ELU 1 began on January 21 and finished last Friday.
We had 84 participants spread over 4 classes.  The trainers were Salik,
Fajar, Iffah, Imam, Latifah and Hakim.  A number of the trainees
attended an evaluation meeting before the course ended and they gave
excellent feedback – they love the methodology and the materials and
have picked up lots of new ideas to use with their own students – after
just one course!  One of the nicest comments I heard was form one
participant who said she couldn’t believe how quickly the lessons went
by – she was enjoying herself so much she didn’t even have a chance to
think about the time!  The other positive aspect is that the MTs
teachers are already developing friendships and some plan to visit each
other’s schools in the course break before they start ELU 2.

ELTIS Surabaya

The ELTIS Surabaya office opened on the 4th January and we had an
official opening ceremony Thursday 17th January attended by members of
the Rectorate and the Dean of the Adab Faculty and all the ELTIS East
Java trainers – it was great to see everyone there for that.  The office
is looking great, we have a very nice Trainers Preparation Room complete
with 3 computers and fast internet access – yay! Later we will use the
adjoining room as a Self-Study Centre for the participating MTs
teachers.  We also have 5 dedicated classrooms in the Adab Faculty, all
with AC – and the same colour walls as at IALF Bali – just so you feel
at home!

The ELTIS Surabaya telephone number is : (031)  8431147 and the staff
are as follows:

Zuliati -  Regional Coordinator
Ria – Finance Officer
Rahayu – Administrative Officer
Didit – Office Assistant
Wasilan – Driver