has over 20 years of experience in Teaching English as
a Foreign Language to diverse age groups. She earned her bachelor degree in
TEFL in 1987 from Udayana University, Bali. In 1994 she earned her Master
of Arts in Applied Linguistics from La Trobe University, Melbourne. In
2006, she earned her PhD in English Education from Newcastle University,
Australia. She is now a lecturer at the English Education Department, the
Faculty of Language and Art Education, Ganesha University of Education.
Her major interests are in English as a Foreign language Pedagogy, Bilingual
Education, and Curriculum Development.
Anak Agung Istri Ngurah Marhaeni is a professor of education at
the English Education Department, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha. She
earned her master degree from Ohio State University and doctoral degree
in Educational Research and Evaluation from Jakarta State University. Her
research interests include language teaching assessment, curriculum, and
instruction. She has published several articles and books in assessment.
Ni Nyoman Padmadewi is a professor in English Education at
Ganesha University of Education Bali Indonesia who has over 20 years of
experience in teaching English to different groups of students. She finished
her education and got bachelor and doctorate degree in Udayana University,
and earned her master degree in Macquarie Univeristy Australia. She is
also a director of a learning centre, and a founder of bilingual schools.
Her major interests are in literacy for young learners, innovative teaching
methodology, and also special education.
Ni Made Ratminingsih has taught in English Education Department
of Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha since 1991. Her teaching career has
been started since she completed her study from SPG Singaraja, a Teacher
Training Secondary School. She accomplished her Bachelor degree in
Teaching English from Udayana University in 1990. She holds a Masters
degree in English Language Teaching from Deakin University, Australia in
1997 and a Doctor degree in language teaching specializing in TEYL from
Jakarta State University, Indonesia in 2011. Her research interests are ELT
methods/strategies, curriculum and material development, teaching media,
and TEYL.
I Putu Indra Kusuma is a lecturer and a researcher at Universitas
Pendidikan Ganesha. He has been teaching since 2011 while conducting his
research. His interests are in curriculum and instructions. Thus, his research
and publications are all about those areas. Moreover, he has two books
about language assessments which he wrote along with other colleagues at
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha and were published by different publishers.
He hopes he can write more books about English education in the future.
Kadek Sonia Piscayanti was born in Singaraja, Bali, on March 4,
1984. She is now teaching in English Education Department, Ganesha
University of Education. She teaches literature such as poetry, prose fiction
and drama. She has published some books such as Karena Saya Ingin Berlari
(Akar Indonesia, Yogyakarta, 2007), Literature book “Literature is Fun”
(Pustaka Ekspresi, 2012), a compilation of five scripts “The Story of A
Tree” (Mahima Institute Indonesia, 2014). She was invited as speaker in
Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in 2012 and 2013. She was also invited
for Creative Writing Program at Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
(2011 and 2012). She has spoken about women and identity in OzAsia
Festival, Adelaide Australia (2013). She directed and performed her own
script “Layonsari” in Netherlands and France for Culture Grant from
Directorate of Higher Education Indonesia (2014). She has also published
a book on drama, The Art of Drama, The Art of Life (Graha Ilmu, 2014).
Her stories anthology “A Woman Without A Name” (Mahima Institute
Indonesia, 2015) won Widya Pataka a literature award from Bali Province.
Her earliest work is Burning Hair poems anthology published by Mahima
Institute Indonesia (2017).