Every year, English Department organizes a guest lecture for students. Guest lecturer(s) is invited to share best practices and current debates in English language and literature. As for the students of English Department, this program is expected to enrich their knowledge and self-development. The topic of each guest lecturer is course-specific and this time, English Department of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University invited three speakers: Saharudin, S. S., M. A., Anwar, S. Pd, and Khristanto, M. Hum.

Guest lecture this year was held on 19^th and 20^th May, 2016. On the first day, the lecture was divided into two sessions. The first session was Introduction to Linguistics which was facilitated by Saharudin, S. S., M. A. and the second session was English for Tourism taught by Anwar, S. Pd. The third session on English Syntax was held on Friday and facilitated by Khristanto, M. Hum. The duration of each session was two hours and opened by the Head of English Department, Dr. Ubaidillah M. Hum. The participants of this event were English students who took the related courses. The speaker of each course was chosen based on their competency in language and literature.