English Department of Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences Built Relation with Regional English Language Office (RELO) US Embassy Jakarta

A meeting was held on Thursday (18/10/2018) between the English Department of Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences and the Director of Regional English Language Office (RELO) US Embassy, Jakarta, Dr. Bradley M. Horn and also Dian Safitri as the delegation of US Embassy in Jakarta. Regional English Language Office (RELO) is the delegation of the United States of American Embassy in Indonesia engaged in the English Language Education field. This visit was the actualization of cooperation between both sides to English Department students' ability in English by inviting the native speakers from the related country.

The event started with picking-up the guests from the RELO U.S. Embassy in Adisucipto Airport of Yogyakarta by of the English Department lecturers at 11.20 am in Western Indonesian Time. On this occasion, Dr. Bradly was welcomed by Dr. Sahiron, M. A. as the vice Dean and some officials of the Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences. This meeting was held at noon and was attended by Amy Suzzane Griffin, MA, a native speaker who was invited from the United States of America for the cooperation between RELO US Embassy with English Department of Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences to help students especially the second-year students in improving their English skills. Amy Griffin has started her task as an instructor since the beginning of September 2018. In this meeting, Mr. Maharsi, M. Hum, as the representative of Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences, expected that this cooperation could continue to the next years for the development of English Language Education in Indonesia.