At last, one of the most prestigious seminars held and organized by the Doctoral Program of English Language Education, Department of English, Faculty of Letters is ready to launch.
The National English Education, Linguistics and Literature Seminar (NEELLS) 2025 is just around the corner and you all are warmly invited to participate in the event.
The D-day of the seminar is set on November 8th, 2025 so make sure you book the date on your smartphone’s calendar right! The seminar is held in full virtual mode bearing the current theme of Voices in A Hyper-Digital World: Dismantling English Education, Language, Literature, and Gender Studies. There are various subsequent sub-themes to suit your interests and papers’ topic, to viz:
– English Language Pedagogy
– Teacher Professional Development
– Materials and Media Development
– Linguistic development
– Bilingualism and Multilingualism
– Corpus Linguistics
– Literary Criticism
– Digital Literature
– Gender(ed) Studies
– Any current/emerging technologies in or innovative mixture of the above
With such a topic, it is only natural if NEELLS invites esteemed speakers most suitable for the occasion. The list of main presenters for the upcoming November 8th is fixed and they are: Prof. Paul Kei Matsuda, Ph.D (Linguistics) from Arizona State University, USA; Rimajon Sotlikova, Ph.D (English Education) from Webster University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Prof. Evi Eliyanah, Ph.D (Gender Studies) from Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia; Prof. Herawaty Abbas, Ph.D (English Literature) from Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia and last but never the least, Dr. Afif Ikhwanul M. (International Publication) from Universitas Islam Negeri Mataram, Indonesia.
In conjunction with the seminar, our honorable Head of the Department of English, Dr. Suharyadi, M.Pd., correctly elucidated, “The theme reflects the continuous and rapid shifts in English language teaching (ELT), literary, linguistic and gender studies as we adapt to new pedagogical approaches, emerging technologies, and evolving global contexts.” Hence within this given situation, every one of “English language educators, scholars of literature, linguists as well as gender critics are all faced with the challenge of navigating and dismantling these changes while ensuring the preservation of quality and integrity in teaching, research, and scholarly discourse,” he critically appraised a while later.
And so, to all the would-be participants, our Head of the Department kindly edified, “This seminar provides us with the opportunity to explore those dynamic developments through the lens of our shared knowledge and expertise.” Thus, it is only natural that, “together, we will reflect on best practices, emerging research, and future trends that will shape the way we teach, study, and analyze language and literature,” he solemnly added.
NEELLS 2025 provides most benefits to students of all strata. If you are an undergraduate or graduate (taking a Magister or Doctoral program), NEELLS 2025 gives the best chance to present your ideas, papers, and or even your thoughts relevant to the said topics and sub-topics. A special mention, however, is given to candidate-presenters from undergraduate (Strata 1) degree as you may have even more benefits from the event, i.e. not only will you gain experience in joining or even speaking in a forum with international presenters, you can use the certificate of appreciation as one of your credits for extracurricular activities (or the KRE).
And yet, the benefits haven’t stopped that far! All of you who are eligible to present in NEELLS 2025 will have an equal chance to have your abstract or paper reviewed and recommended to publish within one of the journals in partnership with the event. But never read it wrongly though as the committee will only provide reviews and recommendation into which journals your paper is likely most suitable for. Needless to say, whether or not you accept the recommendation or the said journal accepts your article for publication, the consideration becomes each party’s absolute decision.
The complete list of the journals in partnership is as follows:
1. JETLI (SINTA 2), UIN Sunan Kudus
2. Jurnal Iqra Kajian Ilmu Pendidikan (SINTA 2), UMALA
3. Lensa: Kajian Kebahasaan, Kesusastraan, dan Budaya (SINTA 2), Unmuh Semarang
4. ELT-Lectura (SINTA 3), Universitas Lancang Kuning
5. Anglophile Journal (SINTA 3), Creative Tugu Pena
6. IJCEP (SINTA 3), Payungi Smart Madani
7. Jurnal Erudita (SINTA 4), UIN Gusdur Pekalongan
8. JEEL (SINTA 4), STAIN Madina
9. JOEY (SINTA 4), Universitas Ibrahimy (APC 350rb)
10. Bulletin of Science Education (SINTA 4), Creative Tugu Pena
11. Bulletin of Pedagogical Research (SINTA 4), Creative Tugu Pena
12. Jurnal Pedagogy (SINTA 4), UIN Jurai Siwo Lampung
13. Jurnal Tinta (SINTA 5), Univ al-Qolam
14. Attractive: Innovative Education Journal (SINTA 5), Creative Tugu Pena
15. IJoASER (SINTA 5) Creative Tugu Pena
16. Tefla (Proses Penilaian), UM Banjarmasin (for 2026 publication)
17. Jurnal Pembelajaran Sastra (Registered), Hiski Komisariat Malang
Again, to think that your benefits as participants will stop so far is anything but wrong. NEELLS 2025 is teaming up with top-tier institutions to spoil attendees with irresistible freebies and exclusive giveaways. Leading the charge is Balai Bahasa UM (BB-UM), the event’s language powerhouse, which is giving away free IELTS Simulation Tests (normally priced at IDR 250,000) to 10 (ten) lucky participants. BB-UM is known as an official test center for high-stakes exams like IELTS on Computer, ITP TOEFL® (in collaboration with Jakarta’s IIEF), TKBI/TKDA (with PLTI), and even Arabic proficiency tests (ILA). Their language course catalog spans English, German, Korean, Japanese, and Mandarin, making them a one-stop shop for linguistic mastery.
And the perks don’t stop there. Sekolah MC Malang, a trailblazer in non-formal education, is stepping up as a sponsor with 10 free one-month course vouchers focused on public speaking—a must-have skill for the 21st century. They offer rigorous programs from mastering the art of emceeing and vocal training to sharpening presentation skills and even fashion styling for hosts; they’ve just got it all. Every graduate walks away with an official competency certification, a golden ticket to stand out in the industry.
If those two aren’t enough, also acting as NEELLS 2025’s partner is Rumah Jurnal Creative Tugu Pena, an integrated open journal system (OJS) hosting platform designed to help authors and writers with variability of available journals or to even start managing their own. The platform is already indexed with various international databases such as Cabell’s Whitelist, DOAJ, SINTA, Ulrichsweb, Proquest, Crossref, Google Scholar, etc. As a partner, Creative Tugu Pena is willing to provide free APC for 2 selected articles submitted to any one of the journals listed in the partnership.
So, what are you really waiting for? Submit your abstracts starting from August 20 – September 03, 2025 and be someone with something to voice critically loudly to our more and more hyper-digital world – else, just be left afar.
You can also visit our media partners at Kapanlagi or at Fimela for further details at any time and from anywhere you want.
See you at the occasion, folks!
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