Trainees
(arranged in alphabetical order)
ALL / Fiji / Hong Kong / Indonesia / Japan / Sri Lanka
Deaf
BHAROTO Adhi Kusumo
Mr. Adhi Kusumo Bharoto is from Indonesia. He joined the APSL program in 2007. He has completed five diplomas in the APSL program and is now studying for the Higher Diploma in Sign Linguistics and Sign Language Teaching.
Mr. Adhi Kusumo Bharoto graduated from senior high school in 2005 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He has previously volunteered in teaching sign language, computer skills, and other courses to Deaf people living in rural areas and was selected vice-president of his local Deaf association in Yogyakarta from 2007-2010. In 2007, he received a scholarship from the Nippon Foundation to study and work in the Asia-Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training (APSL) Programme at the Centre where he has taken courses on sign linguistics, sign language teaching methods, English, Hong Kong Sign Language, as well as non-linguistic courses on Deaf culture, Deaf heritage and computer software, etc. His research interests include sign language lexicography, formational structure and sign language teaching methods. In the future, he wants to be involved in changing the medium of instruction in Indonesian Deaf schools from spoken language to sign language, and to be involved in future research projects involving Yogyakarta sign language.
SATRYAWAN Iwan
Mr. Iwan Satryawan is from Indonesia. He joined the APSL program in 2007. He has completed three diplomas in the APSL program. She now focuses on dictionary and teaching materials production with the other Sri Lankan trainees in APSL.
Mr. Iwan Satryawan graduated from the School of the Deaf in Wonosobo, Central Java (Indonesia) in 1981, and from the Fashion Design and Art Academy (Jakarta) in 1987. He is currently one of the board members of the Indonesian Association of the Welfare of the Deaf (IAWD). In 2007, he received a scholarship from Nippon Foundation, and since then he has been working as a language research project assistant at the Centre as part of the Asia-Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training (APSL) Programme. He has received trainings in the areas of sign linguistics, HKSL, English, computer skills, Deaf culture, history and society, etc. In addition, he has also worked on sign language dictionary research, interviewing Deaf signers in Jakarta and analysing the results. He completed the diploma programme in 2009 and will finish his research in Hong Kong in 2012. In the future, he plans to continue working with the IAWD and the University of Indonesia. He hopes to teach hearing interpreters sign language and the ways to help the Deaf community. He also plans to share his experience of sign language research with other Deaf associations and give training to some Deaf schools in Indonesia.
WIJAYA Laura Lesmana
Ms. Laura Lesmana Wijaya is from Indonesia. She joined the APSL program in 2007. She has completed five diplomas in the APSL program and is now studying for the Higher Diploma in Sign Linguistics and Sign Language Teaching.
Ms. Laura Lesmana Wijaya studied at the Pangudi Luhur School for the Deaf until grade 1, and was transferred to St. Andrew, a hearing school in Jakarta, until grade 10. She was chosen to be a trainee in the Asia-Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training (APSL) Programme in 2007. She completed the diploma programme in 2009, and is now studying for the higher diploma programme until 2012. In the APSL programme, she has learned a lot about sign linguistics research, Deaf history, Deaf culture, English, basic computer skills, and Hong Kong sign language. She is most interested in sign language phonology, but also enjoys other areas of research. She is currently working on the production of a Jakarta sign language dictionary. In the future, she would like to help Deaf people embrace their identity and culture. She wants to help the Indonesian Association of the Welfare of the Deaf, especially in Deaf Education and sign linguistics research. She also wants to change the negative attitude of hearing people towards deaf people, so that it would be easy to establish sign language interpreter association.
Her involvement in the Deaf community includes helping Deaf associations in Indonesia, as a temporary vice-president of young Deaf Indonesian Association, and improving the needs of young Deaf people, as well as participating in international Deaf events, such as the Deaf Dialogue held in 2009 and 2010.
Hearing
ADHIKA Irlang Suwiryo
Ms. Adhika Irlang Suwiryo is from Indonesia. She joined the APSL program in 2011. She works with the Indonesian trainees on dictionary and teaching materials production. She will apply for the MA in Linguistics programme for the 2011/12 academic year.
Ms Adhika Irlang Suwiryo graduated from the University of Indonesia. She is interested in knowing about the language acquisition of Deaf children of both Deaf parents and hearing parents in Indonesia. Now, she is working as a language research project assistant in the Asia Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training Program. She is currently collaborating with Deaf colleagues and a hearing colleague from Indonesia on sign language dictionary production.
In the APSL program, Ms Suwiryo has learned about Deaf history, Deaf culture, basic computer program skills, and Hong Kong sign language. During her time working at Centre, she has also been able to interact with other Deaf and hearing colleagues from various countries, who helped to improve her signing skills and the knowledge of Deaf culture.
In the future, Ms Suwiryo hopes to contribute to the Deaf community, particularly to the Deaf community in Indonesia. She would like to collaborate with Deaf people in order to expand the use of sign language by Indonesians, both for Deaf and hearing people.
ISMA Silva Tenrisara Pertiwi
Ms. Silva Tenrisara Pertiwi Isma is from Indonesia. She joined the APSL program in 2010. She is now studying the MA in Linguistics programme specializing in the sign linguistics stream at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, CUHK.
Ms. Isma graduated from University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, majoring in Indonesian Linguistics. She joined the Asia-Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training (APSL) Programme in 2008. Since then, she has been receiving training in sign linguistics, deaf education and Deaf culture. Since September 2010, she has been staying in Hong Kong to study for the MA Programme in Lingustics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. At the same time, she is also working as a language research project assistant at the Centre as part of the APSL Programme. Her task is to collaborate with her Indonesian deaf colleagues in producing Indonesian sign language dictionaries and working on sign language data. Her research interests include sign language phonology, syntax, morphology, and Deaf studies. After finishing her study in CUHK in 2012, she will go back to her home country and continue working on sign language research, deaf studies, and deaf education with the deaf community in Indonesia.