Billy Nathan Setiawan is currently undertaking a PhD study in Applied Linguistics at University of South Australia, through the Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) scholarship. His PhD study focuses on intercultural language teaching and learning in English language education. Billy has been a language teacher since 2009. His teaching experience includes teaching Indonesian language at University of Wisconsin USA (through a Fulbright fellowship programme), teaching English for Academic and Specific Purposes at various universities in Indonesia, and teaching academic English in Australia. His main research interests are intercultural language teaching and learning, English language education, intercultural communication and English language variations.
Experience
2023–present
Academic Teacher, South Australian Institute of Business and Technology
–present
PhD Candidate in Applied Linguistics, University of South Australia
2024–present
Academic Teacher, University of Adelaide College
2019–2019
English Teacher, EF English First Ningbo China
2016–2018
English Lecturer, Sampoerna University
2011–2016
English Lecturer, BINUS University
2012–2013
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Education
2015
The University of Manchester, MA Intercultural Communication
2009
BINUS University, BA English Literature
Publications
2024
Embracing Cultural Threads: A Qualitative Exploration of English Language Teaching Materials Within an Intercultural Perspective in an Indonesian Multilingual Context, Ranah: Journal of Language Studies
2016
Code-switching and English language variations among Indonesian Facebookers, International Journal of Indonesian Studies
2015
Cina Benteng: the latest generations and acculturation, Lingua Cultura