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Education

M.Hum, Theoretical Linguistics, University of Indonesia, 2021
B.Ed, Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language, Tanjungpura University, 2017

Regional and Thematic Interests

TESOL/TEFL, Indonesian language, semantics and pragmatics, political discourse analysis and rhetoric. 

Profile

Dwi Purwanto is Currently a Fulbright FLTA scholar at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ. He teaches Bahasa Indonesia at the Center for Asian Studies. His experience span from an English as second/foreign language teacher, a curriculum specialist and a program manager of an education company. He was previously worked as a faculty member of Nahdlatul Ulama University of West Kalimantan at the faculty of teachers training and education for two years before he decided to expand his professional career by working for an international NGO, and a Singapore-based education company. 

His research focuses on two keywords, language and learning material development. His master's thesis focused on analyzing political rhetoric, especially argumentative promises, where he found intriguing interplay between persuasion, negotiation, personal commitments and reprimands. He was awarded a Universitas Indonesia's Research & International Publication Endowment for his master's thesis. In 2022,  he was involved as an associate researcher for a prestigious joint research project between British Council and University College London to map approximately 2000 university language centers in Indonesia.