The country's leading media outlets -Kompas, Media Indonesia, Republika and Detik.com- this week ran stories on Universitas Indonesia's achievements in the 2011 World Debating Universities Championships in Botswana. Riza Aryani from UI was the 3rd Best Speaker in WUDC's English as Foreign Language (EFL) category and her partnership with Dyah Ayunico Ramadhani broke into the knockout round of WUDC's English as Second Language (ESL) category.
Some outlets exaggerated the results calling them "juara debat dunia". To put it into correct perspective, the UI team grabbed 14 points and finished at rank 150 on the main tab and the actual world champion was Australia's Monash University. Still, Riza's achievements were very respectable. Christian Leonardo from Binus International won more points than Riza and was the best Indonesian speaker in WUDC Bostwana but he was registered as an ESL debater. No Indonesian speaker managed to finish in the top 5 speakers in the ESL category while three Indonesians, including Riza, got into the top 5 speakers in the EFL class.
Here are the links to those stories:
Kompas: http://edukasi.kompas.com/read/2011/01/19/19442534/UI.Raih.3rd.Best.Speaker.Dunia
Media Indonesia: http://www.mediaindonesia.com/citizen_read/1200
Republika: http://www.republika.co.id/berita/pendidikan/berita/11/01/19/159504-mahasiswa-ui-raih-juara-debat-dunia
Detik: http://www.detiknews.com/read/2011/01/18/105334/1548933/10/lawan-harvard-stanford-ui-ukir-prestasi-di-lomba-debat-internasional?n991101605
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