OMG, Prof. Dr. Rod Ellis is coming to UPSI next week!

this is a text message that i've just received from ikmal:

"Attention! Next week 5th of August (Wednesday), all Teslians sem 7 are required to attend a seminar by Dr. Rod Ellis from 830 am-430 pm. All lectures are postponed. Attendance is STRICTLY compulsory. Pls cancel all ur recreational plans. Spread d news n thx."

Prof. Dr. Rod Ellis

wow! our idol is coming "to meet us" here. hehehe. did u guys know who he is? what? u dunno? i oso dunno and i'll know more about him later. hehehe. in the field of second language acquisition, he is among the pioneers. but too bad we didn't use his book when we were doing SLA with Associate Prof. Dr Sally Zaleha, we used our uncle Brown's. anyway, u guys can check out more info about Prof. Dr. Rod Ellis at these websites:

http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/staff/index.cfm?S=STAFF_rell035

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Ellis