SIDMA College Sabah is honoured to have co-sponsored Sabah’s first ever “Seminar Bahasa Budaya dan Sastera Masyarakat Kadazandusun” held at Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) Kent, Tuaran recently. Other co-sponsors of the Sabah auspicious seminar were Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA), Pertubuhan Dusun, Pertubuhan Dusun Islam Sabah (PDIS), Kadazan Society Sabah (KSS), Kadazan Language Foundation (KLF), Persatuan Suang Lotud, GG Global Aspirant, and Nani Academia Penampang.
The grand event which was held with the collaboration of IPG Kent and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) was officiated by the Honourable Datuk Seri Panglima Wilfred Madius Tangau on 27 Mac 2018.
SIDMA delegates headed by Ms Era De Sunrise Simon felt honoured to have represented SIDMA College in the significant event whereby she was given the privilege to present a paper based on her earlier research entitled “Morphological Influences in Vocabulary Acquisition for Non-Native Speakers of Kadazandusun” During her presentation, Ms Era focused on the morphological aspects that influences individual, particularly non-native speakers to acquire the Kadazandusun language.
It’s mid-December 2017 and the SIDMA September 2017 Semester Final Examination will start on 28 December 2017, while UNITAR Sabah Semester October 2017 Final Examination will begin on 2nd January 2018; nevertheless the way to keep the student and staff happy and not too stressful is by being entertained and happy through this busy month by incorporating Christmas celebration into this magical December.