I Gede Budiasa  was born on November 21`^st  1956 at Bungkulan  Buleleng and is a B.A.  Graduate , an S-1(Drs.) graduate of English Department, Faculty. of Letters, Udayana University (1980, 1982), a Graduate Dip. TEFL in the University of Sydney, N.S.W. Australia (1988) and an M.A. graduate of E.L.S., Faculty of Postgraduate, Hasanuddin University, Ujung Pandang (1991). He was then appointed as state Lecturer since March 1^st 1983. in the Faculty of Letters, Udayana University and is  currently Lektor Kepala  550 , Pembina Tk. I, IV/B.   At the moment he is  in charge of teaching English Grammar and Phonetics & Phonemics  as well as English Micro Skills : Listening and Writing. His  main research interests include Grammar, Phonology and Language Use in particular English, Indonesian and Balinese.