I. OPENING AND CLOSING
STUATION 1
A ;HeLlow,how are you???
B ;HeLlow,l’m very happy.
What about you???
A ;l’m very happy too Continue reading
Syntax
Syntax is the grammar, structure, or order of the elements in a language statement. (Semantics is the meaning of these elements.) Syntax applies to computer languages as well as to natural languages. Usually, we think of syntax as “word order.” However, syntax is also achieved in some languages such as Latin by inflectional case endings. In computer languages, Continue reading
The situation: In the waiting room of a hotel. A receptionist walking around the waiting room. She looking for a men (the hotel guest) who has sit down on the chair. The man reading a news paper. And then, the receptionist want to know about the men and what news the men reading. Continue reading
Speech about Education
Honorable our teacher, and my beloved brothers and sisters,
First of all let’s say thanks to the Almighty Allah SWT who has given us His mercy and blessing, and also His chance so that we can attend to this place to do our activity. We also do not forget to send our great respect to our prophet Muhammad SAW, the last messenger in this world who told us the truth as our guindance in this life.
My beloved brothers and sisters,
Today I’d like to tell you about Education because we know that education is a very important thing in our life. In this good chance, I’m going to deliver my speech which has title “ Improving The Quality of Education in Indonesia”.
My beloved brothers and sisters,
A country without a well structured educational system is doomed because education is the key to any form of development in a country.Education in Indonesia is primarily the responsibility of the Ministry of National Education of Indonesia. According to the Indonesian Constitution, all citizens must undertake nine years of compulsory education, six years at elementary level and three in junior high school. The constitution also notes that education in Indonesia is divided into two major parts, formal and non-formal.
Since our independence in 1945, our Government has steadily made efforts to improve and expand our education system. Over the years, significant efforts have been made to develop all levels of formal education in Indonesia, from elementary to university education.
The extent to which a nation has achieved success in improving its education is a barometer for measuring its development. Education in Indonesia lags far behind many other countries. The slow progress in the education sector in our country is reflected in the Human Development Index report 2007, which ranked Indonesia number 107 with a score of 0.728. The Human Development Index is an indicator that measures a nation’s quality of life, access to proper education, life expectancy, living standards and the level of literacy.
Education is essential to development. It opens doors to all and helps people to lift themselves out of poverty. It empowers people and is a powerful “equalizer”. The best and only way to produce qualified human resources is the provision of a flawless education system. Then we have to know whay the Quality of Education is.
Quality education encompasses the following aspects:
• Schools that are in good condition, both in physical infrastructure and teaching resources
• A well balanced curriculum that meets the needs of the students and includes many forms of skills training, including technology
• Teacher-based education where the welfare and abilities of the teachers are satisfactory
• Education that is implemented using contextual learning that prepares children for the challenges of the future
Indonesia has made significant developments in education in the last 10 years in terms of quantity. However, in terms of quality, not much advancement has been made. Educational institutions do not have consistent quality across the board. Only institutions that charge high tuition fees can provide high quality teaching and learning systems. As a result, they are able to attract only the upper class students. Less financially viable institutions cannot compete.
To improve the quality of education in Indonesia, the Government is making efforts to:
• Create a national movement for completion of basic education, involving communities, especially parents and community leaders, NGOs, the private and industrial sectors.
• Enhance and strengthen existing essential programmes for increasing school enrolment
• Mobilise resources for maintaining and improving the Basic Education Programme.
• Provide better opportunities for private schools and community-based educational institutions to participate in basic education provision.
• Use alternative education approaches and programmes to reach previously unreached poor and remote communities and improve equity in access to basic education.
This is where the global community can be a part of our efforts. For example, many non-profit organisations from Canada like Mustard Seed Canada have been involved in providing quality education to students in Indonesia by:
• building and running schools for children
• rebuilding schools destroyed by natural disasters
• providing teacher-training facilities for pre-service as well as in-service programs
• fostering student exchange programs and study tours
• launching university partnership programs.
There are also other communities or organisations that offer to cooperate with us, like AMINEF, etc.They serve Student Exchange, Scholarship, and many other programs. Students who have finished their study can be back to their country to build their education.
My beloved brothers and sisters,
That’s all my speech today, I do apologize if I made mistake in my speech. The last words that I can say to you all are : Let’s keep running our works as citizen of this country. Let’s improve our Education.
Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.
RESEARCH AIMS AND RATIONALE FOR THIS STUDY
Reading in a second language is considered to be a meaningful language-learning activity, be it on paper or on screen. Indeed, while attempting overall text comprehension, learners interact with different types of cultural, semantic, and syntactic information that can be processed and possibly Continue reading
STRATEGIES IN LEARNING: SPEAKING, READING, LISTENING and WRITING
In general, students in the learning experience many obstacles, especially in English class that consists of four skills namely speaking, reading, writing and listening. Here will be discussed in the learning strategies that can be used by learners to enhance his performance. This strategy is indirect strategy. Continue reading
How to Teach Speaking
A new teacher who has been observing some of my classes lately as part of her ESL Teacher training asked me this question the other day: “How do I teach speaking?”.
At first I thought it was a joke question, because to me the answer seemed so simple, but when I realized that it was a serious question, I had to stop and think about if for a Continue reading
Somewhere Between
Merle Haggard
Somewhere between your heart and mine
Theres a window that I cant see through
Theres a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you
I love you so much I cant let you go
And sometimes I believe you love me
But somewhere between your heart and mine
Theres a door without any key
Somewhere between your heart and mine
Theres a window that I cant see through
Theres a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you
Somewhere between your heart and mine
Theres a love I cant understand
Its there for a while then it fades like a smile
And Im left in the middle again
Somewhere between your heart and mine
Theres a window that I cant see through
Theres a wall so high it reaches the sky
Somewhere between me and you
A Valentine Love Story
Life was pretty great after thirty years of marriage. We had married young and raised each other. Pete was 49 years old and I was 48. It had been a blessed, loving, happy marriage, raising three children and having two grandchildren already. It took work and compromise, and being in the company of each other came so naturally. There was no strain, no feeling the need to entertain, just living and loving, sometimes struggling with finances or problems, but always coming together with support for each other. Continue reading
Introduction
The teaching of English as a foreign language is now one of the most important subjects in most European primary schools. The implementation of English has brought along the need to establish clear objectives that are different to the ones traditionally assigned to secondary schools. While in secondary schools we still find, in many cases, a teaching based in the formal aspects of the language, i.e. grammar; primary school Continue reading
Building an Understanding
Learning is a process similar to building a house. You aren’t fed the complete picture. Limitations on communication prevent the instantaneous transmission of knowledge. Instead you listen to lectures, read textbooks and take painstaking notes to try and comprehend a subject. Continue reading
Teaching English to the Indonesian students is not as difficult as most people imagine. There is a strong belief that almost every one can do it. The experience has clearly indicated that the ideas of “Contrastive Analysis” play a very decisive role and contribute very much to the successful of doing this Continue reading
Types of Speaking
Speaking Confidently
Informal Conversation
Interviews
In the Work Place
Beauty Pageants
General Speaking Skills
Pantomime Script
Teachers
Giving a Speech
Extemporaneous Speaking Continue reading
Text types is generalized in two kinds; fiction and no-fiction. Fiction will be close relating to literature while non-fiction is deal more in technical usage of daily life.
Browsing over the Internet, I find a very useful source to learn text types in non-fiction summary. They are: Continue reading
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