Check this out !
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
These 10 Useful Foreign Languages Learned
The ability to learn the most basic is a matter of habit formed by a bit of discipline and self-awareness.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Learning a foreign language is now a distinct trend in Indonesia. Not
enough to master the English language, many people, from children to
adults begin to equip themselves with other foreign languages.
For those of you who are still confused to find a foreign language what could be an option to be studied, then see the results of a survey conducted by the CBI Education & Skills Survey 2012 related useful language to learn.
Here are 10 languages that should be selected:
1. Germany. In the first place, of course there are German. This language is very important because the number of students and students who choose to study in this country. In addition to tuition fees are cheap, the atmosphere of some cities in Germany is quite supportive. Not only that, the state also offers many scholarships and internship opportunities for students from outside Germany so that German language skills would be paramount.
2. French. For a language that is no question about it, many people are now choosing French as a foreign language other than English shall be controlled. Language is always referred to as the most romantic language in the world is very important to learn as to continue his studies in the country, French language skills possessed must have a qualified level, even if possible, is equivalent to a native speaker.
3. Spanish. Language that one is of course quite popular on the continent and in the blue Uncle Sam. In fact, not a few universities in Europe and America include the Spanish language proficiency entry requirements. Do not just be, prospective students must pocketed Spanish language proficiency certification that is internationally recognized DELE.
4. Mandarin. The official language used by the majority of China's mainland has become one of the important languages to learn. Not only in Indonesia, almost all over the world the official language of the country that have the greatest people in the world with an economy that is moving dynamically learned by children at an early age. Usually, for a particular school does not only teach English but also equip it with Mandarin.
5. Polish. Sure unimaginable to learn this language. However, as one of the countries that joined the European Union, the Polish language from a language worth learning. The reason, more and more foreign students are now coming to the country to study this.
6. Arabic. No one denies the importance of learning Arabic, especially for the people of Indonesia. Not just useful to deepen the science of religion, Arabic language also serves as a communication tool for trade and economic development. In addition, the language is also very helpful for people who come to perform the pilgrimage or Umrah. Because often a misunderstanding due to language acquisition potluck.
7. Cantonese. Generally, the language is often used in Hong Kong. But Cantonese speaking people spread in different parts of the world and now there are about 70 million tercata native language. This language certainly be one of the essential language to learn because many people from everywhere including Indonesia visit to Hong Kong to spend the holidays and shopping. Not even a few who choose to study in this country.
8. Russian. Who would have thought if the language looks complicated with its cyrillic fonts has become one of the languages that should be studied in this modern era. Although there are still many people who do not have the courage to touch a country that is a fraction of the Soviet Union, the economic life has evolved and become one of the rapidly growing exporters. Not only that, in terms of education this country has also begun to target students who want to take a master's degree or doctorate.
9. Japanese language. It is no secret that, the Japanese managed to attract the attention of people in the world, including Indonesia through the bombardment of Japanese culture both Japanese singer, Japanese comics dressed up trend. Of course not content with dressing trends and know the culture alone, Japanese was later to be one of the many popular languages and studied. Regardless of the trend and culture, Japanese language is considered important because trade and research in Asia held by sakura country so as to communicate with the community would be able to learn Japanese.
10. Portuguese. Portuguese language which is used not only in Portugal but also parts of Latin America began ogled. This of course relates to one of the Latin American countries, namely Brazil, which will host a grand celebration of the World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympics in 2016. Not only that, Brazil is also one of the countries that fall into six major economy in the world.
For those of you who are still confused to find a foreign language what could be an option to be studied, then see the results of a survey conducted by the CBI Education & Skills Survey 2012 related useful language to learn.
Here are 10 languages that should be selected:
1. Germany. In the first place, of course there are German. This language is very important because the number of students and students who choose to study in this country. In addition to tuition fees are cheap, the atmosphere of some cities in Germany is quite supportive. Not only that, the state also offers many scholarships and internship opportunities for students from outside Germany so that German language skills would be paramount.
2. French. For a language that is no question about it, many people are now choosing French as a foreign language other than English shall be controlled. Language is always referred to as the most romantic language in the world is very important to learn as to continue his studies in the country, French language skills possessed must have a qualified level, even if possible, is equivalent to a native speaker.
3. Spanish. Language that one is of course quite popular on the continent and in the blue Uncle Sam. In fact, not a few universities in Europe and America include the Spanish language proficiency entry requirements. Do not just be, prospective students must pocketed Spanish language proficiency certification that is internationally recognized DELE.
4. Mandarin. The official language used by the majority of China's mainland has become one of the important languages to learn. Not only in Indonesia, almost all over the world the official language of the country that have the greatest people in the world with an economy that is moving dynamically learned by children at an early age. Usually, for a particular school does not only teach English but also equip it with Mandarin.
5. Polish. Sure unimaginable to learn this language. However, as one of the countries that joined the European Union, the Polish language from a language worth learning. The reason, more and more foreign students are now coming to the country to study this.
6. Arabic. No one denies the importance of learning Arabic, especially for the people of Indonesia. Not just useful to deepen the science of religion, Arabic language also serves as a communication tool for trade and economic development. In addition, the language is also very helpful for people who come to perform the pilgrimage or Umrah. Because often a misunderstanding due to language acquisition potluck.
7. Cantonese. Generally, the language is often used in Hong Kong. But Cantonese speaking people spread in different parts of the world and now there are about 70 million tercata native language. This language certainly be one of the essential language to learn because many people from everywhere including Indonesia visit to Hong Kong to spend the holidays and shopping. Not even a few who choose to study in this country.
8. Russian. Who would have thought if the language looks complicated with its cyrillic fonts has become one of the languages that should be studied in this modern era. Although there are still many people who do not have the courage to touch a country that is a fraction of the Soviet Union, the economic life has evolved and become one of the rapidly growing exporters. Not only that, in terms of education this country has also begun to target students who want to take a master's degree or doctorate.
9. Japanese language. It is no secret that, the Japanese managed to attract the attention of people in the world, including Indonesia through the bombardment of Japanese culture both Japanese singer, Japanese comics dressed up trend. Of course not content with dressing trends and know the culture alone, Japanese was later to be one of the many popular languages and studied. Regardless of the trend and culture, Japanese language is considered important because trade and research in Asia held by sakura country so as to communicate with the community would be able to learn Japanese.
10. Portuguese. Portuguese language which is used not only in Portugal but also parts of Latin America began ogled. This of course relates to one of the Latin American countries, namely Brazil, which will host a grand celebration of the World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympics in 2016. Not only that, Brazil is also one of the countries that fall into six major economy in the world.
Effective Ways to Maintain "Mood" Learning English
Shutterstock
Ilustrasi.
SERPONG, KOMPAS.com - In the initial learning period is usually one full of enthusiasm and motivation. But over time, the spirit will fade and passionate interest in learning the original loss. Well what a great way to maintain interest in learning especially learning English in order to stay alive?
Head of Marketing at Wall Street Institute Indonesia, Grace Chandra, said that to keep the main interest is to build a learning environment and learning process as comfortable as possible. Without the atmosphere, people who are learning will be nervous and bored quickly so that the material taught will not be delivered properly. Therefore, look for the group, a course or a community that is comfortable for you to learn to be consistent.
"Making the learning process as comfortable and easy as possible. Must interactive and not just run in one direction only," said Grace as the sixth branch inauguration Wall Street Institute in Mall Alam Sutera, Serpong, Tuesday (26/02/2013).
Furthermore, try to have fun activities at least once a week. These activities can also be used as a medium to hone and practice what you have dipelajari.Untuk the course, so that this alternative is not continuously learning atmosphere in the classroom.
"For example, there is a social club that is designed so that students are not bored and tired," said Grace.
Format social club also vary. For instance, cooking events, along with renowned chef but the chatter remains to be done in English. Or for example, to make a small film workshop by inviting renowned director but kept its delivery to the English.
"These things are done so that student interest does not fade and their confidence grows," said Grace.
"Most importantly, do not make students burdened with the problem of schedule. Allow them to determine in accordance with the busy schedule," he said.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
The Use of Media in Teaching – Learning Process
Learning is
a process to acquire knowledge. It needs hard work and sometimes will
make students frustrated and get bored, so that they lose their
attention to a lesson. In this case, the use of media in teaching-
learning process is needed to attract students’ attention and to make
teaching- learning activities more interesting and also effective. The
use of media in teaching- learning process is not a new thing. Many
teachers know that media will be helpful. Media give students something
new, but not all of teachers know how to implement it correctly, so
sometimes media disturb learning process instead of helping students in
learning process. This situation causes a problem. The use of media is
questioning whether it really helps teaching- learning activities or
not. Based on that assumption, the writer wants to find out the fact of
the use of media in teaching- learning process, whether media can help
teaching- learning process or not. By reading this article, readers will
get a real experience of the use of media, which can help learning
process. Besides, they will also know some obstacles that may arise from
the use of media, how to overcome them, and detail example of how to
conduct teaching- learning process by using media, especially globe and
map. This article will provide an interview of a teacher’s experience in
implementing media for teaching social studies.
Media are
the means for transferring or delivering messages. Li-Ling Kuo states
that a medium is called the educational medium when the medium transfers
message for teaching (Li-Ling. 1996). He adds that the use of media is
important and it is impossible to coordinate teaching with learning
without using media (Li- Ling.1996). Media are flexible because they can
be used for all level of students and in all subjects. Teaching media
also can encourage students to take more responsibility for and control
over their own learning, engage in joint planning of the syllabus, and
take longer-term perspectives on their own learning (Masterman. 1999). Since media give many advantages, a teacher should consider a medium to be used in teaching- learning process.
Two weeks
ago, I interviewed Ida Yudiarini, S. Pd. who is a teacher in Springfield
International Curriculum School, Semarang. The students of Springfield
International Curriculum always use English as their language to
communicate in school. Ida has been working here for two years as a
class teacher of primary 2. In this class, there are six students and
most of them are seven years old. Ida, who also teaches social studies,
said that she is happy to teach primary 2 class because the students are
very active and smart. They are always interested on every lesson,
including social study, and always give good response. The students have
good motivation to learn. It can be seen from their presence. They
rarely do not come or come late to class. However, Ida said that
teaching children needs more patience. “Sometimes, the students make me
angry, but sometimes they also can make me laugh,” Ida said. Like any
other children who like to play, the students of primary 2 class also do
the same thing, especially when they get bored with the lesson. “When
they are fatigue, in their mind only play and play, while the lesson has
not finished yet,” Ida added. Besides, Ida admitted that getting
students’ motivation would be hard if they are fatigue. In this case,
she usually uses media to attract her students’ motivation back.
“Basically, media are needed in teaching- learning process,” Ida said.
According to her, teachers need to use media in teaching in order to
make teaching- learning process more interesting.
Ida, who
was preparing materials for teaching when I interviewed, defines media
as teachers’ helper tool in conducting the teaching- learning process.
In her opinion, media can be teachers’ best friend in teaching
because they will help teachers to control students’ attention. However,
the teacher has to choose the right media, Ida said. A medium itself
must be meaningful. Similar to Li-Ling, what is meant by meaningful here
is that medium should deliver the purpose of teaching.
Discussing
about media, Ida shared her experience in teaching her students using
media. Ida told me that she usually use media to teach social studies.
“I use pictures from encyclopedia or else, a globe, a map, and internet
to teach social studies,” Ida said. She also explained how the lesson
conducted. First, she gave her students a brief explanation about Asia
in general, such as location, boundaries, regions, weather, crops, etc.
using the map, globe, and pictures of crops. Then, she asked her
students one by one to come in front to point on the location of Asia on
the globe and on the map. “In the third meeting, I
asked the students to make a project,” she explained. She divided the
class into groups of two students. Next, each group will choose a
country in Asia by picking a lottery. Then they had to search the
information about the country from internet, encyclopedia, or newspaper
and then printed it. “I have prepared the internet and the students only
type the name of the country and then all information will be on their
monitor.” Ida added that the students had to find all-important
information including the map, flag, landmark, famous buildings,
mountains, traditions, etc. After all done, the students stick their
findings on the cardboard and decorate. The last, they started the
presentation. They have to tell others about the country and how did
they make the project (what are the sources, etc.) and the problem in
doing the project. “In this part of learning, the use of media is really
helpful. They help me to give clear information to the students.
Besides, they also attract students’ attention,” Ida answered a question
about her reason of using media in teaching social studies.
When
Ida was asked about her students’ responses of the use of media, she
said that the students were very excited to learn about Asia. “I came in
to the class and put the media on my desk. Then you know what did my
students do? They came to my desk because they wanted to know what I
brought. They were so excited! I told them to go back to their seats and
I will explain later,” Ida described how excited her students were.
According to Ida, since a globe and map tell exactly where a place
located, it helps students to have clear description of the real thing.
It makes teaching- learning process became more effective.
By
using media in teaching, students’ improvement can be seen clearly. Ida
said that the learning result is different when she uses media to teach
or not. The use of media leads students to learn by doing. In other
word we can say that in learning by doing process, students improve
themselves from know nothing to know something, from know something to
understand the concept. When students use media in learning then they
will have the experience of learning and directly involve in the
learning process. It makes what they have acquired will be saved in
their long- term memory. As a result, students get good mark on certain
subject and enhance their thinking skill. It is different from the
result of non- media learning that leads students to get good mark and
rarely enhance their thinking skill.
Similar
to other learning processes, learning using media also has obstacles.
Ida as a teacher also experienced it. She said that there were some
obstacles when she taught students using media. The first obstacle was
the letters on the globe, which are too small to be read by the
students. When the students were asked to point on the location on the
globe, they got confused because it was hard for them to read the small
letters on the globe. The next obstacle was students became too interest
to the media. “Once I came to class with a globe, my students were too
excited to the media I brought. In break time, all of them wanted to
touch the globe and then one of my students broke it, so that I could
not use the globe to explain the materials for a week,” Ida explained.
Even though there are a lot of obstacles, Ida said that she could
overcome those obstacle. She overcame those obstacles by changing the
media. She replaced the globe with a map.
The
use of media in teaching- learning process has also several advantages.
Ida mentioned some advantages. She said that media could raise the
students’ interest of the lesson and media is important to lead
students’ attention. The last advantage, which is similar to Masterman’s
opinion, is that media increase students’ responsibility to control
their own learning. In brief, we can say that the use of media in
teaching- learning activity is good.
From the
interview, we can conclude that the use of media really helpful, but it
depends on how teachers implement them. Ida, a teacher of Springfield
International Curriculum School shared her experience of how to
implement the media, especially a globe and map in the proper way. Media
can help teachers to get students’ attention back and to make learning
process more effective. Therefore, the use of media really helps both
teachers and students in teaching- learning process.
References:
Li- Ling KUO, Christine. 1991. The Importance of Educational Media in Teaching. Buletin of Social Education, Volume 20, pp.61-88.
http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/en/bse/9120/9120061.htm
Sunday, February 24, 2013
.jpg)
Today is my birthday. The most special day for me. Almost all of my friends remember it and then pray for me. Especially my best friend @Hidayatur Rahmi. I'm pleasure abt it. Thx for ur praying, guys... ^_^
Actually, I feel unsatisfied in my 19th years old. This year is more bad than past years. I don't know, why. Exactly I feel so sad.
I feel today just like normal days, nothing special. Especially from people who are special. Ya Allah, show me ur surprisin' for me if it is there. I surrender..
I have friend that I consider a close friend. I really upset w/ her. I do not flashback. I remembered, when her birthday. I was so excited and happy to give a surprising for her. But now in my day, remember it may not. And a birthday greeting from her just saying I guess. And there was something behind that greeting. I'm sad. There is no feedback from her to me. Ya Allah .. Gives me a clue, please. If she is a good friend for me, please take her near to me. But if she is not, please take her out from my life ...
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)