School Tourism Trip!
ETA Kate Morrow got on a bus with fellow teachers and they were off to accompany the tourism students to Belinyu, a city on the northern part of Bangka Island. As soon as the four buses unloaded, everyone brought out the large containers of rice that they brought with them, sat in circles with groups.. Read More.
Girls Do Indeed Play Soccer
Last month, ETA Sheldon Ruby learned in an English Club meeting that girls at his school were not permitted to join the school soccer team, which inspired him to create a soccer team just for the girls at his school. After hearing teachers and students regularly use the phrase, “Be a boy, answer the question,”.. Read More.
A Happy Kendari Thanksgiving
This month, ETA Meghan Cullinan celebrated one of her favorite holidays, Thanksgiving, in Kendari! Throughout the month she organized activities surrounding the culture of Thanksgiving and one of her own personal values, gratitude. Meghan introduced Thanksgiving to her community by explaining the history of the holiday, tracing back to Christopher Columbus and the Native Americans,.. Read More.
Drama Performance for Hari Guru
In Indonesia, November holds national Hari Guru, or National Teacher’s Day. ETA Nitika Johri got to play a role in her school’s celebration of Hari Guru. As a tradition, the teachers of SMAN 1 Salatiga performed a play, Ande-Ande Lumut. The story is a traditional Javanese story that parallels the story of Cinderella, complete with the.. Read More.
Hunting for Gold in Central Java
During the final week of classes at SMKN 7 Semarang, ETA Sam Chen held the first annual SMKN7 English Olympics in his Grade X classes. Splitting the students into six teams, Sam assigned each group an English-speaking country (England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the U.S.), and gave students time to create their own.. Read More.
English Debate Competition
On November 11th, students at SMKN 4 Malang participated in the first English Debate Competition of the school year, held at the University of Brawijaya in Malang, East Java. The SMKN 4 Malang English Debate Club brought three teams, each team consisting of three students to compete to be the best English debaters in the.. Read More.
Tourism Field Trip
This month, ETA Kelly Richard went on a field trip to Jogjakarta with the tourism students at her school! They left early on a Thursday morning and took a 10-hour bus ride before reaching their final destination. During the ride, students practiced giving “bus tours” of different locations in Java. Kelly enjoyed facilitating and giving constructive.. Read More.
Workshop Buddies
On October 14th, ETA Kelly Richard had the opportunity to conduct a workshop about teaching and assessing speaking skills with her good friend and fellow ETA Elena Dietz. They had been working on the workshop together for weeks through google docs and video calls, so it was very exciting to finally have all of the.. Read More.
Middle School Visit
ETA Greg Sutton visited a local middle school on his free Saturday in nearby Kepanjen in order to give the students spirit, motivation, and fun games to a class of about 60 students. Greg interacted with the students for a bit more than two hours. He introduced games like running dictation and taught them several.. Read More.
Halloween in Flores
ETA Kyra Ghosh has been involved in an after school program recently that provides extra English classes to elementary and middle school students called “ILC” (International Learning Center). She has been involved in several activities with the students, but most recently she and fellow ETA Arshelle Carter planned a Halloween party for the ILC students… Read More.
