Learning about Zam Zam
Towards the end of January, ETA Elena Dietz, her co-teacher Bu Dwi, and about 30 of their students traveled to another student’s home for a reception. Elena was unsure of what kind of celebration was taking place but was excited to come along anyways. After asking many questions and receiving a lengthy explanation, Elena finally.. Read More.
Personal Dictionary Fun!
This month ETA Kelly Richard and her counterpart, Rizky began a personal dictionaries project. Every two weeks or so the students will write ten English words (based on the current unit) in their own uniquely decorated booklets, along with the definition, translation to Indonesian, a picture and a sentence using the word correctly. The students.. Read More.
Social Media in the English Classroom
This month the 10th graders at MAN 1 Kendari learned English with a little help from social media! Students finished their month-long exploration of Recount Text by learning about Biographies, a unique form of Recount Text. To add some excitement to the material, ETA Meghan Cullinan developed a lesson with the theme of Facebook. First,.. Read More.
New Semester and New Activities
ETA Greg Sutton started the new semester in full swing. At the Mid-Year Enrichment Conference in Jakarta in the beginning of January, Greg and his co-teacher Pak Rino had time to design three full lesson plans to teach narrative text, which they implemented successfully after getting back from the conference. The lessons, which included a.. Read More.
Sticker Charts
ETA Sheldon Ruby decided to implement a reward system after being inspired by fellow ETA Meghan Cullinan’s ticket system during the Mid-Year Enrichment Conference in Jakarta. The students at Sisingamangaraja have all been excited about collecting as many stickers as possible so that they can earn candy, and eventually, a certificate for outstanding English class.. Read More.
Energetic Lessons
ETA Kate Morrow and her co-teacher, Ibu Wiwik, started off the semester on a high note with a procedural text lesson. After having a great time at Mid-Year Enrichment Conference, they returned to SMKN 3 Pangkalpinang with a lot of energy and a strong, culturally relevant lesson! While teaching procedural text, they used a mix.. Read More.
Teaching Technique Telephone
ETA Matt Poissant was very inspired by seeing one of his co-teachers, Pak Jamasri, using an interactive English activity in his classroom when teaching about common irregular verbs. Pak Jam had the students move their desks to the side of the room and then form four lines, with one student seated behind the other, in.. Read More.
English Zone
Although it may seem like a small accomplishment, this month ETA Kyra Ghosh created an “English Zone” at her school. She compiled a collection of English poetry, quotes and proverbs written by her students and taped them to the wall to create an “English Zone” near the canteen at her school. The English Zone will.. Read More.
Cake Culture
ETA Sam Chen celebrated his 23rd birthday at site alongside his co-teachers in a way that blended American and Javanese traditions, and resulted in far too many cakes. Leading up to the big day, Sam made note of the fact that his Javanese co-teachers celebrated their birthdays not by accepting gifts and food, but rather.. Read More.
Tutoring My Neighbors
In January ETA Katia Oltmann started giving English lessons to her neighbor’s two children. The lessons started when Katia’s neighbor, who owns a laundry business and who Katia has been paying to do her laundry for the past five months, asked how much lessons cost. She was as happy to find out that lessons were.. Read More.
