Creativity in the Classroom
On February 22 in Demak, Central Java, ETA Sarah Wozniak gathered with fellow ETA Sabrina Verleysen and English Language Fellow (ELF) Devon Jancin to host a teaching workshop for the Demak-Jepara area. Teachers from senior high schools filed into the seminar room, chatting and exchanging stories (and laughs) about their classrooms and experiences as English.. Read More.
Finding Her Stride
ETA Emma Barnes’s highlight this month is not one specific event, but rather the feeling of finally being more at ease in the classroom. Since returning from the Mid-Year Enrichment Conference in Jakarta in mid-January, Emma has been working extra hard to make sure her classes always include fun and engaging English activity, usually in.. Read More.
My Little Valentine
It was Thursday, February 14, 2019, Valentine’s Day, ETA Ryan Ulrich had just completed an awkward day at school. Ryan had attempted to make the class that day Valentine’s Day themed. He had planned to have his students make cards and play some fun games but spent most his class time explaining the history of.. Read More.
Lebih Dari Beautiful
On February 20, 2019, ETA Anisha Tyagi held a female empowerment seminar at her school SMKN 6 Semarang. The culmination of months of discussions with Indonesian college students and neighboring ETAs Sarah Wozniak and Sabrina Verleysen, this discussion’s main idea was that women are worth more than their beauty. Inundated with concepts of beauty that.. Read More.
Celebrating WORDS
February was a busy month for ETA Anna Misenti as she and her co-teachers assisted students in preparing for the WORDS competition. Throughout the month Anna was amazed by her students’ progress as they shifted from being intimidated by the task of developing their own creative stories, illustrating their books, and practicing their talents and.. Read More.
Predicting the Future, One Classroom at a Time
ETA Andrew Shifren thought hard this month about how to get the whole school involved in the English storytelling WORDS competition. For his classes, he wrote five stories about Flores in the future. After the students translated his stories with some shocked reactions (A train in Labuan Bajo?? A direct flight to New York from.. Read More.
A Month of Storytelling + Green Initiatives
Month 7 is now behind us and so many things have been in motion for ETA Catherine Krol. MAN 1 Malang hosted their local words competition in February and the students showed tremendous capacity for creativity, creating their own stories related to the future of Indonesia such as the importance of waste management, the dangers.. Read More.
Teacher Bonding
As soon as ETA Riley Heist arrived in Samarinda, it became clear to her that teaching bonding would be a huge part of her experience. This was most evident when she walked into the teachers’ room on the first day to discover that all of the teachers had woken up extra early that day to.. Read More.
Menus of the World
February was a busy month for ETA Neelam Vohra, her co-teachers and her students. One of Neelam’s highlights this month was working with her Kelas X students in the culinary major in creating world menus. Neelam and her co-teachers agreed that this unit in the curriculum was perfect for these students as it very well.. Read More.
Selamat MILAD
In February, ETA Caroline Kim celebrated the 21st birthday of her host school, MAN Model 1 Manado. The community donned on their finest batik, put on their game faces, and exercised their creativity, talents, and skills. Caroline is especially proud of the students who competed in the local WORDS storytelling competition during the school’s celebrations… Read More.
