“Your face is cute, and I like it.”
The tenth graders at SMAN 2 Sangatta Utara turned on the praises for their lesson on compliments — part of a greater lesson that included congratulations. After learning some of the many ways to give compliments such as, “I like your…“ and “Your _____ is ______,” ETA Janika Berridge and co-teacher Mr. Hasrul led students.. Read More.
Halloween Brings New English Club Members
Anticipation for a Halloween-themed English Club brought the highest amount of students to date. ETA Nathan Danielson explained the history of the holiday from its Celtic roots to All Saint’s Day to the commercial version that many people in the United States celebrate today. Nathan opened the club with the classic short, Donald Duck’s “Trick.. Read More.
Happy Halloween, Teacher Edition
The students are not the only ones eager to learn English at SMA N 1 Sangatta Utara. The teachers also love to practice their English with ETA Lucy Srour. Teachers are eager to speak English with Lucy in the teachers room, so she started an English Teachers Club. This way the teachers also have a.. Read More.
Exciting English Clubs
October is a month filled with ups and downs and previous ETAs have considered this month to be the most challenging during their experience. ETA Kush Mansuria also found October to be a rollercoaster, but with many positive moments for himself and his school. One of Kush’s favorite classroom lessons this month was focused on.. Read More.
Creating Student-Centered Classrooms and Celebrating Courageous Teachers
ETA Joseph “Joe” Janik Miller organized a teacher training on Saturday, October 26 at SMA Negeri 1 Padangsidimpuan. The school hosted English teachers to discuss and practice “Creating Student-Centered Classrooms” with the Regional English Language Office’s English Language Fellow Rosetta Buick. The Head of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the City of Padangsidimpuan.. Read More.
Flickering Flashlight
Halloween was coming up and ETA Angela Zhu had a lot to prepare for her first spooky Halloween in Tana Toraja. Starting with a lesson on basic Halloween vocabulary and figurative language, Angela eventually built up to forming a scary story. The students drew things that scared them as other students guessed the students’ fears… Read More.
Making Announcements
During October, ETA Blake Lapin has been having lots of fun in the classroom. During the second section of Announcement, he and his co-teachers focused on listening activities. The beginning of the lesson allowed students to draw the answers to questions by using a graphic organizer. They were asked to draw an example of public.. Read More.
Tom and Jerry
After a challenging group writing activity, the 10th-grade students of SMAN 1 Seluma were in need of some heart-pumping excitement. Fortunately, ETA Conor Jackman and counterpart Pak Oki had planned the perfect game. At the mention of a game, the students jumped up and pushed the desks aside. The 10th graders stood shoulder-to-shoulder in a.. Read More.
Everyone Gets a Turn
One of the most difficult parts about the Indonesian classroom is navigating the Malu culture–or shyness within the classroom. For ETA Sophia Lockwood and her co-teacher, Bu Endah, there has been a lot of trial and error, but they have found that the students are their most confident while working in small groups. They feel.. Read More.
Despacito
On Wednesday, October 16, ETA Maria Isabel “Isa” Nieves held her fourth English Club meeting. She had been preparing for this meeting for a long time with the help of teachers and her school SMK Negeri 7 Surakarta. The school allowed her to have an English Room in which students could meet up, chill out,.. Read More.
