Grateful at English Club!
During English Club on 5 November, students at SMA Negeri 2 Demak had a few special guests! ETA Tessa Sontheimer and co-teacher Bu Dian welcomed Maddie Taylor, an ETA from Malaysia, as well as Bu Astrid and Arshelle from AMINEF. English Club was focused on gratitude and how to express your gratitude for other people… Read More.
Jam Gadang!
Bukittinggi is known for being a popular tourist destination. This past month, ETA Ammarah Rehman and her English co-teacher Pak Hans decided to take their students on a field trip to one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bukittinggi, Jam Gadang. The tenth graders at MAN 2 Bukittinggi are learning about tourist locations. Therefore, ETA.. Read More.
OSIS Competition
On October 24, SMA Negeri 2 Bukittinggi hosted a series of competitions. The events included: debate, speech, Japanese language, student films, anime drawing and many more. They also had food vendors and a stall where people could try on Japanese Yukata. ETA Jillian Castoro was honored to be a judge in the English Speech competition… Read More.
Cross-Cultural Halloween Celebration!
ETA Natasha Anis was so excited when she started getting questions from her community about Halloween in October. Halloween was always one of her favorite holidays back in the US, and she still had lots of candy to pass out to students! Wanting the celebration to reach as many students as possible, across both Campus.. Read More.
BLESS-ed to Celebrate Bulan Bahasa
Each year, SMAN 1 Temanggung holds a language competition called BLESS. Students spend months preparing their class and individual performances for the storytelling, karaoke, musical performance, drama, and speech categories. English isn’t the only language celebrated during this competition—Indonesian, German, and Japanese classes also participate! This year, ETA Emma Muth had the opportunity to judge.. Read More.
Telephone, Telephone!
Over the past few weeks, students at SMK Muhammadiyah 7 in Gondanglegi, East Java, have been focusing on the differences between direct and reported speech. When students have English class first thing in the morning, like X MM 1 (pictured), they typically are still easing into their day and find it difficult to get motivated.. Read More.
“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.
