Read On! Students at SMAN10 Create an English Section in the New Library!
After a restful and fun break of eating, traveling, and seeing family, students and ETA Natasha Anis returned to SMAN 10 recharged and ready to take on the new semester! She was thrilled when, her first week back at her site, a box full of new books from Darian Book Aid showed up at the.. Read More.
Cause and Effect in Emma’s Classroom
January meant returning to the classroom for ETA Emma Muth at SMAN 1 Temanggung. After a productive Mid-Year Conference, Emma and her co-teacher, Bu Suko, were ready to get back to work planning interesting and productive lessons for their 11th graders. The first order of business was cause and effect. Emma and Bu Suko’s lesson.. Read More.
Life is a Fairytale
A new year and new semester greeted ETA Gabriel “Gabe” Umland upon his return to SMAN 1 Cerme after the Mid-Year Enrichment Conference in Jakarta. Gabe and his co-teacher, Bu Nurul, came back from MYEC a stronger team than ever and set out to make their final semester together their best one yet. Lessons in.. Read More.
End of the semester survey, celebrations, & thank yous!
During the week of December 16, exams were finishing and end of the semester reports were being submitted by teachers at SMAN 2 Demak. ETA Tessa Sontheimer was surprised by a gift from SMAN 2 Demak student Aura Silvyana on December 17 which was a key chain and mirror with a photo from the English class… Read More.
Global Challenge Festival
On Saturday, December 8, 2019, ETA Maria Isabel “Isa” Nieves Bosch attended Global Challenge Festival, an event organized by Sebelas Maret University to inform and motivate students to study abroad. Isa was invited as a guest speaker and she shared her experience studying abroad in Europe, going to college in the United States, and the challenges of.. Read More.
Umrah Sendoff
At SMAN 1 Demak there were the end of semester events for teachers and students in December. The students finished taking their finals, and most teachers were done grading. On Monday, December 16, the teachers and ETA Madison “Maddy” Mele left school during the break to visit two teacher’s homes to send them off on their.. Read More.
A Different Indonesia
One of the draws to Indonesia for ETA Nathan “Nate” Kumar was the diversity of the country. So, while students at his school were finishing up exams, Nate had the opportunity to travel to various regions within Indonesia. Between December 3 – 6 Nate was able to visit Tana Toraja in the South Sulawesi Province. In.. Read More.
Christmas Wrap-Up!
There were a few things left to do at the school library and with the English Club before the start of festive celebrations. ETA Angela Zhu decided to continue the library English wall after International Education Week and posted the works of students. This month, facts about Día de los Muertos in both English and.. Read More.
Mie Bakso
This month, ETA Jillian Castoro’s monthly highlight was eating mie bakso with her students. Mie bakso is a traditional Indonesian dish. It features a soup containing noodles, fish meatballs and sometimes vegetables. While at the restaurant, the students practiced English while Jillian practiced her Bahasa Minang. They told Jillian about how mie bakso is one of the.. Read More.
December Interviews
During the month of December ETA Said Haji was asked to be interviewed by a few students from the English department of Lambung Mangkurat University. The students approached Said through a simple Instagram direct message, and from there they met up at a local cafe to conduct the interview Topics ranged from politics in Indonesia, education,.. Read More.
