Welcome to the September edition of the Fulbright ETA Monthly Highlights! Already two full months into their grant year, the 2019-20 cohort used the month of September to get familiar with their host communities and surroundings. The following highlights feature stories of ETAs using creative activities in class, leading their first English clubs and taking trips with community members.
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Representation Matters
Finding diverse teaching materials has become a challenge for ETA Ammarah Rehman. Most online materials include European centric people in their examples. This past month Ammarah’s students were learning vocabulary to describe their daily activities. Some of the words include brushing my teeth, take a shower and walk to school. To practice using the vocabulary,.. Read More.
Climbing Mountains
After an English Teachers meeting, ETA Michelle Nguyen’s co-teachers tasked Michelle with taking the lead on encouraging the students at SMKN 2 Salatiga to speak English. For the most part, students find more ease in the written and listening parts of learning English. However, speaking the language does not come as easily. Michelle has managed.. Read More.
A Productive Visit with Joe
ETA Nathan Danielson had a surprise visit from ETA Joe Miller when Joe’s transportation plans were altered due to smoke. Rather than be unproductive, Joe visited Nathan’s school and helped him teach. Joe and Nathan exchanged ideas about what ways the class could be more interesting, as well as compared personal lesson plans. Making the.. Read More.
Sharing Opinions
While waiting for class to begin, ETA Daniel Knoll sat outside the classroom with the students who enjoyed singing and playing “Bohemian Rhapsody” on a guitar with the ETA which gave him an idea. During class, the 11th graders learned how to give and receive opinions in English. One of the last activities in the.. Read More.
Posters and Parades
ETA Shanze “Aisha” Tahir had a wonderful month of September. Her co-teachers, Pak Yoga and Bu Anita, and Aisha worked together to implement a lesson in which students created posters about the stories they had written about their favorite bands, going to getaways in Indonesia, and around the world. These stories and descriptive texts practiced.. Read More.
Bridging the Gaps Between Our Worlds
During September, ETA Sophia Lockwood has been finding little ways to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) in a hectic mid-term season. One of Sophia’s favorite activities has been teaching the students the macarena as a warm-up. A lot more hips and arms are moving at MAN 2 Klaten than ever before. English Club has been.. Read More.
English Club
On Wednesdays and Fridays after school in September, ETA Joseph “Joe” Janik Miller began meeting students after school in the English Club. The English Club serves as one of Joe’s proposed Community Engagement Projects. The Club provides a site for students to share their stories, to exercise their English language skills, and to advance Senator.. Read More.
Bravery in a Board Game
Many students at SMAN 1 Sangatta Utara find speaking to be the biggest challenge when learning English. That is why ETA Lucy Srour made it her mission to help students find the bravery needed to tackle spoken English. The objective of this week’s lesson was to enable the students to use the phrases “I will”.. Read More.
Giving Compliments
ETA Said Haji started September off with great enthusiasm to tackle the new lessons and English club. Said and his co-teacher designed an interactive lesson on giving compliments by first modeling it, followed by a game of cabbage ball. The students were super giddy to play the game, and by design of the game, the.. Read More.
Smile and Nod!
With storm clouds looming overhead ETA Conor Jackman, Mbak Indah and Kevin scoured the overgrown hedges along the highway. They sought a very plain looking but abundant vine known locally as krinyuh, internationally as Siam weeds and scientifically as Chromolaena odorata. Krinyuh is despised by farmers for its rapid growth and death grip that kills.. Read More.
