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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Lions, Tigers, and Gerunds. Oh My!
When the 11th-grade classes were set to learn gerunds and infinitives, ETA Emilie Tomas and counterpart Rohana Gultom wanted to find a fun way to get their students engaged and showcase their creativity. Together, they scoured the internet and ended up with an envelope full of fun pictures; including aliens, treasure chests, and tornados. After.. Read More.
Explaining Current Indonesian Political Issues to English-Speakers
For a lesson on opinions, co-teacher Ismi Purnama decided to bring some current issues into the 10th-grade classroom. She and ETA Natasha Anis wanted to encourage students to speak in English about issues that non-Indonesians might be interested in. First, Natasha asked the students if they knew what was currently going on in Indonesia, and.. Read More.
Interactive Classrooms
ETA Blake Lapin spent the first few weeks watching and learning about the teaching styles of his co-teachers. After determining that his activities and ideas would ease students into participating and trying to speak English relevant to the subject material, he began incorporating them into the classroom. During a lesson of “Intention,” Blake and his.. Read More.
English Club: New and Exciting
On Wednesday, September 23, ETA Maria Isabel “Isa” Nieves came to her second English Club meeting prepared to divide the group into two since sixty-one students showed up in the first meeting. This number of students proved to be too much to handle, especially for the ETA to learn the names of each member, which.. Read More.
Kicking Off English Club
English Club started in mid-September at SMA 1 Temanggung. Every Wednesday in the library, ETA Emma Muth and her students meet to practice conversation and have discussions about American and Indonesian culture. This is a great opportunity for students to progress their English skills outside of their weekly English courses. Each meeting has consisted of.. Read More.
Beach Day!
On Sunday, September 15, ETA Lindsay Smith went to the Balekambang beach in Malang, East Java with several teachers at her school. A few students from multimedia classes at SMK Muhammadiyah 7 also came to the beach to help the multimedia teacher make a short film about Lindsay’s experience there. The beach is about an.. Read More.
Identities and Misconceptions
On September 11th, ETA Shannon Pinzon initiated a conversation about identity with the students in her school’s English Club. Students started by writing words on the board that they associated with “American.” Following this, everyone sat in a circle shape and as a group, shared different definitions of “identity.” After some time discussing different examples.. Read More.
Off to a Good Start!
ETA Kush Mansuria and his fantastic co-teachers introduced how to express your intentions and what you will do in the future. Students worked on using the different forms of intention: “will,” “going to,” and “would like to.” First students worked in groups to answer prompts about what they would do in different situations. For example,.. Read More.
