JETA Study Visit to Mountainview International School

Last Tuesday, 28 September 2010, JETA visited Mountainview International Christian School Salatiga. There were 32 teachers from various of SMA at Jepara joined this activity. It was very great experience, we were accepted beyond our imagination. We didn't think that we would get such a great experience.
JETA left for Salatiga at 5.30 in the morning. Actually we planned to depart at 5 o'clock, but the bus came late. We arrived at Mountainview at 8.30. Ibu Maria Teguh, the public relation of Mountainview, had already waited for us.
On the first agenda, we were allowed to observe teaching and learning process at the classroom. We were divide into groups of five,and we were allowed to join the class, but during observation, they were not allowed to disturb even make a phone call and SMS.
On the second agenda, we had a chance to discuss with the principle of Mountainview, Ibu Lisa Richardson, at a very nice and luxuary auditorium. The principle presented a series power point of mountainview followed by questionand answer. We were discussing on everything at mountainview including curriculum, intra and extra activity, shool board and more.
The last, we were given opportunity to  interact with students. Actually it was bahasa Indonesia lesson, ibu Maria ask the students to talk to us. We were having chat at a beautiful hall. Students of Mountainview were very nice. They shown us the environment surrounding Mountainview. They brought us to gym, soccer field and salak field.
Many thanks to Mountainview. We hope that our visit will create relationship between Indonesia and the countries of Mountainview students.
Here are some picture of our visit.

Mountainview students and Jepara English Teachers

 Bu Narti and her new friends

 Bu Widi and her new friends

Nice discussion at auditorium

Interaction with students

Terimakasih dan sampai jumpa Mountainview

57th TEFLIN International Conference

Call for Presentations
57th TEFLIN International Conference
“Revitalizing professionalism in ELT as a response to the globalized world”
English Education Department
Faculty of Language and Arts Education
and the Language Center
Indonesia University of Education (UPI)
Bandung, 1-3 November 2010

The 57th TEFLIN International Conference Committee invites presentation proposals for its 57th conference to be held in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on November 1-3, 2010. The official language for the conference, including presentations and submissions, is English.

Content Areas
The conference includes discussions on the following ELT-related areas:

1) Teacher professional development and quality assurance

2) Curriculum, syllabus, and material development

3) Assessment and evaluation

4) Current classroom practices

5) The utilization of ICT

6) Culture, literature, and linguistics

Document Submission Requirements

The deadline for submission of presentation proposals is August 14, 2010. Proposals to be considered for presentation should preferably be short research-based papers, of 750-1,000 words (excluding references), covering the background of the study, in which theoretical bases are included, methodology, findings and conclusions. Non-research papers (argumentative, persuasive, narrative, and descriptive) are also acceptable.

The title should be given at the top of the first page, along with the name of the presenter(s) and their affiliation below the title on the right. Biographical data should not exceed 100 words and should be written on a separate page in the third person. Thirty minutes are allotted for a research paper presentation (including question and answer session), and sixty minutes for a workshop or colloquium. Accepted short papers will be announced on August 31 2010. Participants whose short papers are accepted should submit complete papers not later than 30 September 2010. Complete papers should be of approximately 5000 words, font size 11, Times New Roman, single spaced, with a top and left margin 1.2 inch, bottom and right margin 1 inch, and written in Letters (8,5 x 11 inch) with an abstract with key words and references following APA format. Send short papers and biographical data to:

fazrinuryusuf@gmail.com

Language Center, Indonesia University of Education (UPI)

Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia

Tel: +62-22-2000022   Fax:+62-22-2000022.

Plenary Speakers

We are pleased to announce that our Conference plenary speakers are internationally renowned scholars, who will present their views on emerging issues in TEFL, especially in international contexts.

Didi Suherdi, Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia

Emi Emilia, Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia

Joseph Foley, Assumption University, Thailand

Khalil Motallebzadeh, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Lubna Alsagoff, National Institute of Education, Singapore

Mark Algren, TESOL Past President, USA

Roger Williams Palmer, Konan University, Japan

Tim Murphey, Kanda University, Japan

Willy Ardian Renandya, National Institute of Education, Singapore

Note: We might add other speakers to the list.

Concurrent Session Presenters

In twenty concurrent sessions, as many as 160 presenters are expected to share their ideas and the results of their research in 30 minutes. Presenters from Indonesia are encouraged to submit the research papers of their presentations to such international journals as ASIA TEFL Journals, ESL Asia Journals, The New English Teachers, Hong Kong Journal of Language Teaching, RELC Journal, and to TEFLIN Journal, the Association’s refereed scholarly journal.

Fees

A registration fee of Rp 825.000 (US$ 83) will be charged for registration made no later than Oct. 7, 2010. Registration fee paid after Oct. 7, 2010 and no later than Oct. 23, 2010 will be charged at Rp 875.000 (US$ 90). The fee covers two lunches, five coffee breaks, annual TEFLIN membership (for Indonesian participants), two volumes of TEFLIN Journals, and seminar kits. Please send the Conference pre-registration form to the following address: Fazri Nur Yusuf (fazrinuryusuf@gmail.com) and cc to Aam Aminah (aam@upi.edu)

Registration fee shall be transferred to:

Aam Aminah Yahya

BNI Cabang UPI Bandung

Account number: 0193763812

Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia

Tel: +62-22-2000022

Send the copy of payment slip to: +62-22-2000022 (fax) or to: aam@upi.edu (email)

Accommodations

Special hotel room rates are available to participants of the TEFLIN Conference if registration and reservations are made NO LATER THAN October 7, 2010. When contacting any of the following hotels, indicate that you will be attending the 57th International Conference. You may ask the hotel receptionist to help find a roommate for you in order to share the cost of a room. The discounted rates are indicated below:

Isola Resort & Dormitory UPI (walking distance), on the Campus of Indonesia University of Education, Twin or Double Bedroom from Rp. 375.000 to Rp 425.000 per night, Phone: +62 22 200197

Hotel Ponty (walking distance), Phone: +62 22 2018788 , 2011879, Fax: +62 22 2007744, from Rp. 121.000,- to Rp. 660.000 per night.

Hotel Setiabudhi Indah (walking distance), Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 226, from Rp. 234.000,- to Rp.390.000 per night,

Banana Inn (±250 meters), Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi No. 191, from Rp. 912.000 to Rp. 1.968.000 per night, Phone: +62 22 2005479  Fax: +62 22 2005489.

Grand Setiabudhi Apartment, Jl. Setiabudhi 130 Bandung (±1km), from Rp. 425.000 -900.000, Phone 62 888 20 400 25 (Benyamin), +62 852 20 929 090 (San San), +62 813 22 218 343 (Wulan).

G.H. Universal Hotel Bandung, Jl. Setiabudhi 130 Bandung (± 1 km), from Rp. 970.000 – 13.500.000, Phone: +62 22 2010388 Fax : +62 22 2014525

MQ Guest House (±200 m), Jl. Gegerkalong Girang No 24 Bandung, Rp. 400.000 – 990.000, Phone: +62 22 200-5105 , Fax: +62 22 200 8045.

Additional Information

Reception. All speakers, presenters, TEFLIN boards, and participants are invited to attend the Tuesday evening reception, to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Nov. 2, free of charge. In addition to an elegant dinner, the reception will feature traditional Indonesian music and dance performances. Please come and meet our distinguished speakers, presenters, founding members, university management, and make new friends.

Getting to Bandung. The Conference will be held in the city of Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It is located in the southeastern part of Jakarta. Direct flights are available from Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. From Jakarta International Airport to Bandung, bus or mini bus shuttle services are available, and take around 3-4 hours.

Getting to the Conference Site. If you stay around Jl. Setiabudhi, a taxi is a convenient option. However, some hotels provide shuttle services from the hotels to the conference site.

For more information, please visit:

http://inggris.upi.edu

http://teflin-indonesia.org

Online form can be retrieved from:

http://balaibahasa.upi.edu/teflin/

Whole Brain Teaching / Power Teaching

Introduction to Whole Brain Teaching/Power Teaching

Birth of Power Teaching

Power Teaching / Whole Brain Teaching was created in 1999 by Chris Biffle, a college philosophy professor, Jay Vanderfin (kindergarten) and Chris Rekstad (4th grade) in the small Southern California town of Yucaipa. This method is a radical new teaching system based on three principles: the system should be brain based, fun and free and may be used on students in kindergarten through college.

The main components of Power Teaching include classroom management and teaching method

The basic classroom management include:

Class-Yes
Five classroom rules
Micro Lecture (Teach-Okay and Switch-Okay)
Scoreboard
Gestures (Hands and eye, Mirror)

Class-Yes
Objective: To get the attention of the class.

Micro-Lecture
Objective: To teach and maintain the attention of your students.

Teach-Okay
Objective: To give students the opportunity to learn something and teach it to a peer. This will hopefully put the information in long-term storage.

Turn to your neighbor…
With enthusiasm, teach your neighbor the first three aspects of Power Teaching
Class-Yes
Micro-Lecture
Teach-Okay

Scoreboard
Objective:
Support positive behaviors and correct unwanted behaviors in a safe, non-threatening manner.

Gestures
Objectives:
Students link gestures and actions with class material to help them remember with greater ease.
It also provides students who need to wiggle with appropriate and educational movements.


more on whole brain teaching, please visit the website

Video Lesson Study oleh Guru Pemandu Bahasa Inggris SMA provinsi Jawa Tengah

For articles on lesson study click here and here
For more videos on Lesson study by guru pemandu, click link below.
video 1
video 2
video 3
video 4
video 5

The last meeting with Kerry Persen

On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, MGMP Bahasa Inggris jepara held the meeting at SMA Islam Jepara. This meeting was very special because it was the last meeting with Kerry Persen, ETA at SMAN 1 Jepara for year 2009-2010.
On the first agenda, the leader of MGMP introduced a teaching system called Whole Brain teaching. MGMP Leader also showed video of Power Teaching / Whole Brain Teaching. On the last, MGMP leader practiced how to teach using Whole Brain Teaching.

On her presentation, Kerry Persen described some mistake that often made by students in Indonesia. She showed her finding during 9 months in Jepara. Here are the example of mistake made by students.

	Incorrect/Mistake:	Correct Example:	Correct Example Sentence:
TIME	Three past half	Half past three (3:30)	At half past three, I go home after extra lesson.
	22nd April 2008	April 22nd 2008	I celebrated my sister’s first birthday on April 22nd 2008.
	5 minutes again, 5 minutes more, or two weeks more/again	In 5 minutes	We will arrive at the airport in 5 minutes.  In two weeks, Kerry will leave.
	Until now, we have not…	We still haven’t (or have not)	We still haven’t received the letter from UNDIP.

For more presentation files   from Kerry Persen, Click here  for doc file and here presentation file. And here for Whole Brain Teaching presentation.

PENGAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS BERWAWASAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN

Pendidikan kewirausahaan merupakan salah satu isu terkini yang berkaitan dengan pendidikan selain isu mengenai green school dan pendidikan budi pekerti (pendidikan karakter bangsa). Sebenarnya pendidikan kewirausahaan sudah tidak asing lagi bagi mahasiswa perguruan tinggi dan siswa sekolah menengah kejuruan. Namun ditingkat sekolah menengah pertama dan sekolah menengah atas kegiatan ini belum dikenal. Sudah ada beberapa institusi sekolah yang telah mencanangkan kewirausahaan sebagai kegiatan tambahan di sekolah mereka.

Sebenarnya materi kewirausahaan dapat dimasukkan kedalam materi pelajaran yang diajarkan di SMP maupun SMA. Dari hasil angket dan wawancara terhadap beberapa guru Bahasa Inggris SMA di Kabupaten Jepara menunjukkan bahwa masih banyak guru Bahasa Inggris yang tidak menyentuh materi kewirausahaan serta belum mengetahui materi dan model pembelajaran Bahasa Ingris berwawasan kewirausahaan.

Melalui pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris yang mengintegrasikan materi berwawasan kewirausahaan, serta mengacu pada karakteristik dan sifat wirausahawan unggul, diharapkan siswa akan termotifasi untuk menjadi wirausahawan yang tangguh pada saatnya nanti.

Workshop “Activities For Teaching Speaking” with Stephanie Hanson

On tuesday, February 2nd 2010, MGMP Bahasa Inggris SMA Kabupaten Jepara held a workshop “Activities For Teaching Speaking” with Stephanie Hanson, English Language Fellow from UNDIP at SMA 

Masehi Jepara. This workshop was attended more than 30 English teachers and also attended by Kerry Persen (ETA at SMAN 1 Jepara) and Erika ( teacher at SMA Masehi Jepara). These are the pictures of the activity

ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING SPEAKING

TABOO

What is it?           Vocabulary game. Students pair up. One student is the describer – s/he gets the vocabulary cards. The other students is the guesser. The describer picks a card and describes or defines it until the guesser says the word on the card. Pairs try to complete ad many cards as possible in a time limit.

How can you use it?      
·         To review vocabulary already studied
·         To introduce new vocabulary and see what students already know
·         To practice synonyms, definitions, descriptions.

FIND THE DIFFERENCE

What is it?           Information gap where two students have nearly identical pictures. They must ask and answer questions to find the differences between their two pictures (without looking at each other’s picture!). search Google images for “find the difference” and you can print many examples.

How can you use it?
·         Asking questions
·         Answering questions
·         Giving descriptions
·         Communicating repair (solving misunderstanding)

ROLE PLAYS
How can you use it?

STORIES
How can you use it?

PICTURES
How can you use it?

PAIR SHARE

What is it?           Pairs of students brainstorm a topic, answer a question, discuss an issue, compare answer, ect.
How can you use it?      
·         Warm up activity
·         To help shy students get more comfortable speaking
·         First step to a group discussion

JIGSAW

What is it?           Communicative group activity where each group becomes an “expert” on an article, topic, issue, argument, etc. Next, form new groups with one “expert” from each topic. The experts have to teach/explain their information to the new group members.
How can you use it?
·         Students teach one other
·         Every student has to speak to give information to group members
·         Every students has to listen to get missing information from group member


Stephanie Hanson
S_L_Hanson@yahoo.com
English Language Fellow
Universitas Diponegoro

NUPTK Guru Jepara

NUPTK (Nomor Unik Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan untuk daerah kabupaten Jepara dapat didownload dari link ini dan ini

Versi lengkap untuk seluruh jawa tengah dapat di  download dari situs LPMP Jawa Tengah

Untuk mengetahui rekapitulasi kebutuhan guru di Jawa tengah klik sini

Contoh RPP berbasis strategi Presentation-Practice-production by Agus Wuryanto

Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran

Mata Pelajaran :B.Inggris
Kelas/Semester : X /2
Pertemuan ke : 17
Alokasi Waktu : 2 x 45 menit

1. Standar Kompetensi

1. Mengungkapkan makna dalam teks tulis fungsional pendek dan teks monolog/esei tulis sederhana secara akurat, lancar, dan berterima berbentuk narrative, descriptive dan news item dalam konteks kehidupan sehari-hari dan mengakses ilmu pengetahuan populer.

2. Kompetensi Dasar
1. Mengungkapkan makna dan langkah-langkah retorika secar akurat, lancar dan berterimamenggunakan ragam bahasa tulis dalam teks berbentuk descriptive

3.Tujuan Pembelajaran
• Siswa dapat menulis teks berbentuk descriptive dengan akurat, lancer dan berterima

4.Indikator
1. Mengidentifikasi langkah-langkah retorika dalam teks descriptive
( identification, descriptions)
2. Menyusun kalimat menggunakan pola present tense
3. Menyusun kalimat menggunakan adjective
4. Menulis teks berbentuk descriptive

5. Aspek/Skill : Writing

6. Alokasi Waktu : 2 x 45 menit

7. Materi Pokok : Teks descriptive

Contoh Teks
Borobudur Temple

Borobudur temple is one of the most beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is located in central Java. Borobudur temple is one of the seven wonders of the world which needs to be preserved its circumstances. The people all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the greatest art works that ever known since long times ago.
Borobudur temple was built by Syailendra Dynasty during the eight century. It needed more than two millions river stones. It is the biggest temple in the world.
After going into some restorations, Borobudur is visited by more and more tourists, both domestic and foreign tourists. Most of them admire Borobudur temple because of its beauty, its elegance, and the story of the relief on its wall.
Domestic tourists usually go there by bus or private cars, while foreign tourists like to join travel bureau because they don’t need to think of the transportation, accommodation, and itinerary. There are some money changers around the location. It makes easier to change their money. But some of them like to bring credit cards and checks.

8. METODE PEMBELAJARAN : Presentation, Practice, Production

9. KEGIATAN PEMBELAJARAN

Pendahuluan
1. menyiapkan bahan dan alat pembelajaran
2. Memberikan salam kepada siswa
3. Memeriksa kehadiran siswa ( mengabsen, menanyakan siapa yang tidak hadir, dst)
4. Melakukan appersepsi
Guru menanyakan beberapa pertanyaan yang bisa membuat siswa termotivasi untuk memasuki topik yang dipelajari

If you are asked by someone about, someone else, somethings, orparticular place, what should you do then?

We describe her, him or it ( jawaban yang diharapkan oleh guru)

10. LANGKAH-LANGKAH PEMBELAJARAN

A. Presentation
1. Guru menunjukkan gambar salah satu obyek wisata kemudian siswa diminta mnebak dan memberikan komentar

2. Guru mempresentasikan model teks berbentuk descriptive dengan semua unsur-unsurnya ( social function, text structure, language features)

Title Borobudur Temple
Indentification Borobudur temple is one of the most beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia. It is located in Central Java. The Borobudur temple is one of the seven wonders of the world which needs to be preserved its circumstances. The people all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the greatest art works that ever known since long times ago.

Description Borobudur temple was built by Syailendra Dynasty during the eight century. It needed more than two millions river stones. It is the biggest temple in the world.

Description After going into some restorations, Borobudur is visited by more and more tourists, both domestic and foreign tourists. Most of them admire Borobudur temple because of its beauty, its elegance, and the story of the relief on its wall.

Description Domestic tourists usually go there by bus or private cars, while foreign tourists like to join travel bureau because they don’t need to think of the transportation, accommodation, and itinerary. There are some money changers around the location. It makes easier to change their money. But some of them like to bring credit cards and checks.

Taken from : Genre of text, English department of UNES 2005

3. Guru juga menunjukkan model teks deskritif yang lain, sambil menjelaskan unsur-unsur kebahasaan penting

Social Function To describe a particular person or thing ( animal , thing or place)
Text Organization/generic Structure o Identification
Mention the name, occupation, profession, career ( for describing person)

o Descriptions
Describe the physical features, the way she/he dresses, and his or her performance/attitude)

Language Features o The use of adjectives and compound adjectives
Example : 1. Borobudur Temple is one of the most beautiful tourist resorts in Indonesia
2. She has long black and attractive hair

o The use of linking verbs
Borobudur temple is one of the seven wonders of the world

o The use of simple present
The people all over the world know that Borobudur is one of the greatest art works

B. Practice
1. Siswa secara berkelompok 2-3 orang mempromosikan seorang temannya yang akan diusulkan menjadi pengurus OSIS, dengan mendiskripsikan kondisi 3 orang calon tersebut.

2. Guru membimbing siswa yang sedang mendiskusikan untuk membuat teks diskriptif

Task 1

Work in group of 2 – 3 students, to make a campaign flyer one your friend who will be nominated to be the chief of Internal School Organization (OSIS)
The following example which can help you .

Susan is a very popular girl among her classmates. She has an easy going personality and she is friendly and understanding. Although she has a lot of ideas and opinions of her oen, she always listens to the other people’s point of view and never tries to force her opinion on the other people.

Task 2
Report your work by writing on the white board ( one your discussion members)

C. Production

Task 1
Guru menyuruh siswa secara iondividu memilih gambar orang, barang atau tempat tertentu yang telah merka kenal untuk didiskripsikan dalam bentuk tulisan teks berbentuk descriptive.

Task 2
Guru mengumpulkan pekerjaan siswa

11. KEGIATAN PENUTUP
Sebelum mengakhiri pembelajaran guru:
1. Memberikan penguatan materi yang baru saja dibahas
2. Menanyakan kesulitan yang masih dihadapi oleh siswa
3. Menyimpulkan bersama-bersama dengan siswa materi ayng telah dibahas
4. Menutup kegiatan

12. SUMBER / ALAT DAN BAHAN PEMBELAJARAN
1. Look Ahead, English Course X
2. English For better Life
3. Gambar Obyek Wisata

13. PENILAIAN
a. teknik Penilaian : Writing
b. Bentuk Penilaian : Uraian
c. Alat penilaian/Soal : Write down a descriptive text by taking data from table on Practice
d. Skor Penilaian

No Uraian Skor
1 Isi benar, tata bahasa benar 10
2 Isi benar, tata bahasa kurang benar 8
3 Isi dan tata bahasa kurang benar 5
4 Tidak menjawab 0

Mengetahui

Kepala Sekolah Guru Mata Pelajaran


Thanks to Agus Wuryanto

Mantan Guru Pemandu Bahasa Inggris SMA Kab Karanganyar