Teaching English using Jazz Chants

How to use Jazz Chants in the classroom

You can use these jazz chants in a variety of fun ways. You can practice stress and rhythm with your class, to help your students sound more natural when they speak English. Also, because each jazz chant focuses on different vocabulary and grammar, you can also use them to review important words and structures! Here are some ideas on how to use these jazz chants with your class.

Practice stress and rhythm

Choose a jazz chant you want to use and make one copy of the chant for every pair of students in your class.
Play the recording for the first time just for fun.
Give each student a copy of the recording script, and play the recording again as they listen and read at the same time.
Put students into pairs and have them put a small circle above each word that is stressed. Check their answers, then play the recording again as they listen and check.
Finally, play the recording one more time and have students sing along.

Review vocabulary

Check the vocabulary focus for each jazz chant and choose one you want to review.  Make one copy of the Recording script for every two students in your class.
Write the vocabulary focus on the board and put students into pairs to make a list of as many associated words as they can.
Play the recording and have students note all the words they hear that are associated with the vocabulary focus.
Give each student a copy of the Recording script, and play the recording again as they listen and read at the same time. Tell them to underline all the target words.
Finally, play the recording one more time and have students sing along.

Review grammar

Check the grammar focus for each jazz chant and choose one you want to review.  Make one copy of the Recording script for every two students in your class.
Write the grammar focus on the board and put students into pairs to make a few example sentences using the grammar.
Play the recording and have students note how many times they hear the target grammar.
Give each student a copy of the Recording script, and play the recording again as they listen and read at the same time. Tell them to underline each example of the target grammar.
Finally, play the recording one more time and have students sing along.

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ACTIVITY AS TEACHER TRAINER AT TANJUNG PINANG

From April 2nd - 8th, 2013. Jepara English Teacher had an interesting opportunity to be an English Teacher Trainer at Tanjung Pinang, Kepulauan Riau Province. This is the second opportunity as Teacher Trainer outside Central Java province, after Jepara English Teacher's experience as Teacher Trainer at Pangkal Pinang Bangka Belitung Province in September 22nd, 2012. This time is very special because Jepara English Teacher met many professional and very eager English Teachers.

On this training, Jepara English Teacher shared our knowledge and idea on teaching listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Jepara English Teacher and the participants also discussed on how to create teaching aid (alat bantu pembelajaran) from very conventional and traditional one into IT Based teaching aid.

Jepara English Teacher would like to say his best gratitude to all participants for their cooperation.

Here are the picture of our activity. 

YOGYAKARTA ENGLISH TEACHER ASSOCIATION (JETA) CONFERENCE 2013

Dear Teachers and Lecturers, The 10th National JETA Conference and Workshop is going to be held in Sarjanawiyata Tamansiswa University of Yogyakarta on June 19 & 20. 2013. Please read the leaflet below for more detail. It would be better if you open and print the leaflet. We are waiting for your paper and participation
Hurry up and sign up for the conference.
Check out at JETA Website.

60th TEFLIN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Dear English Teachers. The 60th TEFLIN International Conference is coming this year. It will be held in 27 - 29 August 2013 at Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia. The theme of this conference is Achieving International Standards in Teacher Education.
Hurry up and sign up for the conference.
Check out at TEFLIN Website.

Being a Good Teacher

Some qualities of good teachers:
1-The teacher's voice should be loud and clear enough to be heard easily.
2- He should prepare his lessons well.
3- He should master his subject matter and know more than his students.
4- He should encourage his students through praise, rewards and the like.
5-He should notice the individual differences among students.
6- He should be kind to his students.
7- Kindness shouldn't mean weakness since the teacher needs to be kind and strict at the same time.
8- The teacher should be fair to all his students. and should treat them equally.

Teachers' Roles

1) Assessor
Assessing learners’ performance, behavior, effort and contribution. Checking understanding, Evaluating learners’ performance, behavior, and contribution. Testing learner progress and level. Providing feedback on work, progress, behavior and contribution.
2) Contributor
Contributing ideas or information other than language, e.g. participating in discussions.
3) Consellor
Giving learners advice on difficulties they may have outside of their language class. Showing understanding of issues learners bring to the classroom from outside.
4) Diagnostician
Diagnosing, evaluating learners’ needs and difficulties.
5) Facilitator
Developing learner autonomy. Enabling learners to fulfill their potential. Helping learners to access resources. Providing opportunities for individual learning.
6) Language resource
Clarifying language. Correcting learner language. Consolidating learner language. Contextualising language. Eliciting language. Explaining language. Modelling language. Personalising language. Providing language input.
7) Manager
Managing the learners, the lessons and procedures in the classroom, e.g. Controlling the group dynamic. Deciding on interaction patterns. Demonstrating tasks and activities. Developing rapport. Encouraging learners. Giving instructions. Motivating learners. Praising learners. Maintaining discipline. Responding to classroom problems as they happen.
8) Monitor/Observer
Monitoring, observing and collecting information about learner performance, behavior, contribution and effort and progress. Keeping a written record of learners’ work.
9) Narrator
Narrating stories and things that have happened.
10) Planner
Anticipating problems. Deciding on a methodology for lessons. Designing and adapting texts and materials for lessons. Preparing texts and tasks for learners. Selecting materials and texts for lessons.
11) Reflector
Thinking about his/her own performance. Reflecting on learners’ progress.

Quoted from El-Sayed El-Rifaee at English language shapers around the world group on Facebook

Shaping the Way We Teach English at University of Oregon

Overview

Shaping the Way We Teach English is a video-based training product for English language educators. It has 14 modules (topics). The videos showcase classroom scenes from around the world and have an accompanying training manual plus additional readings.

The University of Oregon developed and produced the materials through funding from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs ©2007. All materials are free of charge and copyable for non-commercial educational use.
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The 58th TEFLIN International Conference at IKIP PGRI Semarang

After holding the 57th International conference at UPI Bandung (see this link), The Association of Teacher of English as Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN) will hold its the 58th conference at IKIP PGRI Semarang. This time, TEFLIN will take the issue of "LANGUAGE TEACHING AND CHARACTER BUILDING" as the theme of conference.

Follow this link for more information.

TEYLIN Conference at Muria Kudus University

The 1st National Conference on ELT and Culture

at Muria Kudus University (UMK)

July 19, 2011

“Revitalizing the Practice

of Teaching English to Young Learners in Indonesia (TEYLIN)”

Organized by English Education Department, Muria Kudus University (UMK)

Call for Papers
The dynamic world life and the strategic roles of teaching English, especially to young learners, always encourage a greater need to revitalize the practice of teaching English to Young Learners in Indonesia (TEYLIN). In response to the need, the Committee of 1st National Conference on ELT and Culture at UMK calls for presentation and workshop proposals of the conference to be held in the campus of English Education Department, Muria Kudus University at Kudus (located in the slope of Muria Mountain about 50 kilometers from Semarang, the Capital of Central Java). The presentation may include theoretical and/or empirical (research-based) papers of TEYLIN. Workshops are also welcome. English is the official language for the presentations and submissions of the conference.

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Finally I get the certificate

After attending 7 of 10 Webinar held by Shaping The Way We Teach English of Office of Language Program BECA- U.S. Department of state, finally I got my certificate.
It was nice experience joining a distance training with English Teacher around the world, and share my experience with JETA members.
There will be the next series of Webinar.
Contact RELO Jakarta if you want to join the next webinar.
Don't forget to  join Shaping English at ning
Here is the picture of my certificate

Schedule for Webinar

Schedule for Webinar

Webinar Course USA Time and Indonesia Time

1) What Makes a Great Listening Task Presenter: Kevin McCaughey
Wednesday November 10, 2010 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs,  November 11 00:00
WIT Thurs, November 11 01:00
2) Task-Based Instruction Presenter: George Chinnery
Wednesday November 24, 2010 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs, November 24 00:00
WIT Thurs, November 24 01:00
3) Best Practices in Teaching English to Young Learners Presenter: Joan Kang Shin
Wednesday December8, 2010 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs, December 9 00:00
WIT Thurs, December 9 01:00
4)  Shaping the Way We… Differentiate Instruction
Through Learning Centers Presenter: Leslie Opp-Beckman
Wednesday December 22, 2010 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs, December 23 00:00
WIT Thurs, December 23 01:00
5)  10 Great Teaching Tools Presenter: Kevin McCaughey
Wednesday January 5, 2011 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs, January 6 00:00
WIT Thurs, January 6 01:00
6) Critical Thinking Presenter: Deanna Hochstein
Wednesday January 19, 2011 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs, January 20 00:00
WIT Thurs, January 20 01:00
7)  Computer Assisted Language Learning Presenter:  Deborah Healy
Wednesday February 2, 2011 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs, February 3 00:00
WIT Thurs, February 3 01:00
[Image] English
for Specific Purposes Presenter: Jennifer Rice
Wednesday February 16, 2011 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs, February 17 00:00
WIT Thurs, February 17 01:00
9) Activating Materials for Communication Presenter:  Rick Rosenberg
Wednesday March 2, 2011 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs, March 3 00:00
WIT Thurs, March 3 01:00
10) The Movable Class: managing and varying movement in
the classroom Presenter:  Kevin McCaughey
Wednesday March 16, 2011 11:00 – 12:30 EST
WIB (same date) 23:00
WITA Thurs, March 17 00:00
WIT Thurs, March 17 01:00

English Teaching Webinar Courses, Nov 10, 2010 - March 16, 2011

Greetings from the Regional English Language Office Jakarta!

The Office of English Language Programs in Washington D.C. is pleased to invite you to participate in a webinar course entitled Shaping the Way We Teach English. The 10 online seminars of the course cover a variety of topics and are intended for teachers of English or future teachers of English around the world. Participants are encouraged to attend live and to join the associated Ning, where you may view or download video and other materials from the sessions. Those who wish to receive e-certificates of participation must attend a minimum of 6 of the 10 sessions, participate in pre and post-session discussions, and register ahead of time by sending an email with your full name, location, and affiliation to englishwebinar@gmail.com

The series will run from November 10, 2010, to March 16th 2011. Each 90-minute webinar will take place every second Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. in Washington, DC (4:00 p.m. GMT; check http://timeanddate.com for the time in your region). To see a countdown clock for each webinar, go here: http://tinyurl.com/34bxf4w .

To take part in the webinars, go to https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/oelp. You may enter any time before the webinars to take part in chats and polls, or to write questions.

Select “Enter as Guest” and type in a screen name of your choosing. The webinars will be recorded, so please use a login name or your first name only.

Your computer must have Adobe Flash Player, which comes pre-installed on most computers worldwide. If prompted to do so, you may download the free player at http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

For technical assistance, contact Sarah White at WhiteSK@state.gov.


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