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.