Top 20 Common Mistakes Made by Indonesian Students When Speaking English

Top 20 Common Indonesian Student English Mistakes:

	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.
DAILY CONVERSATION	I ever went to the movie	I have already been to the movie	I have already been to the beach in Jepara.  Have you ever been there?
	Firstly	First, I’d like to say….Secondly/Second…Third…	I like Indonesia for three reasons.  First, I like the people.  Second (or secondly), I like the food.  And third, I like the culture.
	5 persons	5 people	There are 5 people living in my house.
	Pray to the God	Pray to God	I go to the mosque and pray to God every Friday.
	Born on Jepara	Born in Jepara	I was born in Jepara on May 5th 1992.
	I am senior high school; My sister is junior high school	I am in senior high school OR I am a senior high school student	In Jepara I am in senior high school, and my sister is in junior high school.
	I waiting you; I wait you	I am waiting for you, I will wait for you	I am waiting for you in front of the town square.
	1st winner; 2nd winner	1st place; 2nd place	SMA 1 Jepara got 1st place in Central Java for the language program on the U.N.
	Very like/disagree/hate	I really like/disagree/hate	I really dislike waking up very early in the morning.
	I enjoy/I go/I prepare	I am enjoying/ I am going/ I am preparing	I can’t go to the alun alun tonight, I am preparing for my test tomorrow.
	I take rest	I will rest OR I will take a rest	I’m so tired.  I’m going to go home and rest.
	Its great	That is great; this is great	Arya: The test tomorrow was cancelled! Fina: That’s great.
	Do you have a schedule tomorrow? OR I have a schedule…	What are your plans tomorrow? I already have plans	Tomorrow, I have plans to eat lunch with Pak Eko.
	Nice to meet you (to a friend)	Nice to see you again (Nice to meet you is only for the first time you meet someone)	Nice to see you!  Good to see you again!  Enjoyed seeing you!
	The economical is bad	Economic situation, the economy	The economy is not doing well in America.  The economic situation in Indonesia has improved this past year.
	How about	How is/was	How is your family doing? (not how about your family) OR How was your flight?

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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follow follow follow me
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Do little motion 123
Do little motion 123
Do little motion 123
every body follow him
follow follow follow him
follow follow follow him
follow follow follow him
every body follow him

Do little motion 123
Do little motion 123
Do little motion 123
every body follow her
follow follow follow her
follow follow follow her
follow follow follow her
every body follow her

Do little motion 123
Do little motion 123
Do little motion 123
every body follow them
follow follow follow them
follow follow follow them
follow follow follow them
every body follow them

Do little motion 123
Do little motion 123
Do little motion 123
every body follow us
follow follow follow us
follow follow follow us
follow follow follow us
every body follow us

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.