Pengalaman Satu Bulan Sebagai Expert Teacher di Singapura

Merupakan pengalaman yang sangat luar biasa ketika kami (Fatkhur Rozi, S.Pd., M,Kom dan Septiawan Tri Pambudi dari SMA Negeri 1 Welahan) memiliki kesempatan untuk berpartisipasi sebagai expert teacher dan expert student pada program SEAEdunet 2.0. pada tanggal 19 Agustus hingga 21 September 2013. Program ini diselenggarakan oleh SEAMOLEC (Southeast Asia Open and Distance Learning Centre),  yakni lembaga dibawah naungan SEAMEO (Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organization/ Organisasi Menteri-Menteri Pendidikan se-Asia Tenggara). Adapun tempat kami bertugas adalah di Sekolah Indonesia Singapura, yakni Sekolah yang pengelolaannya dibawah Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Singapura.

Expert Teachers SEA Edunet 2.0.

Sebagai Expert teacher, tugas kami antara lain sebagai narasumber pada kegiatan workshop untuk program SEA Edunet 2.0, selama 3 hari, dan selanjutnya kami mendampingi guru-guru di Sekolah Indonesia Singapura untuk melaksanakan model pembelajaran e-kolaborasi menggunakan Project Based Learningselama kurang lebih 4 minggu. Adapun materi pelatihan selama workshop 3 hari antara lain Pembelajaran Abad 21, Pengenalan pada Project Based Learning (Pembelajaran Berbasis Proyek), kolaborasi pembelajaran melalui Edmodo, pembuatan bahan ajar dengan menggunakan e-book maker (sigil) dan pembuatan video tutorial pembelajaran dengan menggunakan Screen O Matic. Sedangkan siswa kami, Septiawan, memperoleh kesempatan untuk menuntut ilmu bersama siswa-siswi di Sekolah Indonesia Singapura.

Pada tanggal 24 Agustus, hari terakhir pelaksanaan workshop, selanjutnya diselenggarakan kegiatan teleconference secara online yang melibatkan seluruh sekolah yang terlibat yakni Sekolah Indonesia se - Asia Tenggara dan beberapa sekolah lokal di Indonesia. Pada kegiatan ini, masing-masing peserta memaparkan rencana pelaksanaan Project Based learning yang akan diimplementasikan selama 1 hingga 6 bulan kedepan.

Implementasi Project Based Learning diSekolah Indonesia Singapura

Project Based Learning merupakan salah satu model pembelajaran yang ditawarkan pada Kurikulum 2013. Namun sebenarnya PBL merupakan bukan hal yang baru. Project Based Learning merupakan model pembelajaran yang berbasis pada instruksi-instruksi yang melibatkan siswa untuk melakukan infestigasi dari sebuah masalah. Hasil akhir dari PBL ini adalah sebuah produk autentik. Dengan cara ini, siswa akan melaksanakan serangkaian aktifitas nyata yang menuntut siswa untuk aktif menggunakan berbagai ketrampilan antara lain sebagai pemecah masalah, pembuat keputusan, berfikir kritis, berkomunikasi efektif dan bekerjasama. Ketrampilan-ketrampilan tersebut merupakan skill yang sering dipakai pada kehidupan abad 21 (twenty first century skills).

Adapun ide proyek yang kami laksanakan di Sekolah Indonesia di Singapura adalah memanfaatkan rumah kaca (green house) untuk menanam sayuran hydroponik. Proyek ini melibatkan 4 mapel yakni Biologi, Fisika, Kimia dan Bahasa Inggris. Ide ini dilandasi dengan adanya kondisi mahalnya harga sayur-mayur di Singapura, karena sayuran tersebut masih diimport dari negara lain. Selain itu juga adanya kenyataan bahwa kebanyakan siswa di sini tidak mengetahui bentuk asli tanaman sayuran, mereka hanya tahu hasil alkhirnya ketika siap untuk dimakan. Dengan menggunakan PBL, diharapkan para siswa akan memperoleh pengalaman belajar yang akan dapat diingat dalam jangka waktu yang lama.

Implementasi Project Based Learning di Sekolah Indonesia Singapura juga melibatkan kolaborasi dengan sekolah lokal di Jepara. Adapun sekolah yang terlibat yakni SMA Negeri 1 Welahan dan SMA Negeri 1 Pecangaan. Siswa di kedua sekolah tersebut melaksanakan pembelajaran berbasis proyek yang mendukung kegiatan utama di Singapura. Dengan memanfaatkan tehnologi informasi, siswa mendeskripsikan tanaman dan sayuran yang ada disekeliling rumah mereka dalam bentuk video dan teks, kemudian di unggah ke kanal Youtube, dan di bagikan kepada siswa di Singapura melalui kelas Edmodo.

Produk akhir dari Project Based Learning kali ini adalah pembuatan dan pemeliharaan sayuran hidroponik yang ditanam di rumah kaca hingga panen. Selain itu, penilaian siswa dilakukan melalui ide-ide yang muncul ketika melaksanakan proyek, kolaborasi dan kemampuan berpikir kritis dalam menyelesaikan masalah. Dengan melalui pembelajaran berbasis proyek ini diharapkan akan mampu malatih siswa dalam mengimplementasikan ketrampilan abad 21.

Expert Teacher dan Expert Student SI Singapura

Kesempatan Berkunjung ke National Institute of Education - NTU

Keberadaan kita sebagai Expert Teacher di negara Singapura sudah selayaknya kita manfaatkan untuk meng"explore" berbagai tempat untuk menambah wawasan kita. Salah satunya tempat yang layak saya kunjungi adalah National Institute of Education. Pada dasarnya, NIE masih satu payung lembaga dengan Nanyang Institute of Technologi (NTE). Boleh dikatakan bahwa NIE itu Fakultas Keguruan milik NTE, salah satu dari 50 perguruan tinggi terbaik se dunia.

Salah satu alasan saya datang ke NIE kali ini adalah untuk bertemu dengan Dr. Willy Renandya, salah seorang profesor yang mengajar di NIE, asli Yogyakarta. Beliau adalah profesor Bahasa Inggris yang sudah sering malang melintang di dunia ke"Bahasa Inggris"an. Sudah beberapa kali saya berkesempatan mengikuti seminar beliau di konferensi internasional.

Tentunya saya mengikuti aturan untuk membuat appointment secara resmi, satu minggu sebelumnya saya mengirim pesan melalui akun fb beliau, dan alhamdulillah beliau bisa menerima kami pada hari senin tanggal 10 september 2013 pada pukul 11.30 waktu Singapura. Saya diterima oleh Dr. Willy bersama dengan seorang dosen Universitas Ciputra Surabaya. Beliau, Ibu natalia saat ini sedang mengikuti program sandwich selama 4 bulan di NIE, yakni program mengikuti perkuliahan di Luar Negeri bagi mahasiswa Phd, didanai oleh DIKTI.

Tepat pukul 11.30 waktu singapura, saya berkunjung ke kantor Prof Willy, kami diterima dengan hangat. Percakapan dan diskusi berlanjut ke kantin NIE yang asri, kita ngobrol sambil makan siang. Banyak sekali yang kita diskusikan, dari hal kecil hingga masalah pengajaran Bahasa Inggris.

Bersama Prof. WIlly dan Ibu Natalia

Catatan kecil selama 1 bulan tinggal di Singapura

Singapura yang juga dikenal sebagai negeri singa termasuk 10 negara dengan biaya hidup paling tinggi di dunia. Sebagai pusat bisnis dan wisata belanja di asia tenggara, sudah sepantasnya apabila Singapura dijuluki sebagai hutan mall dan kondominium. Banyak sekali ditemukan pusat-pusat bisnis dan perbelanjaan, dari perusahaan multi nasional hingga toko produk-produk mewah semacam "Hermes, Louis Viton, Charles and Keith“dan lain-lain. Yang menarik dari singapura adalah transportrasi masal yang dapat dengan mudah kita temukan dan lalulintas yang lancar. Kita bisa menggunakan MRT (kereta cepat) dan bus untuk menuju berbagai penjuru singapura. Selain itu, ada juga taxi, namun kita tidak bisa asal menghentikannya.

Ada beberapa catatan menarik ketika memiliki kesempatan untuk tinggal selama 1 bulan sebagai Expert teacher SEA Edunet 2.0

1. Banyak aturan yang apabila dilanggar akan kena denda, terutama apabila dilakukan ditempat umum semisal di dalam bus, mrt. Merokok ditempat umum didenda 1000 dolar, makan dan minum dan juga membuang sampah sembarangan akan didenda 500 dolar. Harap diketahui bahwa kamera pengintai (CCTV) bertebaran dimana-mana. Memang Singapura ada yang mem"pleset"kan sebagai fine city.

2. Untuk menuju halte dan stasiun MRT, kita harus jalan kaki. Karena kita pergi dan pulang dari apartemen ke Sekolah Indonesia Singapura menggunakan transportasi umum, kita harus berjalan kaki untuk menuju halte atau stasiun mrt. Kalau dihitung, mungkin dalam 1 hari kita bisa berjalan kaki kurang lebih 1 kilo.

3. Dalam hal pelayanan masyarakat, singapura jagonya. Disini ada EZ link card yang dapat digunakan untuk ongkos MRT, bus, bahkan bisa juga untuk beli makanan dan minuman ringan. Tapi jangan lupa untuk selalu cek saldo. Kalo saldo habis maka harus di "top up". Isi ulang EZ link card dapat dilakukan di stasiun mrt, atau juga di minimarket seperti 7eleven dan lainnya.

4. Berkaitan dengan makanan, kita harus hati-hati dalam memilih makanan, karena di Singapura kebanyakan restoran menjual makanan chinese, sulit sekali menemukan makanan halal. Pilihannya kita bisa mengunjungi kedai muslim melayu atau kedai muslim india. Yang pasti rasanya akan aneh dilidah kita.

5. Kelanjutan dari catatan no 4, yang pasti harga makanan disini mahal sekali. Sekali makan paling tidak biayanya sekitar 4 - 7 dolar, kalo dikalikan kurs rupiah yang makin menggila, Rp 9000, ketemu sekitar Rp. 50.000.

6. Untuk komunikasi sehari-hari, berhubung warga singapura mayoritas adalah chinese, diikuti oleh melayu, india dan western, bahasa yang digunakan adalah "Singlish" atau bahasa Inggris nya singapura. Bagi yang tidak terbiasa dengan singlish akan bingung dengan logat dan gaya bicara yang aneh.

Itu tadi sekedar sekelumit catatan selama 1 bulan sebagai expert teacher, hal yang tidak akan terlupakan adalah ketika berkunjung ke tempat-tempat menarik seperti Orchard, Mustafa, Marina Bay, Esplanade dengan konser raya melayu, Merlion, Sentosa Island. Dan juga berkesempatan untuk melaksanakan sholat jum’at di Masjid Sultan (masjid tertua di Singapura) dan berziarah ke makam Habib Noh (ulama’ penyebar agama islam di Singapura). Selain itu juga kami berkesempatan mengikuti resepsi diplomatik peringatan hari kemerdekaan RI dan panggung gembira yang menghadirkan artis-artis ibukota di KBRI Singapura.

Mr. Heru dan Mr. Rozi

Merlion

Resepsi Diplomatik di Kedubes RI

Experience of Being an Expert Teacher

It is a great experience that I got an opportunity to be an Expert Teacher of SEA Edunet 2.0

This program is conducted by SEAMEO SEAMOLEC Jakarta.
Being an Expert Teacher is not an easy job because I have to give training on Project Based Learning (PBL) to teachers at Sekolah Indonesia Singapura. Furthermore, I have to connect SIS PBL with other school around South East Asia.

This program is started on 21 August until 19 September 2013.
The preparation to join this program was very hard. I had to join the workshop on SEA Edunet at Hotel Park Jakarta from 30 August - 1 September 2013. We learnt some subjects on Project Based Learning and some IT Tools, especially EDMODO.

Hopefully this program can be connecting line between SMANELA and International Connection.

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.

Do Little Motion

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


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.

Trace Effects 3D Game online

Trace Effects is 3D immersive, interactive adventure Game Online for learning English. This game is published and produced by US Department of State. It can be used as a supplementary tool to support learning objectives and engage students in communicative language practice and production and more. This online game is going be announced by the end of 2012.


The game trace effect is made by the “U.S department of state” and it was made to teach English to students all around the world. The concept of trying to teach students by letting them play a game is in my opinion great. In the modern society we live in we need to think outside the box and thing new. Sitting in a classroom listening to a teacher is not thinking outside the box. Listening to a teacher is something we have done in years so I really want to give some credits to the U.S department of state for being creative. The only problem that I faced was playing the game. The game itself did actually have a good concept/story, but the play style, graphics and the English used in the game isn’t really good. From my own experience I would say that I learn much more English from games like Farcry, Skyrim and pretty much all other online games because these types of games are fun to play.

The English used in the game is also too easy for the age group 12-16 which is the age the game is made for. Trace effect is just about running around trying to find different objects/persons which I personally don’t find any interest in. So my conclusion of the game is that it might  work out as a English teaching program for little kids at the age of 6-10 and not for the age 12-16. One thing people should not forget is that gaming can be very fun and teach full as long as it is interesting to play. The loading screen also took quite some time to get by which would probably mislead other people or make them bored, which equals to them clicking away from website.

Here is the link to the website:
– http://americanenglish.state.gov/trace-effects


Keep in touch with this game through following this link.

The 59 TEFLIN International Conference

Hi there.

TEFLIN Conference is going to be held at Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya. The theme on this conference is English Language Learning and Teaching in the Digitization Era .
Hurry up! Join the conference!

Here is the link and TEFLIN link

Peta Materi 2011/2012

PETA MATERI
BAHASA INGRIS SMA SEMESTER GENAP

TAHUN
PELAJARAN 2011/2012

 

GRADE	MATERI
X	Genre -  Narrative * -  Descriptive * -  News Item
	Language Function (Expression) -  Gratitude * -  Complementing * -  Congratulating * -  Surprise * -  Disbelief -  invitation -  offering something
	Short Functional Text -  Announcement * -  Advertisement * -  Invitation Card
	Grmmar (additional) -  Noun phrase * -  Direct/indirect * -  Past tense * -  Passive (present and past only) -
XI IPA - IPS	Genre -  Narrative * -  Spoof (not available on mid and semester test, it is allowed on daily test) (it is being replaced with analytical exposition)* -  Hortatory Exposition
	Language Function (Expression) -  Showing attitudes toward something * (agree, disagree, like, dislike) -  Love * -  Sadness * -  Embarrassment * -  Anger -  Annoyance
	Short Functional Text -  Banner * -  Poster * -  Pamphlet -  Application letter
	Grmmar (additional) -  Conditional sentence 1 &2 * -  Conjunction * -  Past continuous -  Noun clause
XI Language Program	The material of Language class is same with XI IPA – IPS and the following topic: -  Song -  Poem
XII IPA – IPS - Language	-  Based on SKL 2012
	Grammar -  Passive voice -  Conditional sentence 1,2 ,3 -  Causative -  Subjunctive -  Direct/indirect

 

That’s all folks

WORKSHOP PTK WITH Drs. M. Syafe'i, M.Pd.

On tuesday, february 21st 2012, Jepara English Teachers Association held a workshop on PTK (Classroom Action Research) with Mr. Drs. M. Syafe'i, M.Pd. (lecturer of Muria Kudus University).
The conclusion of this workshop is that teachers should be ready to be a researcher and motivate themselves to do research if they want to be promoted.

Here are the pictures of our activity

and the files can be downloaded here