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HOW TO PROGRESS OUR ENGLISH

Selasa, 02 Februari 2010

HOW TO PROGRESS OUR ENGLISH
(an idea to welcome RSBI)
By: Asmadi, S. Pd

What ‘s the most important in Studying English ?
While our school has gotten predicate RSBI at this year, so talking and discussing about language especially English language become us to realize how this language has gotten an important part of our school as Internasional language.
So, all of us must learn this language well.
I’d heard an opinion that the most important in studying English is speaking, because the most important in communication is if we can understand word of others and we can respond it, and how we can express our minds. All of those are in speaking.
This statement might be true, but everyone may have different opinions.
One of them says that the grammar is the most important-lesson in studying English, because often of talking without grammar make misunderstanding in communication. And sometimes the risk of it will be dangerousething for continuance of harmony in community , besides some problems in law may be happen from it, as we can see it.
This statement might be true too.
That’s the reason why someone is always getting more in one side and less in another side of language, esspecially in this language.
I think joining these statements is a better for progress quality of language. It’ s not just about value or score, but it’s in reality. Because,as we’ve known, each language has four skills, i.e : listening, speaking, writing and reading, and exactly all of them are needed in communication.
So, if someone only concern on speaking or grammar of English, he or she won’t be succeed well in studying English.
This opinion doesn’t accuse those statements before, because actually those statements don’t pure opposite each other. Eachstatement is right according to the main target of everyone in studying English.
How can be right the statement for all conditions that a grammar is second way in studying English?

How to progress our English
For that, I want to resume how to progress our English as basic to be excellent in studying English.
There are things must be there in a single person to get progress :
(I) Everyone must have a good motivation.
We realize that a motivation is the basic of actifity and the basic of life. If everyone has a good motivation, he or she will get success on his or her life, and if everyone doesn’t have a good motivation, so he or she won’t be succeed in his or her life. It’s a right, isn’t it?
How right the statement is! That the result of each activity hangs on kind of its motivation.
The famous proverb in here is ” there is a will, there is a way”
(ii) Everyone must have bravery to try and try to communicate in English everytime and every where, not only with himself or herself, but also with others.

So that, when everyone make a group to study English, it’s a good step to support their bravery for intensifying communication with another, while to practice what he or she’ ve known.
(iii) Everyone must have a high motivation to learn grammar, because the grammar is really important to determine our speaking or sentences are correct or not.
When we don’t have a good grammar, so how can we speak with another correctly?
,so how can we write anything correctly? and, is there a way so we can translate any references correctly without grammar?
Actually, the grammar is the right way of language, and it’ s the regulations of language which should be throughed.
I believe exactly when someone doesn’t have a high motivation to learn grammar as well as idioms, it’s nonsense to can communicate in English well, as well as, it’s nonsense to can translate literature in English well.
(iv) Everyone must practice in English what he or she’ ve known, although just a simple on English, likes writing short story, telling short of an opinion, or telling daily activities.
Besides, something has to be attentioned, when everyone make a group, which one of group has to have commitment to communicate in English with another, and a teacher or instructor of English must be there in this group. Because presentation of teacher or instructor of English in here is useful for correcting any mistakes may be happen in this group and for making discussion to progress language- quality of eachone in this group, either about speaking, writing or grammar.

At last, I hope this article can encourage us to try speaking English well, including idioms and grammar of English. Both of them are the key to open other references in English.
So, in the next, “everyone” in ourschool can speak English well and we can open references, although in English. More over when our school has gotten predicate “RSBI” at this year. It’s new era which must be throughed.

Good luck!

My Trip in Malaysia (Recsam-Seameo)

Minggu, 31 Januari 2010

MY TRIP IN MALAYSIA
(Recsam-Seameo)Nov-Dec 2009

Asmadi, S. Pd


Indonesian government set up policies and programmes to increase the education quality including the teachers. One of the programmes is by sending the mathematics and science teachers to Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (RECSAM), Southeast Asian Ministries of Education Organization (SEAMEO), Malaysia.

The Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (RECSAM) Southeast Asian Ministries of Education Organization (SEAMEO) has mandated to provide needs of its member countries in the development and enhancement to expertise in science and mathematics education since 1967. For these purposes, SEAMEO RECSAM conducts many activities within four main areas, namely: training, research and development, consultancy work, and conducting conferences, seminars and workshops pertaining to science and mathematics education. Beside regular programme of training courses, there are customised courses to respond special needs of member countries.

Indonesian government sent 30 selected and qualified teachers (16 science teachers and 14 mathematics teachers) to participate in a customised programme at SEAMEO RECSAM from 7 November until 4 December 2009. The course focus on Classroom Action Research (CAR) for math and science secondary school. The participants were also joint the International COSMED (Conference Science and Mathematic Education). that was held from 10 – 12 November 2009 at RECSAM.

RATIONALE

The CAR is very important teaching learning processes. All selected teachers were trained in customized courses RECSAM. This customized courses is aimed to enhance teachers skill and knowledge and gain new learning process that can be implemented in their classrooms.
OBJECTIVE

This program is aimed to improve professionalism of all secondary mathematics and sciense teachers especially from SBI schools. The teachers are expected for acquire knowledge and skill in designing and doing classroom action research.

Course topic included:
1. rend and Issues in Science and Mathematics Education (CoSMEd session)
2. Sharing the finding
3. ICT based teaching in Science and Mathematics
4. Classroom management
5. Problem based learning
6. Reflection in teaching
7. Multiplier Effect in teaching learning
8. Student research on-line
9. Research problem
10. Data collection methode
11. Developing action plan
12. Qualitative data analysis
13. Quantitative data analysis
14. Writing Action Research report
15. School visit to Putra Jaya SMART School
16. English Clinic Class










SECTION 2
ACTIVITIES COURSE

2.1 GENERAL ACTIVITIES
2.1.1 The First Week of Activity
The participants’ activities in RECSAM were started on Monday, 9 November 2009 by following the opening ceremony which was held in RECSAM Auditorium. The ceremony began with a brief introduction and history of RECSAM and its programme presented by Dr. Azian T. S Abdullah as the Centre Director of RECSAM who officially opened the course programme. The ceremony was also attended by RECSAM’s staff including the course facilitators. In this session, the participants also had a change to introduce them and delivered their expectation about the course programme. After the ceremony, the participants were invited for refreshment in Mutiara Lounge before they had an admin briefing session conducted by Haji Ahmad B. Ramli as RECSAM’s HoD, Administration Division. The participants also had a brief introduction from Ms. Jillian about Internexia, a language centre in RECSAM which facilitated the English Clinic programme. The activities were continued by a pre-test conducted by Dr. Wahyudi as the course supervisor and assisted by Mr. Kyaw Ahr Kar Nyunt. The purpose of the pre-test was to know the participants’ prior knowledge about CAR and the use of ICT in teaching and learning process including GeoGebra and WebQuest. The next activity was an English Proficiency Test which had to follow by each participant before joining the English Clinic. The participants were divided into two groups, Science and Mathematics, although the materials given were the same. The programme for Mathematics group was held on Monday and Wednesday while for the Science group were held on Tuesday and Thursday at 5 pm. During the first week, the materials given in the programme were preposition. The English Clinic sessions were fun because the participants could learn English through games and other fun activity, besides the Jillian herself was a friendly and enthusiastic teacher.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERECE ON SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (CoSMEd) 2009
The participants’ activities for the next three days in the first week were attending the CoSMEd sessions. CoSMEd is an International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education hosted by SEAMEO RECSAM which is held once in every two years. The 2009 CoSMEd was the third CoSMEd which focused on Improving Science and Mathematics Literacy: Theory, Innovation and Practice. The conference was attended by education practitioners from 17 countries including Indonesia who shared the research which they have done in education field. Two keynote sessions and three plenary sessions were also performed in the conference. The keynote speakers were Prof. Dr. Kaye Stacey from Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia. and Prof. Dr. David Treagust from Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Australia, whereas the plenary sessions’ speakers were Prof. Dr. Pairash Thajchayapong from NSTDA Ministry of Science and Technology, Thailand; Prof. Dr. Lilia Halim from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia and Asst. Prof. Dr. Yeap Ban Har from NIE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Some presenters from Indonesia were Dr. Wanty Widjaja from Sanata Dharma University Jogjakarta and Prof. Dr. Herawati Susilo from Malang State University. The conference was opened in a ceremony led by Dr. Azian T.S Abdullah, followed by a science demonstration by Petrosains called “The Cool Chemistry Show” and then the presentation by Prof. Dr. Kaye Stacey. After these sessions, the CoSMEd participants attended the parallel sessions which were divided into 24 sessions and held in 6 rooms. There were total 137 parallel sessions and 9 workshops during the CoSMEd. Each course participants had to make summaries from 5 published papers in the proceeding as an assignment. The schedule of the parallel sessions and the title of the presented papers can be found in the appendices of this report. Joining CoSMEd was a valuable experience for the course participants since they obtained lots of new knowledge such as educational research carried out in other countries in which some of it could also be implemented in the participants’ school. The participants also improved their English through CoSMEd since all papers were presented in English.
On the first day of the CoSMEd, the participants including the course participants from Indonesia were invited to join the CoSMEd Banquet Dinner held in Traders Hotel. The participants were entertained by several Malaysian traditional dance and music performed by a group of dancers and musicians. One of the Indonesian participants, Ms. Maja Erliani Rihi from SMP 1 Kedamean Gresik was also performed a song, Mencintaimu, which is popularised by Krisdayanti.
On Friday, 13 November 2009, the activity for the whole day was ICT based teaching in Mathematics and Science. The session for mathematics group was conducted by Dr. Allan L. White from University of Western Sidney, Australia who introduced GeoGebra software as the media of teaching Mathematics especially in Geometry and Algebra. The session for science group was conducted by Mr. Devadason Robert Peter who introduced Eureka and PHET (Physics Educational Technology) for teaching science. The further explanations of these sessions were described in the activity report of each group.

KUALA LUMPUR (KL) TRIP
The participants’ activities in the first week were followed by a trip to Kuala Lumpur from Saturday, 14 November 2009 until Monday, 16 November 2009.
This trip was conducted by Dr. Wahyudi as the course supervisor and also Ms. Jenny Ong from RECSAM. Also joined in the trip were Dr. Wahyudi’s wife, Ms. Jenny’s husband and also 3 Indonesian people from Bandung, West Java. The trip from Penang to KL was using a bus started on Saturday morning. The trip was guided by a tour guide who was called “Pak Cik Ismail” by the participants. To reach KL, the bus passed the Penang Bridge which connected the Penang Mainland and the other region. The bus stopped once in one stop along the highway so that the participants could have a breakfast. The journey of Penang – KL was last for 4 hours.
The first place visited after having lunch was Petrosains which located on the 4th floor of Suria KLCC. Petrosains is a place which presents the technology into a family entertainment. It is part of Petronas, the Malaysia Petroleum Company. Some features that can be found in Petrosains were mathematics and science models, miniature of Jurassic Era and helicopter simulation which take the passengers on a journey to the other part of Petrosains which is designed like the real Petronas oil field.
The next place visited was Aquaria KLCC, the Malaysian Sea World. There are many beautiful sea species that can be found there. The visitors could also watch the piranha feeding sessions which is only done once in a day.
At 05.30 pm the participants arrived in Cititel Express Hotel which is near to KLCC. From many rooms in this hotel, the famous Petronas Twin Towers and KL beautifully sight especially in the night could be seen. Some of the participants also tried to ride Monorail Train, one of the transportation vehicles in KL.
On the second day, the participants were taken around KL. The first place visited that day was the Prime Minister’s Palace. The visitors could take pictures with the palace guards who rode a horse although they were not allowed to enter the palace. The participants also visited Merdeka Square and India Mosque before proceeding to Twin Towers to ride the Sky Bridge which connected the two towers. Before going back to the hotel, the participants were taken to Times Square, one of the shopping centres in KL.

2.1.2 The Second Week of Activity
On Monday, November 16, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur trip, we visited Putra Jaya SMART School. Ms. Faridah, the speaker in MSC and SMART school greeted all of us. The school is one superior school in Malaysia. The school is in Putrajaya area, a planned city in south Kuala Lumpur as federal administrative centre of Malaysia. The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur due overcrowding and congestion and Kuala Lumpur remains as Malaysia’s national capital, commercial and financial centre. The Putrajaya is home of multinational companies in venture of Information and Communications Technology and the government’s Multimedia Systems Corridor (MSC) Malaysia, The Multimedia Development Center (MdeC) and the SMART Schools. Then we continued our journey in Botanical Putrajaya Park, we observed various plants. We found a rich flora which includes palms, herbs, ferns, orchid, rose, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, lianas, etc. After lunch, all participants continued trip to Putrajaya Mosque to pray on dhuhur time. All of us felt amazing with a spectacular architecture and landscape of the ministerial building, including the prime minister office and his official residence home, the king’s palace, and not forgot the Putrajaya mosque. It is the largest mosque in the country that able to accommodate around 7,000 Muslim worshippers at any one prayer session. Before arrived to Penang, we stopped and buy some Malaysian fruits.
We learnt Historical and Philosophical Background of Action Research by Ms. Ng Khar Thoe on Tuesday, 17 November 2009. All participants understood how the real of action research happened. Then we learnt Problem Based Learning by Ms. Warabhorn Preechaporn. She explained how to design learning process using PBL method. We got work project to Design the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Inner Garden. Then all participants joint Dr. Wahyudi in ICT Lab 1 to discuss On-Line Classroom Management. In the afternoon science participants join in Internexia to learn English with Ms. Jillian.
We discussed the PBL project on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 then continued with group presentations. The mathematics groups’ presentation held in Math Lab 1 with Ms. Warabhorn and the science groups’ presentation were in ICT Lab 1 with Mr. Julito C. Alligaen. The presentations are interesting and useful to improve our skill. In afternoon we finished our On-Line Classroom Management based on the questionnaire data. Mathematics’ group had English Clinic by Mrs. Gillian.
On November 19, 2009 Mr. Kyaw Ahr kar Nyunt explained Reflection on Teaching. He showed the difference PBL method with traditional method. He asked our reflections after showed two videos. There are films of lesson study in Japan by Hiroshi Tanaka with PBL method and a film of Malaysian traditional learning. Reflection results PBL method were open ended problem, using critical and creative thinking, student centered model, active learning and constructivism method, etc. The reflections of traditional learning were less activity, good manage use of blackboard, teacher did not give reward to students, etc. We asked to made group to discuss how to improve traditional method. In afternoon, Mr. Devadason explained Multiplier Effect (ME) and asked assignment to make ME proposal. In ME we learnt learning multiplier effects by forwarding knowledge we got in SEAMEO RECSAM into others by workshop which conducted in our schools. The day was the science group got turn to get English Clinic.
The online students’ research we learnt on November 20, 2009. The facilitator Mr. Julito C. Alligaen used ICT to show online teaching learning, as usually used for teleconference media. At the time we studied online from Ms. Yupaporn Laplai in Thailand. She explained schools there have lots of projects in garbage recycle. Math group has turn to get English Clinic. Saturday and Sunday are off days. We had free time and used it to finish preparing the group projects.

2.1.3 The Third Week of Activity
Our activity during this week started with constructing group project Classroom Action Research Proposal. This group project consists of the proposal with its instruments and all the equipments that we were needed for trying out our Classroom Action Research (CAR) on Thursday. During making our CAR proposal, the supervisor and his colleague teach us how to do the data collection on our car proposal. These activities happened during moday until wednesday.
On Thursday, we started to try our CAR in the class. The supervisor divided the class into two groups, science and math. Science did the try out in the ICT lab 1 room and will be supervised by Mr. Julito, while mathematics did the try out in the Thailand Room and will be supervised by Mr. Wahyudi. The class arrangement are like this: group that make the CAR proposal must represent their way to act in the class, one person of the group will be a teacher to teach in the class, while the rest will be an observer. Other participants will act as students. During the try out the group got so many inputs about their action in the class. This input can be used to reflect their CAR proposal (the CAR proposal and the instrument can be seen in appendix....).
On Thursday evening, some of us went to the Tesco to buy meats; vegetables and also the cooking equipment for celebrate the Idul Adha on the next day. Some of the female teacher cooked at the night until mid night and then continue in subuh.
On Friday, the Muslim went to Masjid Negeri Pulau Pinang for Idul Adha pray, after prayed, we could not seen the slaughter. When we asked to Mr. Wahyudi, the slaughter did not do in the mosque because the Muslim in Penang want the mosque clean. When we arrived in Recsam, our friends that did not pray already prepared the food for breakfast. The Muslim male then prepared themselves to go to the University Sains Malaysia (USM) mosque for pray. After pray, we had lunch and also dinner together.
During the dinner, some of us had planned to go to Pesta Pulau Pinang. Pesta Pulau Pinang likes Pekan Raya Jakarta. Several of us buy some souvenir and others play bumper car. Fortunately, we still can go back to the Recsam at the mid night by using the last private bus, because the rapid Penang bus already stops operated.
The next day is our trip to go around the Penang. First we went to Tokong Ular, in that place we could seen a temple and inside the temple there are many snake. The visitor can take picture with the snake. Several of us bought some souvenir in there. The second destination is Penang Bird Park, we did not enter this place because the cost for enter the bird park is quite expensive; we only looked for the endemic souvenir and took some picture in there. To go to the bird park we must across the Penang Bridge. The Penang Bridge likes Suramadu Bridge. After visited the bird park we went to George Town, George Town known as a Heritage city that gives from UNESCO. To go to the George Town, we use ferry to accros the Penang strait. In George Town, we visited Fort Cornwallis. After that we go to the north of Penang, we pass the Miami Beach and Batu Ferringgi to reach the Taman Rimba. In Taman Rimba, we took some picture and then we go to the floating Mosque to pray.
Botanical Garden is our next destination. In this area, we were invited in Qurban Kenduri. We had lunch together and then we went to Pagoda. Pagoda is a place for the Buddhist. In this place, we can buy souvenir with cheap price and also we can see monk that are praying to the Budha. After that we go back to Recsam for take a rest. On the Sunday night, our supervisor met with us and told us to make a data entry for the questionnaire that we bring from Indonesia.

2.1.4 The Fourth Week of Activity

At week 4 on 30 November 2009 we are talking about quantitative data analysis in the ICT lab 1 which fostered by Dr. Wahyudi as a supervisor. Our data analysis is data questionnaire was completed by the students before going to malaysia. Data ready first collected using excel program. Income data is held for 6 hours because we need the data at least 30 students. Whereas in the afternoon we were invited by the consulate general of Indonesia in Penang to attend the ceremony KORPRI birthdayof the 38th with the theme “Bureaucracy reform KORPRI a clean and respectable”. An honor for us to follow the ceremony at the consulate office. The ceremony was led by Mr. Munir as leader of the consulate of the Republic of Indonesia on the island of pinang
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 we learned about the management of qualitative data using SPSS software that guided by DR. Wahyudi. The data we have collected the previous day will be analyzed by using SPSS software. The use of SPSS software for data analysis is a new thing for us, so take more time to understand it. From the analysis of data using SPSS software can conclude students interaction with the teacher and student views about learning math and science.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, we continued with the study report writing CAR, which is the final project or report of any individual or group to be reported to the Director General. Reports that have been made will be applied to each school as one of teacher development. In the afternoon after the prayer followed by a training event for the closing ceremony. The learners to practice singing with seriously in order to produce a perfect performance
Thursday, December 3, 2009 activities was a visit to penang hill, which is the location to see the sight from the height of the island penang. During the afternoon the participants accepted the invitation of the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in his arrest for silahturami and friendly
On Friday, December 4, 2009, before the closing ceremony we do Disseminating the findings and course evaluation / post test.
closing ceremony conducted in 14:30 at 16:30 which was attended by Mr. Munir consulate general Indonesia in Penang and Director Recsam, recsam lecture and staff, and at the end of the show made the transfer and delivery of certificates and souvenir.