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Creative, Innovative and Flexible: Ideal Traits of Teachers Like mentioned in my previous post, some things come to an end but they can still be beautiful. Our free day has come to an end but it only means we will again meet with our lovely little brothers and sisters or younger friends otherwise known as …
Continue reading “Day 13: Counting One More Week for Teaching Practicum”
Meeting the UNISDA’s President Since it’s our free day today, my co-exchange student and I woke up about noontime, savoring the free time spending it for sleep which we think we are deprived of during the weekdays. We would spend our time after classes on weekdays talking about our different experiences as my co-exchange student …
Continue reading “Day 12: The Beautiful People and Places of Indonesia”
Localization, Contextualization and Integration: A Way to Learner’s Heart This day, the first class that I will be teaching at were students I have never introduced myself to before. Considering this, I felt the need to integrate myself during my introduction and build that personal connection which I believe is the thin line between successful …
What Can I do to Help? Growing up, I have been exposed to the use of English language as a medium of instruction at school rather than it being a single subject of the entire school curriculum as in the case of Indonesian education. I felt saddened seeing students wanting to express themselves, their thoughts …
Continue reading “Day 10: A Day with the Multimedia Students”
The “Motivation” Challenge If you have been following this blog series, you would have known by now that I prepared lesson plans assimilating Philippines’ and Indonesia’s educational stucture. That alone is already a challenge for me as an intern. Moreover, the language nuance, as was previously mentioned, is another roadblock in a successful teaching and …
Teaching Practicum Journey Continues This time was a whole new environment for me since this is an all-male class. I was expecting a noisier classroom over the all-female ones since boys are known to be very playful and have challenges in containing themselves. To my surprie, the all-male class actively took part of the lesson …
Language Barrier Posing Threat to the Overall Learning Experience Today was the very first day to teach a class with an actual lesson plan. The format used was an integration of Philippines’ 4As specialized lesson plan and Indonesia’s lesson plan Dr. Irmayani sent us in advance prior to flying here in their country. Fortunately, the …
Continue reading “Day 7: Embarking on the Teaching Practicum Journey”
Introduction to SMK NU 1 Faculty If you have been reading my blogs, you would agree that this day has been one of the most awaited days of my stay here in Indonesia. It’s about time for me to introduce myself in front of the faculty of education and embark on a whole new field …
The Supermarket Affair It was about half past six in the morning when one of the teachers in Ma. Matholi’ul Anwar by the name of Mr. Hilmi came around knocking and calling out in the doorstep of our homestay. We almost forgot that the day before, we actually arranged a plan to go to the …
Continue reading “Day 5: Getting Around Lamongan, Indonesia”
Getting to Know the SMK NU 1 Karanggeneng Headmaster One of the many ways Indonesian people show their hospitality and kindness is inviting guests over their home for a meal. This day, the headmaster of SMK NU 1 Karanggeneng by the name of Mr. Hafidh Nashrullah invited us over dinner to which my co-exchange student …
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