Good morning from Bintaro,9 McD where breakfast of a sausage wrap, hash brown, and a bottle of water was just served. I may really push the boat out and order a coffee before I return to my hotel, get another shower, then jaunt to Jakarta for a meeting.
1. The will of govt. itself in nurturing (FINANCING) this goal or ideas as you have mentioned previously. Can they afford not to? Indonesia is down billions in tourist Dollars it should have brought in, and far weaker on trade than it would have been if it had an English speaking population. New ro
It would be impossible to standardise the state school curriculum with the better schools in Indonesia for at least a generation, but you can introduce English reasonably quickly if you're willing to bring a load of foreigners in for the short to medium term. Once the first set have gained their ...
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TheTick If the government does nothing, it's bad for Indonesia and Indonesians - but there is some hope. Private schools, National Plus and what used to be called international, are teaching English to a reasonable level in TK and SD, and that will produce just about enough well trained people to
I started with TK an SD kids - Teaching was easy as I always assumed they could do far more than the text books aimed for - that positive attitude rubbing off onto the kids so they assumed they could do it as well. They went on to amaze me, then amaze the school, then amaze their parents. 26 adje...
I used to be a teacher - Did it for more years than I care to think about but I moved on to teaching teachers. Indonesian SMKs have many problems when it comes to the English language but I'm trying to sort out a way of addressing those problems, thus improving UN scores AND producing students with
It's afternoon now so I'm working on some listening comprehension scripts - but the words in the post above will be missing from the prose composed
Is it morning already? My mouth feels like a bus station toilet that hasn't been cleaned for a month. I'm off to brush my teeth.
Individual members of the public can do little, local groups can do a lot - government, everything required to change the situation. Local schools, especially in areas that have a tourism potential, could hire highly qualified and capable English teachers, preferably native speakers of the langua...
I'm married so both girls and boys are out for me. I should note by lack of interest in boys - Well unless I ever run out of girls, all the sheep disappear, and knotholes in trees all heal up.
Poor pronunciation and inability to use the spoken word are products of poor training and a lack of confidence, the latter usually being caused by the former.