Let's Sing A Long with English Songs.....!

1. Alphabet Song

A-B-C-D-E-F-G
H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P
Q-R-S
T-U-V
W-X
Y and Z

Now I've sung my ABC's
Next time won't you sing with me?

Wanna play the song? Click play button in the player below


Wanna download the song? Click the link below!
Download Alphabet song

2. BINGO

There was a man who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-O
B.I.N.G.O.
B.I.N.G.O.
B.I.N.G.O.
And Bingo was his name-O

Wanna play the song? Click play button in the player below


Wanna download the song? Click the link below!
Download bingo song

The Giant Potato Story

Dear All,
Do you still remember the Giant Potato story which I demonstrated in the class? Do you still remember what kinds of classroom activities that I did when I told the story to you all. If you are curious to know the complete script of the story...here is the text:


The Giant Potato


Once upon a time there was a man called Mr. Fry. He loved potatoes. He ate potatoes for breakfast. He ate potatoes for lunch. He ate potatoes for afternoon tea. He ate potatoes for dinner.

One day, Mr. Fry got a parcel. It was from his brother in Peru. Inside the parcel there was a very strange potato. It was very SMALL. It was very ROUND. It was very YELLOW. There was a note in the parcel. It said:
'Plant this potato in a very big hole in your garden. Don't water it'
Mr. Fry was very excited. He went into his garden. he dug a very big hole in your garden. He planted the potato. The sun was shining. it was very hot. So Mr. Fry picked up a watering can and water the potato. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning and it started to rain. The rain poured down. Poured down. And the potato started to grow. It grew BIGGER and BIGGER and BIGGER. And the leaves started to grow. They grow WIDER and WIDER and WIDER. Mr. Fry looked at the enormous plant. He was very hungry. He thought enormous plant is the same with enormous potato. So he held the top of the plant and he pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So he called his wife, Mrs. Fry, to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So Mrs. Fry called her son, Peter, to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. Peter held Mrs. Fry. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So Peter called his sister, Barbara, to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. Peter held Mrs. Fry. Barbara held Peter. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So Barbara called the pet to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. Peter held Mrs. Fry. Barbara held Peter. The pet held Barbara. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, and suddenly, out come the potato. It was ENORMOUS. It was the biggest potato they have ever seen.

'I'm hungry', said Mr.Fry. 'What's for dinner?', 'Potatoes,' said Peter and Barbara



Well, that's the complete story of the GIANT POTATO. You can improvise or change some details of the story as you like. There are so many follow up activities that can be done after the students listen to the story interactively. Any Ideas??


The story was quoted from Teaching Children English - Vale and Feunteun

Old MacDonald Had A Farm

Dear Smart Guru...

As we have discussed in our class that song can be one of the interesting ways to motivate our students to learn english. Here with, I have Uploaded one of the most famous english song among children all over the world. You can download the song, get the flash cards and find the activities related to the song.



Click the play button to listen to Old MacDonald Song!

Old MacDonald song is one of the famous song among children in English Speaking Countries. It is also widely used in English classrooms all over the word. The song is so attractive and funny that make children love it. When dealing with songs, the activity is not just sing along with the whole class, but there are much more activities that can be used as the follow up activities. In this Blog, I have uploaded the song, the lyric, flash cards and also some worksheet for classroom activities. Hopefully it will be useful for you all.

If you want to download the song for your own usage, you can use this link: Download Song. And to sing along with your students, you can get the song lyric from this link: Song Lyric.

The followings are things that can be done in the classroom after you sing along with your students:
1. You can teach your students some vocabularies related to the Old MacDonald song by using these Mini Flash Cards
2. You can play crossword with your students by using this Worksheet
3. You can teach your students about number by using These Pictures
4. You can teach your students different animal sounds by using this Worksheet
5. and you can check your students vocabulary knowledge by using this Classroom Activity

So, by knowing the above-mentioned activities, it is expected that you can create a fun and interactive english class that make your students feel comfortable being in your classroom.

Enjoy the experience and don't forget to give your reflection on the comment column below.

Cheers


The materials for this topic are compiled from: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try

End of Semester

Dear all,

As the semester has come to an end and the EYL class has finished we are not going to meet face-to-face anymore. However, it doesn't mean that our journey of learning english and learning how to teach english has come to an end as well. For those who have great interest in the TEYL, you still can learn together with me and share your experiences here in this blog. Starting from now, I will try to keep updating this blog and posting some teaching techniques, strategies and infos that might be useful for you. You are also welcomed to contribute you ideas in this blog. Wish you enjoy your journey here....All the best!

Plagiarisme...Kejahatan Akademia...

Apakah itu Plagiarisme?

Menurut Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI), Plagiarisme adalah penjiplakan yang melanggar hak cipta - hak seseorang atas hasil tulisan, pendapat atau temuannya. Plagiat adalah pengambilan karangan atau tulisan seseorang dan menjadikannya seolah-olah tulisan tersebut adalah hasil pendapat sendiri. Pelaku plagiat disebut plagiator. Sedangkan bagi saya, plagiator tidak lebih dari para pelaku kriminal seperti halnya perampok, pencuri, atau pengutil.

Harus diakui, dalam hal plagiarisme ini, terdapat area 'abu-abu' yang dapat membingungkan seseorang untuk memutuskan mana yang termasuk kedalam plagiarisme dan mana yang tidak. Di beberapa negara (bukan di Indonesia), Plagiarisme bisa menjadi hal yang sangat serius yang mengakibatkan pelakunya dikeluarkan dari Civitas Akademika.

Sebagai seorang Akademia, anda diharapkan untuk membaca, mencari informasi lalu memformulasikan, merefleksikan informasi yang anda dapat dalam kata-kata dan sudut pandang anda sendiri. Jika anda menyelesaikan suatu tugas hanya dengan meng-copy materi yang ditulis oleh orang lain, itu berarti anda tidak memperlihatkan bahwa anda memahami sesuatu.


Harus Anda ketahui bahwa meng-copy sesuatu dari buku, koran, jurnal atau sumber lainnya adalah TIDAK DIBENARKAN. Kejahatan paling keji adalah ketika anda secara langsung meng-copy dari suatu sumber secara kata per kata. Walaupun anda hanya meng-copy satu frasa, satu kalimat, satu paragraf, apalagi seluruh karangan anda telah melakukan plagiarisme. Jika tulisan tersebut bukan milik anda, anda harus mencantumkan siapa penulis aslinya, sehingga pembaca bisa mengetahui mana yang hasil pemikiran anda dan mana yang bukan.

Sebagai seorang Akademia, anda perlu belajar bagaimana menulis dengan 'style' anda sendiri. Anda mungkin terpengaruh oleh penulis lain yang menurut anda cocok dengan jalan pikiran anda. Jadikanlah tulisan penulis lain sebagai model, bukan untuk dijiplak.

Sebagai pengajar yang harus menilai hasil tulisan anda, saya tertarik untuk melihat pemahaman ANDA terhadap materi pelajaran. Saya sama sekali tidak tertarik untuk menilai kemampuan anda meng-copy hasil tulisan orang lain.

Memahami sesuatu bukan sekedar mengulang sesuatu yang sudah anda baca atau dengar. menulis adalah latihan yang sangat berharga untuk menguji pemahaman anda terhadap satu topik. Kita baru akan yakin bahwa kita memahami sesuatu, sampai kita harus menuliskannya dan menjelaskannya dengan kata-kata dan pemikiran kita sendiri.

Tulisan ini hanya sekedar mengingatkan kita semua (termasuk saya) bahwa dunia akademis bukan hanya sekedar dunia copy-meng-copy hasil tulisan orang lain, tetapi adalah dunia dimana kita dapat menunjukan kemampuan kita untuk berpikir, menganalisa, merefleksikan ilmu yang kita dapat untuk kemudian mendemonstrasikan pemahaman KITA dalam bentuk yang lebih nyata.

Final Score

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
1	No	NIM	1	2	3	4	5	6
2			10%	25%	25%	40%
3	1	0801625	100	80	75	65	75	B
4	2	0801626	100	90	85	80	86	A
5	3	0801627	100	80	80	70	78	B
6	4	0801628	100	80	75	85	83	B
7	5	0801629	100	80	80	60	74	B
8	6	0801630	100	80	65	60	70	B
9	7	0801631	100	90	85	85	88	A
10	8	0801632	100	80	80	70	78	B
11	9	0801633	100	80	85	80	83	B
12	10	0801634	100	80	75	85	83	B
13	11	0801635	100	70	85	70	77	B
14	12	0801636	100	80	85	70	79	B
15	13	0801637
16	14	0801638	80	70	85	70	75	B
17	15	0801639	90	80	90	75	82	B
18	16	0801640	100	80	85	85	85	A
19	17	0801641	100	80	80	80	82	B
20	18	0801642	100	80	90	95	91	A
21	19	0801643	100	80	70	60	72	B
22	20	0801644	100	80	65	70	74	B
23	21	0801645	100	80	85	75	81	B
24	22	0801646	100	90	65	85	83	B
25	23	0801647	100	80	70	70	76	B
26	24	0801648	100	75	80	85	83	B
27	25	0801649	100	80	80	80	82	B
28	26	0801650	100	80	75	80	81	B
29	27	0801651	100	90	85	60	78	B
30	28	0801706	100	80	75	70	77	B
31	29	0801707	100	80	85	80	83	B
32	30	0801708	100	80	85	60	75	B
33	31	0801709	90	70	90	70	77	B
34	32	0801710	100	80	75	70	77	B
35	33	0801711	100	80	85	75	81	B
36	34	0801712	100	80	85	85	85	A
37	35	0801713	100	80	80	60	74	B
38	36	0801714	100	80	80	75	80	B
39	37	0801715	90	80	90	60	76	B
40	38	0801716	100	80	85	75	81	B
41	39	0801717	90	80	85	75	80	B
42	40	0801718	100	90	70	80	82	B
43	41	0801719	100	70	90	95	88	A
44	42	0801720	100	80	95	80	86	A
45	43	0802066	100	80	90	60	77	B
46	44	0802067	100	90	90	70	83	B
47	45	0802068	100	80	65	75	76	B
48	46	0802069	100	80	75	75	79	B
49	47	0802070	100	90	90	75	85	B
50	48	0802071	100	90	75	80	83	B
51	49	0802072	100	80	65	50	66	C
52	50	0802073	100	90	80	95	91	A
53	51	0802098	100	80	70	80	80	B
54	52	0802099	100	80	80	95	88	A
55	53	0802100	100	80	70	70	76	B
56	54	0802101	100	80	80	60	74	B
57	55	0803240	100	80	90	75	83	B
58	56	0803241	100	80	75	80	81	B
59	57	0803242	100	80	70	75	78	B
60	58	0803243	100	80	90	80	85	B
61	59	0803244	100	80	75	70	77	B
62	60	0803245	100	80	65	50	66	C
63	61	0803246	100	80	85	75	81	B
64	62	0803247	100	80	85	95	89	A
65	63	0803248	100	80	85	85	85	A
66	64	0803249	90	80	90	80	84	B
67	65	0803283	100	90	75	85	85	A
68	66	0803284	90	70	75	85	79	B
69	67	0803285	100	70	80	70	76	B
70	68	0803286	100	70	70	60	69	C
71	69	0803287	100	80	70	80	80	B
72	70	0803288	100	80	70	60	72	B
73	71	0803290	100	80	80	65	76	B
74	72	0803291	100	80	90	65	79	B
75	73	0803292	100	90	80	70	81	B
76	74	0803293	100	80	65	60	70	B
77	75	0803294	100	80	85	70	79	B
78	76	0803295	100	80	65	60	70	B
79	77	0803296	100	70	90	70	78	B
80	78	0803297	100	90	85	50	74	B
81	79	0803298	100	80	85	70	79	B
82	80	0803299	100	90	85	95	92	A
83	81	0803300	100	80	90	85	87	A
84	82	0804126	100	80	70	95	86	A
85	83	0804136	100	90	65	95	87	A
86	84	0804453	100	80	70	65	74	B
87	85	0804548	100	80	70	60	72	B
88	86	0804711	100	90	65	80	81	B
89	87	0805299	100	80	70	90	84	B
90	88	0805364	100	80	70	50	68	C
91	89	0805374	100	80	80	60	74	B
92	90	0805403	100	80	80	60	74	B
93	91	0805892	100	80	85	70	79	B
94	92	0806163	100	80	65	80	78	B
95	93	0806669	100	80	80	75	80	B
96	94	0808817	100	80	85	60	75	B
97	95	0808991	60		70	50		BL
98
99	Note
100	1	Attendance
101	2	Reflection and Report Paper
102	3	Presentation and Daily Performance
103	4	Essay
104	5	Total
105	6	Final Score

Additional Information on final test

Dear Students,
There are many of you asking me whether you should write your Final Essay in English or Indonesian. I would like to make clear that you can write the essay both in English or in Indonesian. You can choose whichever more comfortable for you.

Don't forget to submit it before the due date or just send your essay by email to my G-mail account.

Happy Holiday...