LESSON PLAN ON NATIONAL CURRICULUM 2013

In teaching, it is important to set what the goal of learning and what materials going to teach. All of hem was written in a form called "Lesson Plan". Indonesia is now using National Curriculum 2013 in education system. Here is a Lesson Plan to teach Transactional text in Curriculum 2013. Download here.

Narrative Text for Story Telling

Narrative text is a text whose social function is to amuse the readers. It can also be used to story telling. Indonesia has many interesting legend to support your story telling, one of them is Calon Arang. To get it, download here. Have a nice story telling!

Extensive Speaking ==> Drama

Hello guys, in the fifth semester of studying in English Department, we have to present a drama based on novel, and for that, I suggest you to use novel Narnia. for the drama script,  go to download here Happy drama :')

Breaking the Ice in Teaching English

Breaking the ice in studying in the classroom is really important to keep the students fresh and paying attention. Here I provide an example of Ice breaker in teaching English. Enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le47Rw6kLi8 

New Ways of Teaching Listening

Listening is one of the four skills students must acquire in learning English as Second Language. Log time ago, this skill is viewed as a passive skill, but now, it isn't since many researchers has made a lot of studies toward this skill. Those studies appear to create a new way of teaching listening. Among others are:

Interpersonal Activities

One effective and nonthreatening way for students to develop stronger listening skills is through interpersonal activities, such as mock interviews and storytelling. Assign the students to small groups of two or three, and then give them a particular listening activity to accomplish. For example, you may have one student interview another for a job with a company or for an article in a newspaper. Even a storytelling activity, such as one that answers the question "What was your favorite movie from last year?" can give students the opportunity to ask one another questions and then to practice active listening skills.

Language Assessment for ESL

Studying at English Department, one of many subjects we have is Language Assessment. It is a subject in which we study how to assess the students whether they have mastered the materials the teacher gave or not. Here are some Practical Ideas On Alternative Assessment For ESL Students on http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/tannen01.html

Resources

Online Resources: Digests

May 1996

Practical Ideas On Alternative Assessment For ESL Students

Jo-Ellen Tannenbaum, Montgomery County Public Schools (MD)

Many educators have come to recognize that alternative assessments are an important means of gaining a dynamic picture of students' academic and linguistic development. "Alternative assessment refers to procedures and techniques which can be used within the context of instruction and can be easily incorporated into the daily activities of the school or classroom" (Hamayan, 1995, p. 213). It is particularly useful with English as a second language students because it employs strategies that ask students to show what they can do. In contrast to traditional testing, "students are evaluated on what they integrate and produce rather than on what they are able to recall and reproduce" (Huerta- Macias, 1995, p. 9). Although there is no single definition of alternative assessment, the main goal is to "gather evidence about how students are approaching, processing, and completing real-life tasks in a particular domain" (Huerta-Macias, 1995, p. 9). Alternative assessments generally meet the following criteria:

• Focus is on documenting individual student growth over time, rather than comparing students with one another.
• Emphasis is on students' strengths (what they know), rather than weaknesses (what they don't know).
• Consideration is given to the learning styles, language proficiencies, cultural and educational backgrounds, and grade levels of students.

5 New Fun Ways to Teach Grammar

Mention the word “grammar” and students will cringe. In fact, most teachers will cringe, too.

Of course, teachers know correct grammar rules, but it's one thing to know them, and another thing to effectively teach them, and transmit them so that students not only understand the rules, but also apply them correctly. 

check this link out