Introducing greeting and parting to English learners as the first step of teaching English is necessary since they are the first things we say when we meet someone else.
Therefore, it is good to know what expressions are used in greeting and parting. Look at the notes below:
Greeting:
SALAM PERJUMPAAN
*Example:
Good Morning
Good Afternoon
Good Evening
Goo day
Hello/ Hi
How are you?
What’s up?
How are you doing?
How's life?
How's everything with you?
Nice to meet you
Nice to see you
*"How do you do" is a formal greeting used in the first meeting. The answer is also how do you do. It can be combined with nice to meet you since "nice to meet you is also only used in the first meeting. Either answer "how do you do or nice to meet you" is allowed as well.
*"How are you" is a formal greeting among people we are familiar with. For the casual one, we can use some other greeting expressions such as: what's up? how are you doing? How's everything with you? How's life?. The answer can be varied. Do not only say: I'm fine, thank you, but you can also use other variation as follows: Great, good, well, pretty good, not bad, pretty well etc. Don't forget to say "thanks" then greet back the person who has greeted us.
PARTING:
Salam Perpisahan.
Good bye/ bye (selamat tinggal)
See you....(next time, later, tomorrow, Sunday, tonight etc).
Take care (jaga diri)
Keep in touch (nanti kuhubungi)
*Enjoy + Ving/ Noun (Enjoy writing, enjoy the food, enjoy the trip etc)
*Have a nice dream, have nice sleep, have nice writing etc.
*Good night
Notes:
*Enjoy + Ving/ Noun and Have...are part of hopes we can add before we leave. By using these ones the conversation can be expanded and look to be more casual, using only one of the partings would be fine thou.
*Good night and good evening are different. One is parting, another one is greeting (see the example above)but people usually make them overlap where they often use good night as a parting too. After knowing the difference, hope we can use them properly.
*Good night is also used when someone wants to go to bed too (sleep).
One more thing about greeting and parting. There is a big difference between Indonesian and English culture. In Indonesia greeting especially about the days (good morning, good afternoon, good day, good evening) are commonly used as partings too but this case cannot happen in English.
See try me to have exercise about greeting and parting.
Now, let's move to the next level...
GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER
When we meet someone new it is possible to know her/ him deeper by asking some personal questions: name, address, hobby,job etc. But there are some that is considered rude to be asked such as: age,status (married/ single), and salary unless he/ she is close to us or we've known each other quite well.
Here some ways to get to know someones personal information:
1. What’s your name?
My name is…
I am...
2. Where do you live?
I live on Hatta street 44 Ponorogo
I live at 44 Hatta street Ponorogo
I live in Ponorogo
3. What’s your hobby?
My hobby is singing
I like to sing/ I like singing
4. What’s your father’s name?
He is “Brandon Lee”/ My father’s name is Brandon Lee
5. What is your father?
He is a doctor
6. What is your favorite food?
My favorite food is fried rice.
I like fried rice
7. How old are you?
I am twelve years old.
8. When were you born?
I am twelve years old.
9. When were you born?
I was born on July the third 1998
9. Where do you study?/ Where do you go to school?
I study at SMP N 1 Jetis Ponorogo
10. Who is your English teacher?
My English teacher is Ms. Titin Setyorini.
Her name is Titin Setyorini.
She is Titin Setyorini.
Knowing someone identity can be gotten either by asking someone his/ her information or we directly tell information about us. It can be done by summarizing the answers of questions above.
Don't forget to greet first before starting introducing yourself.
"Hi! Let me tell you about myself"
"Hello, everyone! I'd like to introduce myself"
"Good morning, guys! Let me introduce myself"
then continue with your information:
"My name is Aulia Lee. I live on Hatta street 44 Ponorogo. I like singing. My father is Brandon Lee. He is a doctor. My favorite food is fried rice. I am twelve years old. I was born on July the third 1998...etc"
Notes: you can adjust the information yourself.
At the end you can say "that's all about me. Thank you."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Remedy Test (7th grader)
I. CIRCLE THE BEST ANSWER OF MULTIPLE CHOICES BELOW. (score 1)
1. Annie meets her friend at school. What will she say?
a. Hello, guys! b. Nice to meet you. c. Have a nice day d. Good night
2. It is 7 p.m Lucy sees her teacher at a restaurant. What will she say?
a. Good night, Sir! B. See you tomorrow c. Good evening, Sir! D. Take care
3. When Laurence has breakfast he sees her little sister just woke up. What will he say?
a. Have a nice dream b. Enjoy the food c. Good night d. Good Morning
4. My father takes me to school. After we reach the school he has to go his office. What will he say?
a. Good morning b. See you later c. Nice to see you. D. Good Afternoon
5. Which of the following expressions is not greeting?
a. Good day b. How are you? C. Good night d. Nice to meet you
6. Which of the following expressions is not parting?
a. Good bye b. Keep in touch c. Nice to meet you d. Have nice sleep
7. When will we use greeting?
a. When we want to go home b. When we meet someone
c. In the middle of conversation d. At the end of conversation
8. When will we use parting?
a. When we want to go to someone's home b. When we meet someone
c. In the middle of conversation d. At the end of conversation
9. What will you ask when you don’t know someone’s name?
a. Where do you live? B. What is your name c. How do you spell your name? d. Sorry, bye.
10. “I am twelve years old” is the answer of asking a….
a. Name b. Address c. Phone number d. Age
II. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF THE DIALOGUE BELOW! (score 3)
Hello, I’m Karina White. I live in a small village with my dad and mom. Since I’m the only child, I feel so lonely sometimes. On holidays I often spend my time seeing my grandpa down town. My grandma passed away two years ago.
My parents know that I often feel bored at home because I have no brother or sister so they let me have some friends visit me when they are not home. We often play hide and seek. My friends are nice but I hope I have a little sister one day so I want feel lonely anymore. A little brother will be so naughty, I think.
1. Where does Karina’s grandpa live?
2. Whom did Karina’s grandpa live with?
3. When did her grandma die?
4. What do Karina and friends do when they are at Karina’s house?
5. Why does Karina prefer to have a little sister?
III. ARRANGE THE DIALOGUES BELOW IN ORDER TO GET A GOOD CONVERSATION. (score 2)
Rudy : Alright. Hope you two can be friends too. (1)
Samuel : I don’t think so. (2)
Samuel : Nice to meet you. (3)
Rudy : Have you met Cindy before, Sam? (4)
Cindy : How do you do? (5)
Rudy : Ok Samuel, this is Cindy. And Cindy, this is Samuel, my classmate. (6)
Asking and Giving Information Detail
you can download my file here (just click it)
It is all about the use of to be, auxiliary, command and prohibition, my material for seventh grade students.
Hope this works for you.
It is all about the use of to be, auxiliary, command and prohibition, my material for seventh grade students.
Hope this works for you.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Speak up for Education in Indonesia
I was involved in education field started July 2009 and I got surprised with how teaching learning is taken. There are a lot of things beyond my imagination.
The first thing is about teacher quality.
I have found out that there are some teachers are not qualified enough at their field. I assume that it happened because of the rules of CPNS (Government officers) recruitment.
In Indonesia government recruitment is based on a test under government supervision. The test covers: bahasa Indonesia,math, scholastic and other terms I can't remember. These tests really don’t show people ability in their field. Moreover there is no test that specifies to the field the applicants chosen. There is no English test for English applicants for instance. This circumstance emerges a question how government knows that the accepted applicants are able to teach. The GPA attached in application letter is not a guaranty that the score there reflects applicants’ ability. But, this is Indonesia!
Another way of government recruitment is by recruiting some teachers who have served voluntarily in some schools. From humanism side it is understandable. But, have they tested before teaching there? Many schools hire voluntarily teacher through nepotism, power of acquaintance or people who we know well in institutions takes place.
Everything is getting worse when sometimes we heard that bribing exists in recruitment test. The rumor says that 100-120 million rupiahs are spent to get a position in governmental office. What can we say?
The phenomena above are a clear description of Education in Indonesia.
I’m glad that I was recruited at SMPN 1 Jetis, a promising school with an RSBI level. Being PNS is my dream but I can not do a thing if CPNS test is still like what I explained above. Through what I write, I do hope that this contributes to the changing of CPNS recruitment rules. Let someone be tested based on his or her field, then I’ll be optimistic when applying.
RSBI is just another problem. RSBI is an extraordinary school. It can’t be put the same as other schools. It needs more responsible, talent and ideas. The goals of this kind of schools need a total teacher's contribution including time and energy. But I don’t notice that government appreciate RSBI teachers work since no difference in payment from the non-RSBI teachers to RSBI one. And this case is just another hard work for the voluntarily teachers who are not financially ready yet.
Javanese says: Jer Basuki mawa bea, it is indeed right. Appreciation through award, cash or whatever will stimulate teachers to be more creative and enthusiastic to always serve themselves in education world.
VIVA TEACHERS in INDONESIA!
The first thing is about teacher quality.
I have found out that there are some teachers are not qualified enough at their field. I assume that it happened because of the rules of CPNS (Government officers) recruitment.
In Indonesia government recruitment is based on a test under government supervision. The test covers: bahasa Indonesia,math, scholastic and other terms I can't remember. These tests really don’t show people ability in their field. Moreover there is no test that specifies to the field the applicants chosen. There is no English test for English applicants for instance. This circumstance emerges a question how government knows that the accepted applicants are able to teach. The GPA attached in application letter is not a guaranty that the score there reflects applicants’ ability. But, this is Indonesia!
Another way of government recruitment is by recruiting some teachers who have served voluntarily in some schools. From humanism side it is understandable. But, have they tested before teaching there? Many schools hire voluntarily teacher through nepotism, power of acquaintance or people who we know well in institutions takes place.
Everything is getting worse when sometimes we heard that bribing exists in recruitment test. The rumor says that 100-120 million rupiahs are spent to get a position in governmental office. What can we say?
The phenomena above are a clear description of Education in Indonesia.
I’m glad that I was recruited at SMPN 1 Jetis, a promising school with an RSBI level. Being PNS is my dream but I can not do a thing if CPNS test is still like what I explained above. Through what I write, I do hope that this contributes to the changing of CPNS recruitment rules. Let someone be tested based on his or her field, then I’ll be optimistic when applying.
RSBI is just another problem. RSBI is an extraordinary school. It can’t be put the same as other schools. It needs more responsible, talent and ideas. The goals of this kind of schools need a total teacher's contribution including time and energy. But I don’t notice that government appreciate RSBI teachers work since no difference in payment from the non-RSBI teachers to RSBI one. And this case is just another hard work for the voluntarily teachers who are not financially ready yet.
Javanese says: Jer Basuki mawa bea, it is indeed right. Appreciation through award, cash or whatever will stimulate teachers to be more creative and enthusiastic to always serve themselves in education world.
VIVA TEACHERS in INDONESIA!
Monday, August 23, 2010
TO BE, AUXILIARY
I. Fill the blank below with to be or auxiliary.
1. ……..your mother a secretary?
2. ………she like English?
3. ………Bryan and Andy play football?
4. ………Anna cook in the kitchen?
5. ………I study math?
6. ………the tea sweet?
7. ………the weather hot?
8. ………the cats wild?
9. ………Lucas and Mario naughty?
10. ……..we walk to school?
II. Circle one correct verb of the exercises below.
1. Don’t (cheat/ cheating/ cheats)!
2. Does uncle (buy/ buying/ buys) you a gift for your birthday?
3. Carla doesn’t (eat/ eating/ eats) meat. She is a vegetarian.
4. I don’t (understand/ understanding/ understands) my teacher’s explanation.
5. Annie and my sisters (go, going, goes) to their friend’s house.
6. I have three puppies. I (give/ giving/ gives) them milk everyday.
7. Claudia (take/ takes/ taking) her little brother to a kindergarten.
8. The snakes (hiss/ hissing/ hisses) in the bush.
9. My teacher (close/ closing/ closes) today lesson.
10. The students (run/ running/ runs) in the yard.
III. Translate the Indonesian below into good English.
1. Pakailah sepatumu.
2. Jauhi narkoba.
3. Ambilkan jaketku.
4. Buka kaleng ini.
5. Jangan sentuh bahan kimia ini.
6. Jangan nakal.
7. Dengarkan gurumu.
8. Jangan ramai.
9. Amati gambar ini.
10. Lihatlah keluar jendela.
Soal-soal di atas akan membantu kalian dalam memahami pemakaian to be, auxiliary dan larangan.
Keep practicing, DEAR!
1. ……..your mother a secretary?
2. ………she like English?
3. ………Bryan and Andy play football?
4. ………Anna cook in the kitchen?
5. ………I study math?
6. ………the tea sweet?
7. ………the weather hot?
8. ………the cats wild?
9. ………Lucas and Mario naughty?
10. ……..we walk to school?
II. Circle one correct verb of the exercises below.
1. Don’t (cheat/ cheating/ cheats)!
2. Does uncle (buy/ buying/ buys) you a gift for your birthday?
3. Carla doesn’t (eat/ eating/ eats) meat. She is a vegetarian.
4. I don’t (understand/ understanding/ understands) my teacher’s explanation.
5. Annie and my sisters (go, going, goes) to their friend’s house.
6. I have three puppies. I (give/ giving/ gives) them milk everyday.
7. Claudia (take/ takes/ taking) her little brother to a kindergarten.
8. The snakes (hiss/ hissing/ hisses) in the bush.
9. My teacher (close/ closing/ closes) today lesson.
10. The students (run/ running/ runs) in the yard.
III. Translate the Indonesian below into good English.
1. Pakailah sepatumu.
2. Jauhi narkoba.
3. Ambilkan jaketku.
4. Buka kaleng ini.
5. Jangan sentuh bahan kimia ini.
6. Jangan nakal.
7. Dengarkan gurumu.
8. Jangan ramai.
9. Amati gambar ini.
10. Lihatlah keluar jendela.
Soal-soal di atas akan membantu kalian dalam memahami pemakaian to be, auxiliary dan larangan.
Keep practicing, DEAR!
Upgrade your english to the next level
English is not the second language in Indonesia. Since it is the third language people tend to give less priority except for those who were born to be talented at it or when they are forced to learn it as a prerequisite to get a job.
Since English is not our mother tongue most people speak English only for the sake of being understandable by others. No wonder if people often ignore grammar, tenses, pronunciation-some other aspects of what so called as good English.
It is reasonable if people make mistakes in English because they are not its native but it is not a reason to always make it wrong if we can upgrade our English.
The first level of English might be knowing some words. The next level is combining words to words, then make it fluent in speaking, and then they use this last level to communicate.
Usually people are satisfied or proud enough to be at the last level mentioned. Speed is their goal. They do not want to continue to the higher level that actually covers some aspects that lead them to at least better English.
Once, I got a chance to work on a thesis for my S1 degree. It might not what a teacher training education department student should have taken for classroom action research is required, it is beneficial for all English learners though.
Do you know what good English is according to English native? Do you know what native speakers' mind about the common Indonesian English speaking? Do you know what should an English speaker do to be good at English? Do you know why in college we are taught about pronunciation?
The questions above all is answered by my research. And here, I quoted some of which. Hopes it opens your mind to upgrade your English to the next level. Don't feel satisfied with the English you've got.
Since English is not our mother tongue most people speak English only for the sake of being understandable by others. No wonder if people often ignore grammar, tenses, pronunciation-some other aspects of what so called as good English.
It is reasonable if people make mistakes in English because they are not its native but it is not a reason to always make it wrong if we can upgrade our English.
The first level of English might be knowing some words. The next level is combining words to words, then make it fluent in speaking, and then they use this last level to communicate.
Usually people are satisfied or proud enough to be at the last level mentioned. Speed is their goal. They do not want to continue to the higher level that actually covers some aspects that lead them to at least better English.
Once, I got a chance to work on a thesis for my S1 degree. It might not what a teacher training education department student should have taken for classroom action research is required, it is beneficial for all English learners though.
Do you know what good English is according to English native? Do you know what native speakers' mind about the common Indonesian English speaking? Do you know what should an English speaker do to be good at English? Do you know why in college we are taught about pronunciation?
The questions above all is answered by my research. And here, I quoted some of which. Hopes it opens your mind to upgrade your English to the next level. Don't feel satisfied with the English you've got.
"It can not be avoided that learning other languages is hard to do since there are some different aspects that do not exist in their English learners’ mother tongue. Hence, it makes sense that English learners make mistakes in pronouncing the target language. In respond to the case that many people make mistakes in pronouncing English words, it is necessary to know what native speakers’ opinions toward Indonesians’ English and what good English are.
Through questionnaires that were given to seven native speakers who have lived in Indonesia for some time (see appendix 1), it is found out that Indonesians’ English are understandable by English natives, however, there are some features need to work by English learners to gain proper pronunciation. ”Good pronunciation is about having accurate segmental and suprasegmental (intonation) skills” (Barret, 2008).
People rarely know that segmental features have crucial parts to make English understandable and to be considered as correct pronunciations. Those crucial features are th, sh, b, p, d, t, f, ph, v, r, final z, and vowel sounds. When people make mistakes in pronouncing them, English native speakers might get confused and misunderstand toward what actual message people want to deliver. In spite of the English is understandable, English native speakers need time to get the meaning.
Another aspect as a requirement of good English is suprasegmental features that include intonation, flow, and word stress. If the stress is incorrect, not only can speech be difficult to understand but the meaning can change. Besides, English learners in Indonesia are also less awareness of proper tenses. Simple grammar is often overlooked in favor of learning more advanced vocabularies, grammar etc. Knowledge of the language can be very advance but often using the basic forms is a problem.
The mistakes mentioned by the English native speakers above are hardly found in the speaking of people who started learning English since young age by using authentic materials. And this circumstance is exposed in this research with a hope that people are motivated to learn English as early as possible, particularly since young age by using authentic sources, so they will be able to speak English properly."
Thursday, August 5, 2010
ASKING AND GIVING INFORMATION
PART OF SPEECH
Part of speech takes an important part in making good grammar of English. Acknowledging this will benefit us to distinguish the use of to be, auxiliary and modal. Before we go further to
Part of speech takes an important part in making good grammar of English. Acknowledging this will benefit us to distinguish the use of to be, auxiliary and modal. Before we go further to
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
INTRODUCING SOMEONE
EXPRESSIONS USED TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE
In our daily lives it is really possible to always get someone new whether we get him or her ourselves or get him or her introduced by the other.Below is some common expressions when we want to introduce someone to other person.
Have you met....before? (Sudah kenal....belum?)
Hey, I’d like you to meet… (Saya ingin memperkenalkan kamu pada....)
Please meet my friend… (Kenalkan, teman saya....)
Andy, this is Martha. (Andy, ini Martha)
Martha, this Andy. (Martha, ini Andy)
Speaking Practice 1
Carol and Amy are window shopping in a mall. Carol sees her friend, Tania there. They then have a chat. Carol introduce Tania to Amy.
Carol : Tania! I’m glad to see you here. It’s been a while.
Tania : Yeah…I miss you. How’s life?
Carol : I’m studying at SMP 1 JETIS now. What about you?
Tania : I’m studying out of town. It’s sad that we can’t be together anymore.
Carol : But, we can still keep in touch, right?
Tania : You’re right.
Carol : By the way, please meet my friend, Amy. Amy this is Tania. Tania, this is Amy.
Tania : Hello, Amy! Nice to meet you.
Amy : Nice to meet you.
Tania : Hey, you know it is nice to see you here but I’m with my sister here. I’m sure she’s waiting for me now.
Carol : No worries. We’ll go on seeing the clothes then.
Tania : Ok, see you.
Carol : Take care
Speaking Practice 2
Nancy hears a cat meowing. She wonders whose cat is that. She asks her sister Diana to take her to where the cat is. Diana takes Nancy to Denny, the owner of the cat and get introduced her sister to Denny.
Diana : Hey, what are you doing, Denny.
Denny: Hi, Girls! I’m feeding my cat. What takes you here?
Diana : My sister wants to see you your cat. Oh yeah, Denny. This is Diana, my sister.
Denny : Hi, Nancy. Nice to meet you.
Nancy : Me too. I’m sorry for disturbing you but I really like cats.
Denny: Really? Do you have some at home?
Nancy : Unfortunately not. My father does not allow me to keep one.
Diana : You know, our father is a doctor. He is afraid cats will bring some diseases at home.
Denny : Oh…I get it. Yeah…that’s right if we don’t take care of it well. But, don’t worry, Nancy. Just come here if you want to. You can play with my cat.
Nancy : Are you kidding? That would be great.
Diana : Okay, time to go. We have some home work remember, Nancy?
Nancy : Oh yeah! I’ll see you again some time.
Denny : You are welcome.
Nancy and Diana: Bye…
From the speaking practice above you can determine the greeting and parting. You also see that small talk will take place after the greeting.Small talk is an unimportant talk in order to make the meeting warmer and make us closer to the speaker we are talking to, then the we can go to the main idea of what we want to talk about.
There is something to remember about parting. Before we say goodbye it's better to give the reason why we leave. If you are about to go to school you may say: "I'm sorry, it's nice to talk to you but I have to go, my class starts at 7." Tell something related to what you are about to do as the reason of leaving, then you can say "goodbye/ see you/ take care etc."
In our daily lives it is really possible to always get someone new whether we get him or her ourselves or get him or her introduced by the other.Below is some common expressions when we want to introduce someone to other person.
Have you met....before? (Sudah kenal....belum?)
Hey, I’d like you to meet… (Saya ingin memperkenalkan kamu pada....)
Please meet my friend… (Kenalkan, teman saya....)
Andy, this is Martha. (Andy, ini Martha)
Martha, this Andy. (Martha, ini Andy)
Speaking Practice 1
Carol and Amy are window shopping in a mall. Carol sees her friend, Tania there. They then have a chat. Carol introduce Tania to Amy.
Carol : Tania! I’m glad to see you here. It’s been a while.
Tania : Yeah…I miss you. How’s life?
Carol : I’m studying at SMP 1 JETIS now. What about you?
Tania : I’m studying out of town. It’s sad that we can’t be together anymore.
Carol : But, we can still keep in touch, right?
Tania : You’re right.
Carol : By the way, please meet my friend, Amy. Amy this is Tania. Tania, this is Amy.
Tania : Hello, Amy! Nice to meet you.
Amy : Nice to meet you.
Tania : Hey, you know it is nice to see you here but I’m with my sister here. I’m sure she’s waiting for me now.
Carol : No worries. We’ll go on seeing the clothes then.
Tania : Ok, see you.
Carol : Take care
Speaking Practice 2
Nancy hears a cat meowing. She wonders whose cat is that. She asks her sister Diana to take her to where the cat is. Diana takes Nancy to Denny, the owner of the cat and get introduced her sister to Denny.
Diana : Hey, what are you doing, Denny.
Denny: Hi, Girls! I’m feeding my cat. What takes you here?
Diana : My sister wants to see you your cat. Oh yeah, Denny. This is Diana, my sister.
Denny : Hi, Nancy. Nice to meet you.
Nancy : Me too. I’m sorry for disturbing you but I really like cats.
Denny: Really? Do you have some at home?
Nancy : Unfortunately not. My father does not allow me to keep one.
Diana : You know, our father is a doctor. He is afraid cats will bring some diseases at home.
Denny : Oh…I get it. Yeah…that’s right if we don’t take care of it well. But, don’t worry, Nancy. Just come here if you want to. You can play with my cat.
Nancy : Are you kidding? That would be great.
Diana : Okay, time to go. We have some home work remember, Nancy?
Nancy : Oh yeah! I’ll see you again some time.
Denny : You are welcome.
Nancy and Diana: Bye…
From the speaking practice above you can determine the greeting and parting. You also see that small talk will take place after the greeting.Small talk is an unimportant talk in order to make the meeting warmer and make us closer to the speaker we are talking to, then the we can go to the main idea of what we want to talk about.
There is something to remember about parting. Before we say goodbye it's better to give the reason why we leave. If you are about to go to school you may say: "I'm sorry, it's nice to talk to you but I have to go, my class starts at 7." Tell something related to what you are about to do as the reason of leaving, then you can say "goodbye/ see you/ take care etc."
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