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KangGURU Magazine for April 2002
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As you read this magazine you will also find out more
about the world of entertainment. Discover information about a wide variety
of Indonesians and Australians and find out about their lives, their activities
and interests. We have included our special KGRE survey for you to complete. This survey is vitally important for the future of Kang Guru. So please return the Survey Form to us as we need the information for future planning purposes. The return postage is already paid for you - just fill out the Survey Form and send it to us, okay? One hundred lucky people who do return the Survey Form to us will also be eligible for some great prizes from KGRE. Be sure to return the Survey Form if you want to remain on our database through 2002. I sincerely hope that you enjoy this edition of the Kang Guru magazine and that the stories and information in it inspire you, interest you and most importantly, help you with your English. Kevin Dalton Many of the usual Kang Guru features are included in this edition. Listeners' Letters, Idioms Inggris with Jan Smith, wife of the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Kang Guru Connection Club news and several easy competitions are all there for you. In this issue there is information about youth exchanges between Indonesia and Australia with the Australia Indonesia Institute. Many of the articles talk about people and their activities - perhaps with AusAID and with development issues. Read about four women who are involved with development in Indonesia and who each have an interesting story to tell. Solehudin is featured with some great photos of his trip to Jakarta last year AND if you want to enter the KGRE Competition for 2002 then information is also in the magazine. Kevin's mum and dad are in the magazine talking about some beautiful places that they like in Australia including the Ettamogah Pub and The Big Pineapple. There's news from the Australia Indonesia Institute - the battle against HIV/AIDS and helping university students with their expenses. Nur Hasyim from Rifka Annisa in Yogya talks about his involvement with IASTP II and a course the attended in Melbourne. Jan Smith talks about learning languages and especially Bahasa Indonesia plus she also gives KGRE some of her favorite school-teacher idioms. There's more information on KG In
The Classroom and news of the KGRE Competition for 2002.
In 2001 KGRE conducted a radio based competition for KGRE listeners. Listeners were asked to write an essay, design a poster and answer general knowledge questions about Australia. Solehudin from Cicalengka, Bandung was the winner. For 2002 we are having a competition for all readers, listeners AND web watchers. The winner and a friend will visit Bali as the guests of KGRE, AusAID and the Indonesia Australia Language Foundation. The 4 day prize will include travel, accommodation and spending money. Write a maximum of 150 words describing how KGRE has helped you. Entries will be judged by IALF and AusAID. Judges will look at
the title, language used, originality of the entry and content of the
text submitted. Let's Join The Interactive Show Dear Captain Kang Guru, As the representative of the Space Club in Bandung I would like to say thank you so much for Kang Guru and AusAID's action here in Indonesia. Keep on your good work guys! KGRE magazine and the radio program are very useful for us in the club to increase our English skill as you always say "Listening needs practice too". And we're glad that RRI Bandung has been adding duration of the KGRE show up to one hour. We do appreciate that. After listening to the KGRE show for half an hour, the listeners in West Java can join the interactive program hosted by Mr Bambang. The callers can practise their speaking skill and talking about a topic each week. Next, RRI Bandung will be inviting the foreigners in Bandung to join broadcasting with Mr Bambang. Oh, I'm sure it will be helpful for all of the listeners. I suggest to all of the listeners in Indonesia for suggesting your local RRI to add the KGRE program with an interactive show. I'm so sure you will enjoy it. So after listening, try to speaking! Thanks KG and see ya! Candra Galih P. During 2002 other RRI stations and private stations will be following Bambang's lead. I am so happy because I have KGRE magazine on your editions. By reading you I have a lot of knowledge and information about Australia and AusAID. How if you write about pre-school and primary school education in Australia especially its activities, curriculum and subject matters. Then I want to know how other places have any program from AusAID. How can we get AusAID program for development? I do hope one day our regency will have any program from AusAID. Good Neighbours Make Good Friends. Yours sincerely,I Want AusAID To Help My Region Rimbawan
AusAID is involved in many activities in South Sumatra including a six year Water and Sanitation Project for Low Income Communities and a Pollution Monitoring Project. There's also an AVI in Palembang. Thirty six AIYEP participants lived near Lampung for two months last year (see page 9) and this year 54 people from SumSel applied for Australian Development Scholarships.
Nur Hasyim lives in Yogyakarta and works at Rifka Annisa as a Public Relations Officer. He was born in Banyuwangi in 1973 and is married to Heti. They have a little baby called Kilau Mentari Maulida. Nur's hobbies are sport, singing, reading and talking on the radio. He is a presenter of talk show program in Yogyakarta and the issues discussed on his program focus on women. In order to learn more about women's issues and the role that he can play in addressing those issues, he went to Australia.
Alfonse, Bahren, Fransiskus, Yuniar, Yulqi and Anwar attend UGM in Yogyakarta. They are just six of over 300 students there who have been assisted by AusAID and the Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) with their education expenses. Alfonse, for example is studying physics. Bahren from Jambi and Yuniar from Balikpapan are both studying English while Fransiskus from Sedayu - Bantul and Yulqi from Pekalongan are studying law. Anwar is studying computer programming. Studying at university can be expensive so Alfonse was very happy when he received information from his university about a scholarship fund that could help him. He applied and due to his good grades, he was successful. AusAID Jakarta, the Australia Indonesia Institute, UGM and Universitas Indonesia provided almost 600 students in 2000 - 2001 with around Rp.100,000 per month covering two semesters. This money assisted them with their tuition fees, books and even in some cases, accommodation.
Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) in Bali The Australia Indonesia Institute (AII) is funding the Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health (Melbourne, Australia) to work with a private medical laboratory, Udayana University and local non-government organisations in Bali to provide new tests to monitor effects of HIV in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
This new activity between a major Australian research centre and local university and NGOs opens the doors for more technical and scientific collaboration between Indonesia and Australia.
Irina Rafliana went to Australia with her parents when she was just
5 years old. She attended Randwick Primary School in Sydney. That lucky
beginning meant that Irin's English language skills were off to a good
start. Now Irina is working as a trainer for COREMAP, a huge AusAID project
in Indonesia which is concerned with coral reef protection and management.
Irin helps to train primary school teachers so they can use environmental
education materials with their young students. Irina has also worked with
the Public Awareness component of the project, she's an excellent illustrator
in her own right and has illustrated 2 children's publications related
to environmental issues - one about orang utans and another about fish.
One of Irina's other big interest is woman's broadcasting.
In Australia she undertook a Gender Mainstreaming course at Flinders University for three months. Topics included gender mainstreaming, equity and women's empowerment, with both lectures and field work. Hetty worked in the Equal Opportunity Commission in South Australia - a great chance to learn. Hetty recently returned to Indonesia and is now based in Manado working with gender mainstreaming in government and women's empowerment programs in her province.
"To my knowledge Good Governance is a process of state affairs which is based on democracy and the rule of law. Good Governance also can touch educational institutions. University students can ask more about their rights. If I have to pay a sum of money for my courses then the university should provide enough space, adequate infrastructure, good classes and so on. Democracy is the key point for good governance. Students and the administration should work together to improve the quality of our education system".
"My first connection with Australia was when I joined the Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP) six years ago. I stayed for two months in Tasmania. There were 16 of us and we had sixteen Australian counterparts. After my time in Australia all thirty two participants spent two months together in West Sumatra. AIYEP was a fantastic experience. My next direct Aussie connection was when I joined the Australian Development Scholarship program in 1998. I studied Development Studies at Monash University in Melbourne for two years. Now I am working with AusAID in Jakarta looking after programs such as the Safe Motherhood Program and part of an education program called IAPSD which is the Indonesia Australia Partnership for Skills Development. We have eight sub-programs underneath that big program including travel and tourism, automotives, metals and laboratory operations".
"So I've had to learn Hindi, I've had to learn French to work in Israel, I have had to learn Mandarin for China and Tagalog in Philippines, and now I am learning Bahasa Indonesia. Particularly in China I found that being able to speak Mandarin was my ticket to freedom in both the city of Beijing and in the country because I was free to be able to travel wherever I wanted to and to ask people directions and to talk to people. It helps me feel much safer in the country if I can live and listen and interact with the people around me. And it helps me feel part of that country while I'm living in that country instead of always being a stranger in someone else's land". Jan has a passionate interest in Chinese ceramics and one of the reasons for this is because they are in fact a history of China themselves. Jan only recently retired as a secondary school teacher. She and her husband currently live in Jakarta where her husband is the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia. They have two adult sons.
Solehudin was the winner of the Kang Guru Yang Baru
Competition for 2001. He attends SMU Bina Muda in Cicalengka near Bandung.
Solehudin is 18 years old and is very keen on English. As a part of his
prize, Solehudin and his friend Asep travelled to Jakarta for the weekend.
They stayed at the Alila Hotel just near Istana Merdeka. One of the fun
activities at the hotel was when they both spent an hour in the MY Body
Gymnasium under the supervision of gym instructor, Mario. Solehudin and
Asep also visited Ancol Theme Park, Seaworld and Blok M. On the last day
we went to the Australian Embassy for a meeting with the Australian Ambassador,
Mr. Richard Smith (top left). Mr. Smith and Solehudin spoke together for
45 minutes about education, religion and their future plans. It was a
very casual and relaxed discussion. Solehudin and Asep also called in
on David Spiller (middle right) at the Australian Development Scholarship
(ADS) office to chat with David about studying in Australia. Then a quick
visit to see Geoff Crewes at IALF Jakarta (top right). It was certainly
a busy three days and you can see plenty of photographs by looking this
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Kang Guru In The Classroom The period December 2001 - April 2002 was very busy for KGRE staff with Kang Guru In The Classroom workshops, school visits and generally informing people about how Kang Guru Radio English can assist teachers in their English language pursuits. There were teacher workshops in Yogyakarta, Balikpapan, Jember and Semarang. While visiting Balikpapan, Kevin spent a few impromptu hours with enthusiastic teachers talking about the package and how to use it effectively with large classes. It was a lot of fun for all and with their support KGRE can now be heard on RSPD Balikpapan. Thanks to Esti and Ariyanti from SMP 1 for their invitation and for their infectious enthusiasm. In early March, fifty one English language teachers in Jember attended a full day KG workshop presented by members of staff from IALF Bali. Arsi, Peter and Sri talked about KGRE and then took participants through just a few of the language activities included in the KG Teacher Package. Teachers who are using the package have written to KG to say that their students enjoy using the material and that they are finding the materials easy to use. On March 12th Kevin presented a paper entitled 'The Role of Student English Language Clubs in Promoting English Language Learning' at an international conference for English language educators in Bandung. Based upon a survey sent to 10 Kang Guru Connection Clubs, Kevin explained just how active and enthusiastic these clubs are and how their various activities assist all members to develop their English language skills in an informal and highly productive manner.
List of all winners from the December 2001 KG magazine TASK 1. Find words in the texts which mean – armada, berkembang, dilukis, kelahiran dramatis, perolehanAnswers : The following 25 lucky winners will receive a KG T-shirt and a koala toy.armada = fleet, berkembang = (has) grown / (had) evolved, dilukis = (are) painted, kelahiran dramatis = dramatic birth, perolehan = acquisition
TASK 2. Answer these two questions on a postcard
b. To set up a revolving credit facility that provides working capital for income generating activities they have developed. The following 20 winners will receive a KG T-shirt and a KG buku tulisThey’ve got to make sure that they leave Indonesian people with the technical skills they need and the sense of commitments to the activities to continue after the AusAID role is finished.
TASK 3. Funky Language Find the answers in the April 2002 KGRE magazine. The following 10 lucky winners will receive a cassette of traditional Aussie music, a magnetic verb card and KGRE key ring.
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