January 2007 - Sasak English Club (KGCC #023) in Praya,
Lombok
Sasak English Club makes the most
of opportunities to practise their English.
‘We
had a native speaker of English from Busselton, Western Australia. His
name is Michael. He taught us how to speak,and was telling us about
Australian culture. He told us how to look for a job in Australia. He
also talked about Steve Irwin the famous ‘Crocodile Hunter’
and how many people felt sad about his death.
On the first of September our Sasak English Club held
a study tour to Senggigi Beach, West Lombok. We chatted with English
speakers from Germany. During this study tour to the beach we realized
that English language is very important to the outside world. We chatted
longer with Mark from Germany and he told us about his country’s
culture, the people, and also about the World Cup 2006 in Germany. We
did not know much about Germany before this time.’
February 2007 - Five Conversation Club (KGCC #006) in
Tuban, East Java
Five Conversation Club is based
at SMPN5 Tuban. They’re a very energetic group of young people
who like to have fun at their meetings.
‘Our
club has a regular meeting on every other Tuesday. In the meeting, of
course, we have different activities. However, listening and speaking
is our focus because we want to improve English skill.
First we have our club chant: “F Double
C, Good English, Better Future.” We start our activity with listening
materials from KGRE then reading materials from the POUCH and the KGRE
magazines, pair work (information gap) activity and sometimes games.
We usually discuss the answer of the quizzes but sending the information
to KGRE is a personal job. It means it depends on the members whether
they want to send it or not. Sometimes we have ‘jazz chants’
with Pak Muin, our English teacher. He also sometime plays the radio
materials (listening series).
We think the meeting would not be complete without
singing a song to close our activity. Using Listening and Reading Class
Sets is also very beneficial for us. Even though not all materials are
suitable with our topics at school, but they are helpful for our listening
competence.’
March 2007 - English Club of Pamekasan Youth #068
in Pamekasan, East Java
Some clubs write great CARs with
lots of information about what they do, and this club is one of them.
Here’s an example from a CAR late 2006.
‘The
first time we met again after the fasting month we had a speaking class
to discuss certain topics happening around us. Then we learnt English
grammar about Quick Fix (the use of ‘ever’ and ‘of
course’) in the September Kang Guru magazine. On Sunday 12th November
we got an invitation to an English course in Blumbungan. We were supposed
to give a presentation in their annual program (Let’s Get Fun
in English). We had many activities there such as introducing our members,
club activities, having discussion or presentation about ‘Teenagers’
Lifestyle’ and giving interesting games with a few prizes for
the students. Then we got entertainment from Tunas Putra students. We
enjoyed mini drama, English songs, poems etc.’
‘We
had a native speaker of English from Busselton, Western Australia. His
name is Michael. He taught us how to speak,and was telling us about
Australian culture. He told us how to look for a job in Australia. He
also talked about Steve Irwin the famous ‘Crocodile Hunter’
and how many people felt sad about his death. 
‘Our
club has a regular meeting on every other Tuesday. In the meeting, of
course, we have different activities. However, listening and speaking
is our focus because we want to improve English skill. 
‘The
first time we met again after the fasting month we had a speaking class
to discuss certain topics happening around us. Then we learnt English
grammar about Quick Fix (the use of ‘ever’ and ‘of
course’) in the September Kang Guru magazine. On Sunday 12th November
we got an invitation to an English course in Blumbungan. We were supposed
to give a presentation in their annual program (Let’s Get Fun
in English). We had many activities there such as introducing our members,
club activities, having discussion or presentation about ‘Teenagers’
Lifestyle’ and giving interesting games with a few prizes for
the students. Then we got entertainment from Tunas Putra students. We
enjoyed mini drama, English songs, poems etc.’