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In September Kevin visited a sound studio in South Jakarta to meet with an exciting young Indonesian singer. Her name is Andien. Andien and the Twilight Orchestra were there preparing for a performance the following night. Kevin spoke with her before she began her rehearsal. Dressed in jeans, a pink jumper and with her hair tied back, Andien talked about her favourite music, her career, her future and her English language studies. You can hear more from Andien on KGRE radio in Series 37 in early 2003. She was born on the 25th of August 1985 in Jakarta. Her mother is from West Java and her father is from East Java. Andien is currently attending senior high school in Jakarta and finds that she really has a lot of study to do. She plans to study overseas and wants to make sure that she is well prepared. At this stage her plans include studying Business Marketing, possibly at Monash University in Melbourne. Andien loves jazz, bosanova, pop and the new trend of 'jungle music'. On both of her albums she has recorded several English language songs including music standards such as 'My Funny Valentine' and 'The Boy From Ipanema' Andien sings English language songs because she really enjoys them. They help her with grammar and pronunciation and are a fun way to use and learn English. As for advice about learning English from Andien? Andien reads a lot of books and watches TV movies - without the Indonesian subtitles. Andien admits that she probably isn't the best person to give advice about learning English but finished the interview with this comment. 'Well, all I know is you have to perhaps practice it all the time, all day. And then music and songs are good ways to practice your English'.
Teacher Notes: Play the GIGI song 'Terbang' to introduce the activity. Ask students to write down 5 things they already know about the song. Encourage students to fill the gaps before they listen to the cassette recording. They can discuss possible answers by working together in small groups. Play the cassette so they can check their predictions/guesses. Use the magazine for a final check for answers. They have been popular in Indonesia for over 10 years. They have released 10 CDs and have sold millions of cassettes and CDs all over the country. Their faces are easily recognised where ever they go and yet the members of GIGI are down to earth guys who really love their music. They also love to use English, as Kevin (I) found out when he (I) met them in Jakarta last June. Kevin (I) met Armand, Budhy, Dewa Budjana and Thomas in their Jakarta office and was lucky enough to spend a good hour with them talking about their careers, their hobbies, their education and their plans for the future. Here are some interesting facts that came out of the interview.
Teacher Notes: This activity is for number recognition only. Therefore students do not have to understand every sentence in the text to be able to complete the listening activity. The purpose of IASTP II is to provide customised training that will contribute to community development, good governance, and agency capacity building. It is a A$54 million project that began in August 1998 and is due to finish in December this year. As of 30 June 2003, there have been 15,868 participants involved in the IASTP II program. During the past 5 years IASTP II has provided 796 training courses, including 69 courses conducted in Australia. This training involves the transfer of specialised knowledge and the development of specialised skills to targeted beneficiaries in the public and private sectors (including NGOs). IASTP II training is delivered in Australia and Indonesia in areas of development priority, as determined by the governments of Indonesia and Australia. Before leaving for Australia, participants follow specially designed
English language courses (usually 9 - 13 weeks) at IALF Jakarta.
Language training often continues after arrival in Australia as well.
Five groups left for Australia in April 2003 and returned in June
2003. Their fields of study included Small and Medium Business
Development, Drug Surveillance and Social Research, Human Rights, District
and Provincial Planning and Business Journalism. In September 2
more groups are going to Australia to study Drug Surveillance and Social
Research, and TV Programming.
Teacher Notes:Allow the students to unjumble the sentences first. The let them listen to the cassette. Then ask them to check their answers in the magazine.
Text Four - Put sentences into a new order activity. In all schools teachers must do Yard Duty. Teachers walk around the school grounds keeping an eye on the students. They make sure that the students have a safe environment to play in - an environment that is happy and comfortable. Yard Duty is done during recess and lunchtime and also for half an hour in the morning before school starts and after school finishes in the afternoon. Teachers must wear a hat while on Yard Duty. It is a part of the school Sun Safe policy.
Teacher Notes:Ask students to complete the activity before they either check their answers by listening to the cassette recording or reading the magazine. Do schools have a canteen? All schools have a canteen. The menu includes healthy
food such as sandwiches, pies, sausage rolls and hot dogs. There are also
soft drinks, juices and spring water available. Chocolate and lollies
are generally not available. Lunch costs around three dollars. Students
order their lunch in the morning so that the canteen workers can prepare
the food for lunch time. Students and staff often bring food from
home. Every school has enough cleaners to clean and maintain
the toilets and school buildings. Students sometimes have the responsibility
to clean their 'home room' (main classroom) once a week. No they don't, but schools do hold 'Assembly' regularly - maybe once or twice every term or once every month. It is different in every school. They do not raise the Australian flag during the assembly but they sing the National Anthem. The Principal usually addresses the students. Other teachers also make announcements about what's happening. Sometimes students do performances such as dancing and playing music. What are classroom facilities like? Classrooms are normally equipped with computers, a television, a video and a tape player. Other facilities can include a computer lab, science lab, kitchens for home economics lessons and workshop. In some primary schools there is also a fridge where students store their lunch, and a microwave. Do students wear uniforms? Some schools have a compulsory uniform for students and
others do not. If there is no school uniform, then there is dress code
for students. Students cannot wear just anything to school. They
have to wear clothing that covers shoulders and nothing too short or that
shows too much skin. They have to wear covered shoes such as sneakers,
or sandals with backstraps. Lessons are usually presented through discussion, reading,
watching videos, using the internet to search for information on certain
topics, experiments/fun practice, projects, and sometimes activities outside
the classroom, such as excursions. Teachers also give homework, but
it depends on the subject. It is a subject that needs a lot of skills. If teachers want students to do a mapping assignment then they start off with the basics, such as how to draw a map and how to use skills such as border orientation, legends, titles, scales, etc. Then there might be a little exercise like finding something on an imaginary map to get the students interested. Then students might measure the scale of the map. This is often one of the hardest aspects of geography. There is new aspect of geography now called computerisation. There are new computerised mapping programs coming into schools in Australia and teachers have to learn how to use the program. It's exciting for the students because many of them aren't very good at drawing maps and now they can 'draw' a map that looks really good. |
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