KangGURU
Travels to
Jakarta in January 2005
Kevin visited Jakarta twice during January
2005. The first time was basically to deliver a Teacher Workshop
at the Australian International School and the second time was to visit
RRI Jakarta. I also met with Tubagus Erif Faturahman,
a recent Muslim Exchange participant to Australia. He is a member of Himpunan
Mahasisiwa Islam. The final event was the Australia Day celebrations at
the home of the Australian Ambassador.
January 16th to 18th
Jakarta was wet and crowded and getting around town was not always easy.
Nevertheless I spent time at IALF Jakarta. I visited Gene Sugandy, KGRE's
website consultant.
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I also interviewed Tubagus Erif Faturahman,
a recent Muslim Exchange participant to Australia. He is a member
of Himpunan Mahasisiwa Islam.
He spoke of his time in Australia. Listen to his interview on KGRE
soon and find out why how he was so surprised that Australians were
NOT against Islam or Moslems and how actually supportive and understanding
they really are. This was in direct contrast to what he read in
newspapers and what many of his Moslem friends here in Indonesia
think. He found Aussies to be friendly and really interested and
concerned about Indonesia. The Muslim Exchange Program, supported
by the Australia
Indonesia Institute (AII), runs the exchange program every
year.
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On Tuesday I presented a workshop at the Australian
International School. The majority of participants were not English
language teachers however. They were Teacher Assistants. I found them
all to be keen and very interested in English and they all were highly
skilled especially in speaking. We had a lot of fun and they
told me afterwards that they really learnt quite a lot from the activities.
Thanks to Riddhi Bargon, an old friend from KGRE's 2001 visit to Riau,
for her initial idea of having the workshop and her early involvement
in the organizing of the workshop. Without her assistance and initiative
the workshop would not have happened. |
Jan. 23rd to 26th
Sunday was RRI JKT and interactive radio at 3.00pm although the
show went to air 15 minutes late. The 'Fun With English'
program attracted many callers and it was great to speak with so
many (about 10) callers from Jakarta. All 10 callers will receive
a special package from KGRE as long as they contact KGRE next week
by email. Congratulations to all callers/winners. On Monday and
Tuesday I spent time at IALF Jakarta and conducted a 15 minute interview
with Mr. David Ritchie, Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia. I also
paid a second visit to
Gene Sugandy at her office in West Jakarta to discuss changes
tot he KGRE website for 2005. On Tuesday evening I went to the Australian
Ambassador's house for the annual Australia Day Celebration. That
was great fun and provided a good chance to catch up with other
Aussie working here in Indonesia. |
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