A Story

A Real Life

Becoming SSE student is the best thing in my life. I am really happy but in other side, I have to think about my responsible and I have to be ready to leave my family and stay far away in a big city that is Jakarta.

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Well, talking about Jakarta, I do not have an idea before because I never come to this city. I just know it from television. Last time, I thought that Jakarta was interesting and nice place. We could get everything that we wanted easily. After staying here some months. I say that what I thought about this city before is not really right. Why?

During studying in SSE, Jakarta. I have many experiences in this city. My mind changes this city is not always interesting nag nice. There are many things that often makes me understand that lo live here is hard especially in SSE.

It is because SSE and Jakarta as like melting pot. There are many people from outside Jakarta come and do activity here even some of them stay in it. Of course, all of them have different background included education, religion, trap and culture. It is hard enough for me as beginner to survive and adapt with new environment which is really multicultural.

SSE, my campus is one of place that shows me the real life with any difference inside. There are many kinds of religion here for example Hindu, Christen and Islam and also there are many kinds of traps as like java, sunda, batak and also madura. Can you imagine that?

I ever felt confused before, ‘how to survive?’ this question always comes and comes to me. Ya.. as like other students, at the first I just have relation with my friend who are from same hometown with me. But inside of my heart, I disagree with my way because it is not really good. As human, I understand that I can not stay only myself or my group. I need to develop myself to be better so I need income from others.

Day by day, I realize that it is a life even hard but I have to survive because I am here right now. Hence, I try to open myself and make relation with others. Even sometimes, it is not easy to be close. Based on my experience, some people always think that they are better than the other, they are different from other. It is a beginning of a problem. When they have said like that they become comfort staying with people who has same type with them. To face that kind of problem, I usually keep in my mind that everyone is useful. It means that everyone is important so I believe that I can be part of them.

One thing that I still remember in my memory. When Students make a group for their assignment. I see one or two of them always dominate others. It happens because they think that they are better than others. It is really not good because when they have though like this one usually the do not want to listen to others’ input or sometimes underestimate them. It is something that I hate. What do you think?

But I can do anything, one point that I always keep in my mind to control myself. I should be positive thinking and believe myself.

Here in the third semester, I have studied about Humanistic Study. From this course, I more understand how people should do in society in their life. As candidate of teacher, I do realize that I have duty to help my student to face their life someday. But before preparing my student I have to prepare myself. 

by Ira Ernawati

Bomb and Islam, What Do You Think?

Nowadays there is much news about bomb in some places in our country. Recently, it happens in Solo, Central Java. The bomb broke down the certain church there, and it also killed people. Basically, bombing is crucial problem and it is also sensitive problem. No wonder, it usually takes more attention. As like what happened in Bali some years ago.  Ya.. That was really big problem which ever rocked the world.

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Bombing which happens in our country is always related with Islam even some people assume that the actor is Islam. Then, some people also call Islam as terrorist. What do you think guys?

In the other hand, there are people do not really agree with that assumption. It is because basically the actors are only people who are fanatic or dislike some group of people. So that is not appropriate that we say the actors are Islam. When you say is Islam, it refers to many people who have Islam as their religion.

In the end, it becomes the most famous topic which always discussed every time and because that misunderstanding. It usually makes flight between religions.

Well, it is one of many problems which are related with humanistic Study. By studying this case, it can help us as the candidate of teacher to be critical to our environment.  And teach our students to be good student who is open-minded, so they can appreciate the difference among people.  One thing that we should remember is sometimes we have to think and think to solve problem like this one. It is not easy to blame people. We have to find the evidence to claim that that people are wrong but it is usually forgotten by some people. Moreover we live in Indonesia which is has many differences in every single thing.

by Ira Ernawati

PETA Second E-Refflection

Planning for Teacher

by Ira Ernawati

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It is my second session in studying PETA. Here we discuss many things. At first, we discuss about thematic learning and is followed by analyzing a teaching process based on video. Well, I think it is more challenging than the day before. I am interested in this topic but I do not know I get sleepy. Well, the main point that I would like to share is not about my feeling. Actually it is about what I have got in my PETA.

Thematic, have you ever heard about it before? Basically I ever hear before but I do not really understand. Watching video that the lecture give makes me understand what thematic is. Well, thematic is teaching which uses combination of material such as English, Math and Biology. That is little bit about thematic.

My friend and I also analyze about an effective teaching based on video. As we know, teaching is a set of activity in impacting knowledge. It is included opening, delivering material, giving assessment and also closing. I think an effective teacher should have those parts.

 Hence, we can see how to create an effective teaching for example in opening session, it can be effective if there are greeting, rolling call and also praying. The candidate of teacher should understand it well. It is necessary for us in our future when we teach in real class. But just knowing it is not enough, we also have to prepare before teaching. It can support us to teach, why? ‘Well preparation is well result. It means that preparation is important to help us in reaching the good result. It happens to every single thing, included in teaching process.

Well, we can compare and see the result that teaching with preparation is more effective than teaching which does not use preparation. So usually teacher prepares his/ her teaching by making lesson plan. The use of lesson plan itself is to guide in teaching and also to help us in managing what material should we give to the students. The content that we can write in lesson plan are time managing, the way to deliver material and kind of media that we want to use.

One thing that we should remember what we have and what we give will influence our students someday.

Humanistic Study

Journal of Humanistic Study

By Ira Ernawati

New semester, it becomes a new hope for every student included me to be better than last semester. As like usually, in the new semester we will get new courses. One of them is Humanistic Study. It is a challenging course that I have studied. Here, we not only study about human and their life but also how we use our critical thinking to solve problem of life. The special one is about difference among people.

As long as we know, the difference between people often becomes a problem in our life. Moreover, Indonesia which has many different culture, religion and also ethic in every region. It is also one of the hot topic that often discussed by many people. Here, difference is one sensitive thing. If we do not understand well. It can break the unity which is built by the society.

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Well, as like what I read in Kompas on Friday, 11^th January 2008. A fighting often happens between ethics in Papua. That causes many people pained even people who do not join it. Actually it does not only happen in Papua but also in other place as like in Kalimantan, Maluku and even around us. It is very poor. We can imagine what will happen in our country. If fighting happens in every place. It is nightmare for us.

What has happened can be our reflection especially for us as candidate of teacher. We should know about kinds of that case so we can learn how to solve. It is because a teacher is a key for creating a good leader future. Basically the duty of teacher does not only teach lesson to his / her students but also prepare the students to face real world. It will help them to survive in the life.

Before preparing the students, we should prepare our self well. So Humanistic Study is the key to reach it. Here, the candidate of teacher can learn how to understand the difference. I think it is an important study that we have to get because we never know with whom we will meet and work together. As like what happens to me right now, I stay in a boarding house around many people who has different sex, religion, ethic, and also background education. But as long as I stay there, everything is ok. There is no problem happens. We respect each other, they never disturb me when I pray and sometimes they also help me when I got difficulty.  I never think that difference is a border of someone to communicate, make relation with other.

I realize that as social human, we can not stay alone. We need others even they are different from us. The mean point we should understand each other and we also have to treat them well because if we treat them well so I belief they also will do the same thing to us. Those are the way to live happily in difference.

TLL

Journal of Technology and Language Learning

By Ira Ernawati

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Thursday, 20^th of September 2011 is my  first experience in studying Technology and Language Learning. At the beginning, I assume that this course will too hard for me because I do not really understand about technology but in the fact this course discusses about Technology the use of it.

Nowadays, Technology becomes part of our life. Everything that we do needs technology. Hence people can not be separated from it. Every time and everywhere they use it. And today, technology is also used in education especially in learning language.

Well, if we compare the education today with the education before 21^st century. Of course, we can find many differences. At that time, technology was seldom used in learning language because most of teachers preferred to use traditional way which only focused on text book. It was what happened in our country. Then people often used it in other side as like communication and transportation. But look at today, we can see many teachers use it in learning language. It becomes a media in learning language which really helps teachers and also students. Even some of them still use traditional way in learning language. Basic reason why they use that way, it is because they do not have ability to use some technology which is provided by the school.

            That can be our reflection as the candidate of teacher.  I thing studying this course makes us understand how important technology today is. It can help us to prepare our future. So we know what to do with it.

One thing that we should remember is although we do master technology but we can not guarantee that learning language will run well. Something that we should realize is technology can not cover everything what students need. It is just a media. It also has limitation. So it must be balance between the use of technology and role of teacher in learning language because a teacher is a guide and also facilitator for his / her students then learning language can be well.

PETA

An Effective Teacher and Effective Teaching

By Ira Ernawati

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            20^th of September 2011 is my first class in studying Principle of Effective Teaching and Assessment or we  usually call it PETA.  As we know that PETA is new course that I have got in this semester. I do not have an idea about this course before.  I think this course will be difficult but after the lecture introduces me to this topic. I little bit understand what will be discussed in this course. One of them is about an effective teacher and effective teaching. Then, it will be challenging course.

Talking about teacher and teaching, I think everyone has different idea or opinion about those, included me. By studying this topic makes me know what type of teacher and teaching which students need and they like. According to this course, the type of teacher and teaching that students need nowadays is an effective teacher who can create an effective teaching. I do agree with it.

 For me my self as the candidate of teacher, it is really an important topic which can help me to prepare my self for future. It is because a teacher is a key of student’s successful. Everything that teacher gives will influence the students.

Well, to be an effective teacher is not easy so the candidate of teacher needs to learn, for example by learning from the experience or people experience. Here, I would like to share about my experience during I was senior high school, I think it can help us to know more about  effective teacher.

When I was senior high school especially at the first grade, some of my friends and I disliked my English teacher. It was because she used old way to teach us. As like most of teacher who could not use the technology which is provided by the school. She just asked us to read the book, do the assignment and repeat what she said. It was really boring. Even she was really perfect in performance but I can not lie that it did not change our opinion about her that she in the fact, it really influenced the condition in the class, some of my friends often got sleepy and my value of this subject was always bad.

That condition was over when I was in second grade, my English teacher was a man. He was really friendly. He always had a good way to make the class exciting. He also used game in learning process and everyone liked it. He never forced us and he also did not ignore. He was really smart in communication and kindness. So the condition of my class was really comfortable. Everyone was brave to speak English some of them ever made mistake.

Based on that story, I can learn how to be a teacher who could make the teaching process interesting and I  also can see what will happen if a teacher can create good situation in the class. When I remember this story, I always hope someday I can do the best to my students as a teacher.