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This is what she is going to do if she doesn't 'sing' =)posted by Wind

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Wednesday Sharing Session has been TTD's program for high-end teachers (Teachers who are looking for more of ELT). The topics presented in this session deal with what go on beyond the classroom but are still applicable inside itIt started by many TTD-ers sharing what they have got from an online training on ELT. What came next were sessions presented by LIA people whose papers accepted in

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Dear Trainers,...TTD will hold the 2009 trainers gathering. A sneak peek of the program:-The new TEFL Feedbacks-FAQ on TEFL Training-Inductive TeachingThe trademark of trainers gathering has been: Fun, Unique and Fruitful.This edition's theme will be: GREEN LIVING.Friday May 29, 2009 at LBPP-LIA PramukaCatch you later :).

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Dear Trainers,...Letting trainees discover learning points should be encouraged in a training room. One obvious practical benefit is stronger knowledge retention.Here is a sample of an inductive way to present aspects related to oral communication.Give the participants two sets of dialog showing different interlocutors, setting, language choice but similar topic. Ask them to memorize the lines

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Dear Fiestas,...AJNative VS Target Language in an EFL classI gave a teaching demo in one of LIA branches. It was a class of teenagers aged around 12-13. Many interesting things happened during the teaching demo. However, there was one thing that really boggled my mind even long until the end of the class.I was speaking English quite fast according to myself. I did it in purpose since for the

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Dear Fiestas,...Doing a classroom action research is considered a challenge for some. One of the challenges is to come up with a topic. For a start, we can always refer to any ELT books. They usually provide topics for classroom research at the end of every chapter. It's as simple as that, right?Happy researching :)AJ

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April 27, 2009by WINDOnce I read a book on creativity and found an interesting analogy described by the author. It's like this:“Perhaps being creative is more like being involved in an automobile accident. There are some traits that make one more likely to be in an accident—being young and male, for instance—but usually we cannot explain car accident on the basis of the driver’s characteristics

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AJDear Trainers,...In the spirit of writing journal, I tried out sharing a journal that I wrote to the training participants in Fatmawati after they shared theirs. It turned out that the result of the journals from both sides match. I guess the participants and I see eye to eye about the training. Have you ever tried that? Try it. :)

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AJDear Fiestas,...Some of you came during the In service training in Pramuka, right? Just want to ask a question: Have you shared what you got with your colleagues?Sharing is caring, right?Not sharing is...why not?:)

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AJDear Fiestas,...LIA is preparing for its conference in Jogja. A special website dedicated for the even is being prepared. Besides giving information about all the Professional Development info, it also features some of you, teachers. Yes,...YOU!! Look forward to checking it out. The website address will be available soon here in this blog. I can't wait, can you? :)

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AJDear trainers,...Inductive teachings is kinda cool, right? I mean when compared to deductive ones. Hereby I invite you to share some of your best practices in training room to boost other trainers to try and modify or even to come up with their own.Here's one:Instead of telling the participants the characteristics of spoken English, I ask them to quickly memorize and then act out two dialogs

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FIESTALet's not argue that drilling IS important for students. I have this one technique I would like to share to you guys.I number the target expressions I wrote on the board. After that, I say one number and the students have to repeat the corresponding expressions.After several times, I show them numbers that they can guess such as:-the number of students/ boys/ girls in the class-the

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This posting and several after next is a trial for TRAINERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.I am trying it out to a very nice volunteering friend in Pramuka. If this works well, hopefully it can go on and on again. It needs your support, though. :)

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Guys, be ready for LIA's Int'l conference. It's going to be in BALIIIIIIIIIIII.Start writing for papers!

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Guys, there was a big event happened in Bali. it was the 6th ASIA TEFL. The theme was Globalizing ASIA: The Role of ELT. Many people form all over the world came there. It was fun, really. Five of LIA fiestars came there as presenters. The topics we presented were teachers' competency, cultural understanding, students' self-made writing rate, Bloom's order of thinking and technology in teachers'

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guys, it's another start of the blog. so this blog hasnt been active for sometimes, but life goes on. i will post news and anything i can from LIA. feel free to do the same. contact me via email for username and password at : ali_aljufri@yahoo.com

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have you tried academic writing?

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Can anyone tell me any (reference) books that say:A well-formulated thesis statement must not start with...1) In my opinion...2) I believe...3) There are....Please! I need some enlightenment!

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Seasons greetings, everybody...

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The critical thinking process can be really critical indeed. hehehe.I experienced just the same thing, especially for the teaching of writing. I guess that's why we have pre-writing stage. Take it from the positive side,...developing critical thinking can be done by discussions, right? What follows is S-S interaction. But a hardwork it is!

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From experience, I always know that I'll have an amusing time whenever I check my students' writing pieces, especially when it is about argumentative paragraph/essay. It is usually something in their way of thinking that disappoints me. Or amuses me, if you look at it from a different angle. Perhaps you guys have experienced the same thing.Sometimes, the same thing happens when my class discuss

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A new month,.indeed. However, let's just talk about the same topic last month. i was on TTD's road show for searching feedback on mentoring training to several branches. Lots of lots great stories from many branches but some are untold. Let's use this blog as an opportunity to share experience,ok? Why not start with "Learning from (a name of a branch). say,...learning from Kelapa Gading. gud idea

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I was having pre and post consultation with a candidate teacher when i started to wonder if those sessions can be considered as mentoring sessions.My personal opinion, they CAN be considered as mentoring sessions. My understanding comes form the fact that I did things that a mentor does. I actively listened to her opinion on the steps of teaching she was going to do. She also responded to

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Mentoring is a big fuss these days.DIKLAT had a "roadshow" to branches talking about it.I heard success stories from branches like GUNSAH and PENGADEGAN. Got anything to share?I heard that it is very difficult to ask teachers to have the mentoring.I was wondering if it were true.

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Minal Aidin wal Faidzin,...Happy lebaran to you all..

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Wishing you all a happy Eid el Fitr!

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AJNew term, guys? got classes? or no?Let's share the experience of teaching at new terms.I want to start. One thing that really impressed me is that i had to get many extra chairs for the students. it was a useful exercise fo me. hehhehe.And it's Ramadhan,... longer breaks we cannot control. hehhehe.So, what's your story?

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Reading in elementary levelsI have heard some teachers complaining about the materials. Some think that they are too little. Some others go clueless because they are not interesting. Some even go to the extreme that they would use another reading material. Is it OK?"YES" comes out of SOAR. I just hope that it is easy to find reading passages that include the target vocabularies and reading

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i am challanged particularly in the teaching listening lessons using our books. it is sad that not many know the ropes of teaching them.i have to say that i was enlightened by TEFL A trainings and one of our great liatening trainer (if you read this, you knkow who you are) that listening strategies taugght are based on the questions presented on the lesson.The implication is that when teaching

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The beginning of the month is coming....A new topic is approaching....Anybody has had any ideas what to talk about in September?I've got some ideas to propose.... (based on feedback from teachers who (think they) are novice) Hehehehe. Here they are :1. Receptive skills and the practice in the class room,2. Productive skills and the practice in the classroom,3. How to promote S-S interactions in

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AJFosterring ss-ss interaction requires more effort when we teach receptive skills. Don't you think so?

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SSMore than 2000 years ago, Confucius wrote: Tell me, I will forget. Teach me, I will remember. Involve me, I will learn.The first two lines obviously show the teacher's domination and controll resulting in students' passive learning. To this kind of teachers, teaching means transferring knowledge from the teacher

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HRI (taken from a different blog)Congrats to all of us FIESTA-ERS! Now we have a communication and sharing forum ON LINE. Would like to thank TTD for that. This is one step to becoming more Technology Savvy. Since I have been having trouble posting my comments...this is a try-out message. If I succeed this time, I will post my "real" (more academic) comments in my next posting. Have a great week

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Fostering student-student interaction is actually not a new trend and it has long been considered as one of the strategies to activate students' further involvement in the teaching process.During my time as an AOO, teacher mentioned factors to justify their reasons for not being able to promote student-student interactions in the classroom. Here are some....Firstly, some teachers would blame the

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AJI got the information from people in TTD that the beginning of the trend in ss-ss interaction in LIA went way back when ibu Hafilia did some video watching on some teachers teaching. She concluded that ss-ss interaction in those videos were not very high. This thing led to another. The result is as wecan see that there is a specific coloumn in our new lesson plan-type of interaction.Anyway, i

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AJ (Ali Aljufri) ID (Idwan Deshira)Hi, everyone. TTD has been receiving questions on whether or not this blog legal. hehehewee Therefore, we would like to apologize for the not-so-thorough introduction.This site is 100% legal and is waiting for you. One more thing,... since all of us were wvery occupied with the academic gathering last week, i believe that none of us had enough time to post

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Friends,...A new sharing forum has arrived. http://liafiesta.blogspot.com is ready for us. The password and the first topic will be emailed to you. Post your thoughts, ideas and inspirations on English teaching. AJ and ID-the moderators-will help organize this blog.We will inform you the topic of the month. We are always looking forward to receiving your suggested topics via email at

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