Category: Teaching and Education

Student have so many choices on how to learn the study at any times and anywhere. There are so many ways to study while doing another activities. In this article, we would like to show the student and teacher on how to use mobile phone to learn English.

Learning Activities.

What is Learning activities? It is an activities performed by student to study about  anything. Learning activities was done by doing some observations or research. In simple term, it can be done just by sitting in home or by reading newspaper. The activity that is done to retrieve information and knowledge is considered as Learning Activities.

Learning by Using Mobile Phone.

Mobile Phone is a gadget that is easy to obtain. It available in local market and everyone is recommended to have at least one. It has so much benefit to be used as tool to learn many things. Modern Mobile Phones have so many features. While it has so much benefit, Why we didn’t use it to improve the skills in studying the lessons.

Mobile phone could be used to retrieve information from the internet. It is best to find few materials from internet and read it while there is time to do that.

An application in Mobile Phone enable user to use it for various purposes. Just install good application and it will help student in many aspects. Need dictionary? Use the phone to help solving problem related with dictionary.

Phone enable student to get more resources to learn English and other studies. Teacher also need to do the same ways as it will help them to answer any questions from their students. Using Phone is not necessary to learn a something but use it will give so much benefits. Here is my past opinion about using Mobile Phones as tools to learn English.

Students always want to have better marks in their assignment. They struggle really hard to realize it. Learn the materials till midnight or read again the materials from the school are common activities done by most of the students. They did it with a hope to get better result in the exams. I remember did those activities in the past. However, I found a new fact while learning in UNIROW.
Learning from 07.00 PM until midnight have been my activities since in elementary school till now (in University). Seems it was yesterday I have graduated from elementary school. I remember used to learn till midnight because of my brother always did the same activities. He really loves learning and his habit to learn everything make me so proud of him. I make his as an example for me.
I knew sometimes the habit to learn till midnight can be really bad. Sleepy while teacher was teaching in class is an example of it. My brother taught me to avoid it.
I found a new way to learn everything without being worried of sleepy. It is possible because there is no need to learn till midnight. Learning by using mobile phone is the answer. If there are difficulties while learning in class, student can get the references by using mobile phone. It means more info will be available at any times. Do you know the answer when I told my brother about it? He only smile at me and said “I already know about it”. He even gave me advice on how to do that because it didn’t as simple as what I thought.
Learning at anytime simply mean smarter. It is because student will collect much info and gain more knowledge. Mobile phone will make student able to learn all the times. It was chosen because mobile phone is a gadget that cheap and most students have it.

Studying in University is like as a luxurious lifestyle in local area. It is because not so many people able to continue the education. The problem is always with economical issues. Learning in University is requiring lots of funds and that is one of the cause why education is really expensive in my area.

let’s relax for a moment and this page will not discuss about a tutorial on how to learn a something. This tiny post will only discuss about a little fact that make me asking all the times.

So for anyone that was granted by the chance to continue the study, I would like to ask you a question, What should you do while learning in University? Will you study hard and become smart student or would you help the poor people to be able to continue the education or do you want to help the others who need help? While studying in UNIROW, there are lots of things come in my mind. I was so sad watching lots of people were unable to go to college because of no money to register in university. The fact if education is really too expensive made me think if my country is too poor enough to make education become cheaper or even free. It seems the country is still didn’t learn from the mistake. While struggle to get the freedom in the past, it is education which become unity that make it come true.

What student do while learning in University? I believe student should learn harder and always examine the surrounding environment. By doing this, they will be able to feel the problems that were happen in society and someday when they become the leader (I believe one of the student must be a leader someday), lots of those problems will be eliminated.

Maybe I was thinking too much. I was still not alright as the doctor recommend me to stop using computer for some periods of times. I wish all learners should aware of the problems around them. This is important because they will be a someone that able to change the situation in future.

This is another example of teaching and learning materials for student and teacher. It can be used as an example on how to write opinion and feeling. It was written using general procedure for writing articles in local institution. It may differs from the other standard available in another countries. Even each universities has their own different formula on how to write the opinion and fill it into an article. This is not general guidelines on how to use the material rather than only a basic example of material. Let’s read about it.

Save Poor Children.

Children is someone which is in elementary school. Each areas have their own definition about children. Basically, children in this article mean a student which is in the age of four until nine years old. Children has the rights to get and continue the education. They have no obligation to work just like the adult.Poor Children.

Poor children is a student from poor family. They may lose the rights to continue the education and forced to work due to economical situation. Children which is unable to get and continue the education due to poverty are categorized in to poor children. It is very sad situation watching them working hard when they should laughing and learning I school. Did everyone aware of their rights to get education for better life in future?

Save the Children.

Lots of children worldwide have suffered from many bad things. Wars, Natural disasters and poverty are the commons things caused the children not to be able to continue the education. Helping everyone is a good thing to do. Our parents teach about it all the times. It is really important to help others if there is someone needs help. If we have a something that is not useful for us, we have the option to help the others by donating it.

Another example of Teaching and Learning materials which is totally different:

Mr. Tri is a passionate people but not too passion to handle Mr. Leda Gienerca Sukirman. There is a puzzle that cannot being solved. It is about the assignment that has been changed by Leda Gienerca sukirman. Guessing it is the job that is usually done by my tri. But this time he was unable to do that. In fact, I’m start thinking if he thinks to much.

I see Mr. Leda Gienerca Sukirman didn’t impress Mr. tri. Changing the assignment make the situation become worse. Mr. Tri even think if his client could be impostor or cheater. He think like that just by analyzing the name of his client. I have read lots of magazines and journal and yes, there are lots of people believe if a someone who have a suspicious name can be a bad guy. But this is the first mistake made by Mr. Tri. He think too much about the name. He did analyze the name. I think it is really amazing that Mr. tri know lots of things about the history of Greek and other tales. Such knowledge are not being owned by everyone. But, thinking too much of the name is still a silly thing.

The fact that Mr. Sukirman changes the assignment could be because of a good reason. Maybe he want to donate only if the people he gave the donation can do the job or just because he want to test them. Guessing what he thinks isn’t an easy job. I can understand if Mr. Tri was unable to guess it. But, thinking of the person as the impostor or cheater because he wants the people want to guess it is not a good idea. Maybe I do think Mr. Sukirman is the liar too but at least I will make a further investigation before doing so.

Reading the whole story made me think if Mr. Sukirman is easy going people which always want the challenges. Mr. tri was focused in thinking him as impostor or cheater. That is why he was unable to think the reason. There is a clue. Mr. Sukirman changes the assignment but still didn’t change the payment. A cheater or impostor will change the payment in order to make a profit. I have a worked in hosting company for years and face lots of clients. Few of them were cheaters. If Mr. Sukirman is a cheater, he will change the payment for sure. Cheater will spend lots of times and make the people frustrate. Maybe Mr. Tri was frustrate because of thinking why the people who want to donate make a puzzle and not just donate the money. I believe Mr. Sukirman didn’t want to make him frustrate.

Mr. Sukirman is a good person. I can say this because He still gives a chance for Mr. tri to guess on the reasons why he changed the assignment. He even will double the payment if he could guess it. Three days are enough to get the reasons. Mr. Sukirman can change to other agency if he wants it but he still gives the chance. Why he asks Mr. Tri to guess is another mystery. The fact that Mr. Sukirman is the second richest man in the town makes sense. Sometimes, a rich man does a something odd. It often happens in my life. Mr. Tri should understand it at first if he really take the words of Mr. Sukirman that said if the money isn’t the problem. When Mr. Tri knows if Mr. Sukirman was the new owner of the agency since last month from his boss, It is Another fact that made me smile. Sometimes the owner needs to know the capabilities of his people.

Two example of teaching and Learning Materials above were totally different as the first example was quite easy, simple but quite easy to understand. The next example was hard, need lots of thought and may not too easy to be read by casual reader. It is encouraged for student to write the article or essay using the first standard above. Teacher may choose the best method based on their judgment. While writing the first example above, I was thinking saving poor children is an important agenda for government and public. I wish all children able to get and continue the education.

English Material is collection of useful resources to teach english easier and also learn english faster. It available for both student and teacher. English teaching materials were designed to be used by teacher while English Learning Materials may be used by student to learn english faster. The use of English materials are subject to to follow the general rules in teaching and learning english. Each individual has different background, and skills, sometimes even different moods in learning and teaching english.

Example of Teaching and Learning Materials for Student.

The usefulness of English Learning and Teaching Materials could be measured by the result of the implementation. Here is an example for both of them which can be used by student and teacher. It is an opinion from a student which trying to sum up and commenting an essay about “Sumpah pemuda”, an article which written by my professor. It consist of how student and young generation can help building the nation by studying harder and lead the nation.

Study hard to Build The Nation

A prosperous country is a dream of everyone. Many innovations and inventions were used to achieve the goal. Great countries such as United States and Japanese have really long stories. Both of them have implemented lots of inventions and innovations to make the countries become greater and better. They were not great countries at first. They become greater because of the people who control the nations. In specific, young people take the great role in the progress. They struggle really hard to make their nations become great countries as what we can see at the moment.

Indonesia is not yet a great country. At least, that is what I believe in my mind. I do only state that great country is not only a country which is rich but it is a country that can maximize any resources it had. A country with fewer resources can be added into the list of great country if it can use it very well despite of low resources. The resources are not only by the mean of materials but also the efforts to make the country become greater.

Indonesia used to be a great country in the past. The proof is a document named as “SUMPAH PEMUDA”. It is a vow made by Indonesian in 28 October 1928. The vow itself contains three important sentences. The first sentence said as the young man they vow to be Indonesian without exception. The second element said if they only believe in one nation, Indonesia. The last part state if they respect ‘Bahasa’ as the language of Indonesia.

Important message in Sumpah Pemuda.

It seems my professor looks really concern with the situation in Indonesia. Through the writing at the last sentences in his first paragraph, he stated if it should be the old men who were doing the vow and not the young men. This only mean one thing, He criticizes the people who have had forgotten about the nationality. He stated “We Live happily in this world is just more than gift, So, it should be us who make the vow and not the young”. However, further analyzing of his writing proof is he also asking all the people and not only the young men to believe once more time to a vow made by young men in 1928.
The writer looks really like the three sentences in the document. He state about it many times. There is an important message in his writing. He want the young men at this modern era to believe once more time to the three sentences in the document as he believe it.

In the last paragraph, he really proud of the beautifulness of his country but also wonder why there are so much things that have been forgotten by everyone. He give the example such as the vow made in 1928 which is the basic struggle to make Indonesia as independent nation, the cultures that differentiate Indonesia with other nations.

Conclusion and expectation.

In few paragraphs, there are lots of messages for reader. The writer seems really love the nation. He ask for everyone at his age to keep moving forward once more time. It also mean he ask the young men to struggle hard as what the people in 1928’s did. The writer looks full of spirits. He stated that the freedom of Indonesia is the important thing and he willing to defend it till the last. He also wouldn’t let bad people to do bad things to the country. At the last sentence in last paragraph, He asks everyone to keep Indonesia in the ‘healthy’ condition. Depth in my heart, I think the professor want to make a statement “It is our vow to protect the assets of the country. We will keep it safe. We will not stop to struggle for Indonesia. We will do everything to make Indonesia as what the prosperous country as what the people in 1928’s want it. If we (the old men) can do it, how about you (the young men)? Will you struggle really hard for your country as what we have done?”.

Sometimes I feel my professor trying to communicate and send the message from young people who live in 1928’s. maybe it just my opinion but I learn one thing from his writing. As the young men will struggle even harder for this country. We will make the spirits of people in 1928’s alive in our heart. We will always remember it. At last, I’m starting to believe if Indonesia is a great country. We will make Indonesia even greater from now on. We cannot make any vow about it but we make the vow which is created in 1928’s as our vow. I love Indonesia.

The example above could be used by student and teacher in local areas. For schools and education institution, the example above maybe used for elementary and junior high school. It is specially designed to be as simple as possible while keeping it looks like written by student in Junior high school. It may looks complicated at first but it was written as is. At last, it was only an example and the purpose is to closely match an article writing by student.

Essay, is it looks familiar? when someone already know about about article or news report, perhaps they already understand about essay. Yes, essay is short writing which has more than one paragraphs. In each paragraph, it discusses about different subject. The whole paragraph of essay is divided into three parts. First part is well known as introduction. The second part was called as body/content. The last part is conclusion.

In UNIROW, creating essay seems like a big problem for student. Struggling to make it is not that easy. This is due to limited knowledge they had about essay. most of the times, they just read about essay from magazines or newspaper and only able to create the same essays based on given example. This is bad as essay actually have lots of flexibility in many aspects. Student at UNIROW is expected to understand about the characteristic of essay and also able to create it based on their own knowledge about the topic. It is important to make deep research before creating an essay. Shall we continue our lesson?. In this post, I Would try to introduce Everyone about the description of essay and how to make a good essay based on what they know. The tutorial is based on the skills in learning English effectively.

The first part of essay is named as introduction. An introduction is opening stage in essay. It introduce Everyone with the topic that being chosen. This introduction is often located in first paragraph. The first paragraph is useful to give simple insight about the topic. It is encouraged to list few arguments starting from the weakest to strongest arguments. These three arguments are usually called as thesis statement. Thesis statement will make Everyone easily to move between paragraphs. Furthermore, it tells reader about the details of the topic being discussed.

The second part of essay is called as body/content. It is good elements which describe thesis statement. The body is located in the second, third, and fourth paragraphs (for instance, if Everyone have three arguments, they will need to explain it with three paragraphs). In order to make the essay looks good, support the idea with opinion and also facts. It is advised to seek the fact from high quality sources such as university and experts. These high quality sources are suitable in many cases. The fact also available form educational institution. Journal and research are the best sources to support the ideas in essay.

After supporting the idea in each paragraphs with high quality sources, it is the time to make it more natural and alive. To make it easier, always categorize and organize the ideas. It is best to locate and place it in second or fourth paragraph. It is not hard to decide the best place to put arguments. It depend on the topic and the way each author write it. The most import thing is to keep is as good as possible by starting from the weakest argument, middle argument into strongest argument. Once it has been done, surely the essay will looks more professional than before.

The third part of essay is called a conclusion. It restate the important part in each elements. Conclusion always available in the last paragraph. it explain the important content of the article to the reader. Always try to start with general statement and closed with final comment. A final comment is the point of view from the author which describe the last paragraph and state exclusively why the reader should think it is more important than the other elements.

Finally, an essay is divided into three parts. The beginning is often referred as introduction. It basically used as the brain storming to make reader ready for the next elements. Without good introduction, reader may have no idea on what they read and why the need to read it. That Is why it is great to start with good and appealing sentences. Always avoid using ‘heavy’ and mild language as it will reduce the value of introduction. Body or Content is the next elements in Essay. It describe essay with good structured paragraphs along with good supporting materials. Attaching the quotes and facts will make it even better. The last element is popular as Conclusion. It sum up the most important parts of essay. Conclusion usually available in one paragraph and consist of simple sentences.

Words are complex letters and characters which form a meaning. Words are essential parts in sentences. If two or more of words being combined, there would be new description and meaning for it. Student should be able to identify words as it is the basic aspect to clearly understand the conversation. Without understanding the words in sentences, it is hard to follow the discussion and will be difficult for both parties whom involve in conversation. For most people, they just understand the sentence without the need to identify it. The reason is simple, they already use and hear it in daily conversation. But did everyone know if local student were having serious issues in understanding foreign language especially in the part of identify the sentences?

Identifying words is an activity related with analyzing and further research in categorizing words. The definition was taken from the idea from Mochammad Rifai , an author of UNIROW ASIA and professional researcher / teacher / Freelancer in Local area in East Java. Identifying words is conducting lots of action including comparing one word with another. The idea to identify words are to classify each words and also to make it easier for student who need help in creating a sentence in english. Learn is a process to be able to do a something. Identifying is a process to do further extensive research in details. Words is lots combined letters.

So, how do we learn to identify words? Here are the steps to do if you want to identify words:

1. Make sure to write the words in you notes.
2. Always pay attention with the location of the words
3. The basic structure of the sentence is important.

Identifying words in this steps is only for the basic. It will be updated in future. Those three steps above is the basic tips to successfully analyzing words. It always works and never fail. However, under some circumstances, the tips above will no longer works. But don’t worry about it. Another tips to encounter the problems will be available after you understand the first tips above.

Let’s take an example of it. “Student is reading Books”. We will analyzing a sentence above. Each of them will be analyzed carefully. If you were already understand about it, you can skip this lesson. However, you can keep learn it as the further lesson will be more difficult after all element which construct difficult sentences were added. Remember, this is just the basic. If you already understand about it, good for you. If not, it still not too late to learn about it. In fact, it will be too easy for you to learn english by using this method. shall we began the analyzing?

“Student” in the sentence “STUDENT is reading books” was a subject. I though everyone already know about it. I can tell you the basic things about subject but I would like each visitor to make their own definition about it. I would not going to say if subject usually located in the first sentence and the most important part of a sentence. did I say that? guess you were lucky to hear it from me. I always dream each visitor to make their own definition about a something using their own ideas after learning a something. In the next structure of a sentence, I would not describe the characteristic of a something. You have to make your own definition about it. Believe me, You will learn faster by doing so.

“Is Reading” in the sentence “Student IS READING books” mean doing a something. a subject (Student) is “reading” or still read books. “Reading” in the sentence above mean Predicate. What is Predicate? What are the characteristics? You will know about it if you carefully researching about it. Don’t just search it from the internet. It will not doing any good for you at the moment. Why don’t you just find the definition and the characteristics from the sentence above. you will be a great learner in the end if you able to identify it. I will help you with the definition and the special characteristics but I believe you were able to find it yourself. Don’t ask help from the others as it will screw your learning skills.

“Books” in the sentence “Student is reading Books” actually is an Object. Can you identify the object?. Where is the usual place for the object to appear in a sentence?. Do you think the object is useful or not?. That is the basic question if you want to be able to identify words, especially an object in a sentence.

By doing lots of training in researching and identifying words, It is expected that you will be able to use your own idea to learn faster than other. The most extensive learning actually is learning by using own definition. It will not only improve the skills but also cut the possibility to always need on other people. Start learn English faster by analyzing words. One last question for you to test your abilities. can you identify the words based on the sentence above if I added more element such as this sentence: “Student is reading books in DUTA ILMU”. If you were able to identify it, congratulations, You can advance to further tips.