Ever notice how your students’ faces light up when they see a colourful poster or an engaging flashcard?
Visual aids are more than just classroom decorations—they’re powerful tools that can significantly impact language acquisition. As an Indonesian language teacher,...
As an experienced teacher passionate about Indonesian language education, I understand the frustration of finding low-quality language learning content. It’s disheartening to see so many resources that don’t genuinely help students grasp the language or immerse them in the rich...
Teaching Junior Primary
I really enjoy teaching Junior Primary students. They know many colours and numbers, and now we can integrate that with new nouns and verbs to get students to develop many fun simple sentences.
Our Teaching Indonesian Unit 'Peternakan' is all about farm animals. Students...
Mind Reader
If you have never played Mindreader with your student then I want you to whip this out out next week. Trust me your students will love it. Grade 3 upwards through high school I have been told.
To play mindreader you will need to write all your vocabulary words or chunks on the...
How are you celebrating Indonesian Independence day with your students?
I love a good Kerupuk eating race, but the thought of dealing with food allergies had me pushing all food related activities to the side! It would be so much fun to order Indonesian food for our older kids or staff, but if...
I believe there are three main things that make great, well structured language lessons.
1. Setting good learning goals and success criteria.
2. Building review into your lesson structure
3. Using Explicit Instruction and a gradual release model to facilitate and scaffold learning.
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Why should we be developing self-efficacy in our Language classroom?
I would assert that self-efficacy in your classroom is the #1 game changer and predictor of success for all students in your Indonesian classroom! Big statement? Maybe! But let me explain.
When we talk about self-efficacy we are...
While living in Indonesia we found no suitable teaching material to teach our six-year-old daughter Indonesian. My husband and I were learning at a small foundation, but their program took significant motivation from the learner and was not at all geared towards children. Children have so many...
Over the past two years, I have been reading so many great books that have helped me improve as a teacher. I currently have many many more on my “to read” list but I wanted to let you know about some of the ones I have read so far and who I think they might be helpful for.
Teaching...
“Approaches that integrate attention to form within communicative and content-based interaction receive the most support from classroom research. “(Lightbrown & Spada 2006:176)
If you studied Second Language Learning at University, then this was most likely one of your textbooks....
When I was a new graduate, and in my first year of teaching, we had a whole day of Professional Development for new graduates in similar schools in my area. It was a great day, lots of great advice about behaviour management, taking care of yourself and all the typical stuff new grads deal with,...
