kang guru indonesia may bulletin 2011

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Water in Banten

We all know how important clean water is, don’t we? Its VERY important. Right now, about 2,000 homes inerang, Banten, have access to clean water for theirst time. Serang is one of 35 Indonesian districtshat have received grants to install new wateronnections. Australia is working closely with thendonesian Government to administer the Water

Hibah program.The grant is part of Australia’sAUD$25 million commitment to increase pipedwater in poor urban communities, and to increasehe number of households with sewerage connections. Thisupport will give about 60,000 households across Indonesia new connectionso piped water and up to 10,000 households sewerage connections. A further 400,000ndonesians will have access to cleaner water and better sanitation as a result of the Water

Hibah program. Cities and districts in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, West Nusa Tenggara andulawesi will benefit from this new water and sanitation initiative. As well as this grant

program, Australia is helping local governments manage community water supply and sanitation

tilities to ensure the sustainability of this development.Clean water at home in Serang

ave you ever seen a warship? Perhaps an Indonesian naval vessel in Surabaya harbour? Onpril 18th fifty very lucky students from MTsN Kediri 2, MI Miftahul Ulum Batu and MAN 3 Malangctually visited 2 Australian frigates in Surabaya. Commanders and crew of Royal Australianavy ships, HMAS BALLARAT and HMAS PARRAMATTA, welcomed teachers and students fromese 3 BRIDGE schools on board for a tour and lunch. The students were so excited as theyere shown all over the ships. KGI Champion Suryadi was there along with Kevin from KGI inali. The ships arrived with more than 350 crew for a three day visit to Indonesia from 16-19pril. During the visit, the crew participated in social and professional activities with thedonesian Navy, further strengthening the relationship between the two countries. The

elationship between the Royal Australian Navy and the Indonesian Navy is very strong, and isased on professional respect and friendship. Check out KGI’s Australian Navy video a.s.a.p!



Muslim Exchange Program (MEP)

or many years KGI has been telling readers about a wonderful, annual program from theustralia Indonesia Institute (AII). The Muslim Exchange Program (MEP) allows both Australiannd Indonesian Muslims to explore Islam in each other’s countries.

delegation of young Indonesian Muslim leaders, Fahd Pahdepie from Jakarta, Achmadbaidillah from Bogor, and Muzakkir from Balikpapan, departed for Australia in early April on alateral exchange program aimed at strengthening understanding in Islam and interfaith issues both countries. This is the first of three delegations from Indonesia scheduled to visitustralia under the AII Muslim Exchange Program 2011.

May, five young Muslim leaders from Australia will make a reciprocal visit to Indonesia toearn first-hand about Indonesia’s diverse, democratic, and tolerant society and meet a wideange of different community representatives.

Kampung Olo before and after

In September 2010 Kang Guru Indonesia attended a

reconstruction ceremony at SDN 19 Kampung Olo in

Padang. The school had been destroyed earlier in the

year by an earthquake. Through cooperation between

AusAID and USAID, the school has since been re-built. In

March 2011 KGI returned to SDN 19. What a beautiful

school it is now. Kevin interviewed the Principal, IbuRibosita, and to hear the latest on the school (in Bahasa

Indonesia) watch KGI’s SDN 19 Kampung Olo video

report. The students are very fortunate and their school

and community are extremely grateful for the assistance

they have received. Thanks to the Australia Indonesia

Partnership and USAID.

RRI SabangOn the front cover of the

March 2011 KGI bulletin you

may have seen the photograph

of Kevin standing outside RRI

Merauke in Papua. Well since

then Kevin has been to RRI

Sabang to celebrate the

completion of a longtime KGI

ambition – to make KGI truly

Sabang to Merauke.

Traveling alongside Pak Samsul,

Director of Australian Corner &

Kangguru International

Education Service

(KIES-ACEH), Kevin met with

radio station staff, local English

teachers and some of theirstudents at RRI Sabang. So a big

welcome to the KGI broadcast

network!



CamTESOL in CambodiaIs it possible for Indonesian teachers to

have professional development training as

well as an opportunity to travel overseas?

The answer is YES! Along with 7 other

teachers, Rudi Hartono, an English teacher

of SMA Life Skill Teknologi Informatika inPalembang did just that (see below). He

was recently sponsored to present a paper

at the 7th CamTESOL Conference in Phnom

Penh last February. Kevin and Ogi were also

there to promote the work of KGI especially

to Cambodian teachers. Find out more

about this annual conference and other

surprising stories from Cambodia on KGI

video.

Can you guess whatis Ogi trying to eat?

Community preparedness for Mount Merapi victims

Australia Indonesia Facility Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) and Gadjah Mada University (UGM) hasormed a new partnership which focuses on the long-term safety of Indonesians living near

Mount Merapi. This new research project will seek a better understanding of local knowledge,

belief systems and ways of life in 30 villages in Yogyakarta and Central Java. Results will be

used to guide future preparedness strategies and livelihood recovery plans.

“Volcanoes are incredibly difficult to plan for and devastating, as families lose loved ones and

ommunities are displaced,” said Dr. Matt Hayne, AIFDR co-director. “It is important we

ontinue to prepare for future eruptions. A comprehensive preparedness strategy has to

acknowledge, understand and use the generations of experience that local communities have

rom living with Mt Merapi for so long,” added Dr. Hayne. UGM’s Head of Anthropology,

Dr Nicolas Warouw, believes this project will bridge the gap between the government and

victims of Mount Merapi.

Drug and Explosive Detection

Are you concerned about drugs in yourvillage, or terrorism in your country? TheAustralian Minister for Home Affairs, Mr.Brendan O’Connor, recently presentedthe Indonesian Directorate General of Customs and Excise with a special andpowerful detector. This machine canpick up traces of explosives andnarcotics. Now, isn’t that great? TheLONSCAN 500DT dual purpose tracedetection machine will be based inJakarta. This $76,000 detection devicewill help Indonesian Customs officers tomore easily and comprehensively detecttraces of explosives and narcotics.Australian Customs and BorderProtection officers will provide

ndonesian Customs officers withtraining in the use of themachine, to ensurendonesian officers can usethe technology to its fullpotential.



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e n j o y e d l e a r n i n g E n g l i s h v e

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l e s s t i r e d t h a n b e f o r e . B e s i

d e s t h a t , t h e s m a l l

p o s t e r s a w a r d e d t o a c t i v e s t u d e n t s

g a v e t h e m s t r o n g m o t i v a t i o

n t o a t t e n d t h e

l e s s o n .

T han k s Pa k T heodor

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hear from teac her s

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u wou ld l i ke to

read t he re s t o f Pa k

T heo’ s ema i l -

KGI heard from Sunardi from

Bondowoso, a student at

Muhammadiyah University, Jember.

He loves to get the KGI bulletins.

He even sent pictures of himself

reading it in his office. A student with

his own office? Find out more about

this guy and his KGI bulletin by

visiting KGI’s website teacher’s page -

www.kangguru.org/kgreintheclassroom.htm

How many lang uag es do y ou speak? T his is v er y inter esting. W hen the K GI T eam tr av els to dif f er ent par ts of Indonesia, they ar e

alw ay s impr essed by the f act that so many students in Indonesia can alr eady speak sev er al

languages. Indonesia has hundr eds of dif f er ent ethnic gr oups and each of them speaks a

dif f er ent dialect or language. In some places, mainly the r ur al ar eas, the national language

Bahasa Indonesia is not w idely used, especially at home. In Lombok students might speak

Bahasa Sasak at home. In Bandung it may be Bahasa Sunda or in P adang it could be Bahasa

Minang. T he childr en in the v illage w her e K ev in liv es now all speak Bahasa Bali. W hen these

childr en go to school they must also lear n and use Bahasa Indonesia. So do y ou r ealiz e that

w hen they also study E nglish they ar e actually lear ning language number thr ee (or may be f our ).

Many ex per ts agr ee that lear ning another language is easier w hen y ounger . Y oung lear ner s

lear n multiple languages in a par allel path instead of tr anslating f r om their nativ e language.

T hey lear n to think in multiple languages at the same time and become f luent much mor e

easily . Many students in Indonesia don’t begin lear ning E nglish f or mally until the age of 11

w hen they join SMP . Amaz ing! May be students should star t lear ning E nglish ear lier ?

o all y ou teacher s and students out ther e w ho ar e lear ning E nglish as a t hi r d o r ma y be e v e n

o u r t h language I think y ou should g iv e y our self a pat on the back - m e m be r i s e l am at pad a

i r i s e nd i r i . W ell done.

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Pairwork and Group Activities

KGI hopes you sometimes have pair and group work

activities in your class. Do you? It is a great way for

students to use their English and exchange

information without feeling too embarrassed or

nervous. It can be loads of fun too.

You should always create a balance between pairs,groups and individual work. But how do you group

them? Check out this KGI website link for some hints

and tips on three ways to group students -

www.kangguru.org/kgreintheclassroom.htm

Three da y intensiv e workshops for

AIBEP school teachers

In March and April KGI presented 2 ver y

special three-da y workshops for teachers in

the Bogor and Kupang areas. O ver the three

da ys the AIBEP English language teachers

worked on ho w to write good lesson plans,

ho w to gi ve clear instructions in the English

classroom, and ho w to best adapt materials so

the y become more communicati ve, plus man y

interacti ve warmers and fillers. The y were

introduced to practical, eas y acti vities and

games the y can pla y with their students in the

classroom. The y

used acti vities from

the ‘Listen and

Learn w ith K an g

Guru Indonesia SMP

P acka ge’.

oining a Teacher Association

ccording to a latest poll by the British

ouncil, the most common reason for

oining a teacher association is for -

sharing materials and resources

37%)

feeling part of an active teachingommunity 24%

discussions with peers (14%)

networking opportunities (13%) and

receiving news about conferences

nd events with (11%)

o how do you feel about joining your

ocal teacher association? If the MGMP

active and interesting then you will

et a lot of benefits from joining ANDupporting that group.



Look at the Joey s. T hey lov e r idingbicy cles to school. Not only is itealthy but also it is good f or thenv ir onment. Should schoolsncour age students to cy cle to schoolstead of r iding motor bikes? y u w as shocked w hen she v isited onef the schools in Denpasar r ecently toe the huge number of motor bikes one basket ball cour t. W ow !

y ou think motor bikes should bened ( d i l a r a n g ) at school? W ithoutor bikes schools could hav e mor ece f or students to use especially f or t. W hat do y ou think?

T ASK 1: Par ts of a bicy cle – how much do y ou know ? Go to w w w .kang g ur u- joey s.or g T ASK 2: Joey s ‘B i k e t o S c ho o l ’ Photo Competition.T ake a unique pictur e of y ou/y our f r iends/a gr oup of students going to school by bicy cle and send it to joey s@ialf .edu bef or e June 30th and w in a specialpackage f r om K GI including a f abulous, y ellow K GI

j a s hu j a n.T ASK 3: the Joey s Special Edition ‘B i k e t o S c ho o l ’ badg e.

Do y ou hav e a bicy cle? T ell Joey s about y our bicy cle.W hat color is it? W her e did y ou get it f r om? Y ou couldw in a limited K GI edition Joey s ‘ B i k e t o S c ho o l ’ badge.T ASK 4 : Do y ou know this sign? GOOGLE it and

answ er some Joey squestions - w w w .kang g ur u- joey s.or g R emember that Joey s is desig ned f or SMP students.



The twins who love KGI and English!

Staff at KGI used to be so confused about

these two people. For example, both of

them are really active in following KGI

quizzes on FB. They had similar names

and the same address too. KGI thought

that maybe this person had changed their

name so that they were able to win KGI

FB quizzes more often. BUT finally the

secret was revealed. Binar and Bias are

actually twin brothers! AND both of them

love English very much. Why not follow

the Binar & Bias Quiz on the KGI website!

CHECK OUT

NEW JOEYS Website

for SMP/MTs students

www.kangguru-joeys.org

Can you find your school picture there?

' Q ui ck F i x ' w i t h A y u W atc h y o ur w r i ti ng ! S i mi li ar so und , d i f f e r e ntsp e lli ng , d i f f e r e nt me ani ng !

Q ui e t and Q ui t e e g : I qui te li k e a qui e t ar e a to r e st i n.T hi nk s and t hi ng s

e g : S he thi nk s she has so many thi ng s i n c o mmo n w i th he r b e st f r i e nd .Mi nd and mi ne e g : I d o n’t mi nd i f y o u use mi ne to d ay.

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Binar Purbandaru & Bias Prabandaru ‘My Shout’

In Indonesia if someone invites you out

for a meal then that usually means that

they will also pay for the meal, right? In

western culture however it’s not the

way it works. If a person asks you out

it doesn’t mean that they will pay for

you. If they say it’s my shout (saya

traktir) then they will pay. In western

culture when friends go out or when a

couple go out to have a meal they

usually share the bill (patungan).

How about a Birthday?

In Indonesia the birthday person

always has a big headache because

they have to be ready to shout their friends for a meal or a drink. In

western countries it is often the

opposite. The birthday person is treated

by their friends who will

shout him/her.

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