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Review journal entitled Educational reform and development of information literacy of college English Teachers by Mighe Guo and Yuan Wang, October 2014

The technology develops rapidly and vigorously. All fields in the social life have to fit into the changes made by the technology such as production, life style, and thinking. Education aspect also influenced by the technology development. It gives various teaching methods, educational content and changes the instructional concept, accelerating the educational reform. In this era, students have to know how to study by themselves. So, the teachers should be more creative and innovative in using modern technology. By using multimedia and internet as the learning tools, there will be many advantages, for example, students can submit their assignment by email, find as many as resources on the internet, etc.

The roles of the technology in education is very important. It can make the learning process more attractive and enjoyable. The students who used to be subordinat, will become more active and creative by the use of multimedia in the classroom. The teachers also can improve the students motivation and their skill in using technology for education. Internet is an open environmet, students can get any information easily and influenced by the internet itself. The role of the teachers toward the internet is become the facilitator in motivating, make the students do the assigments according to the topics, and giving positive and constructive suggestions to controll the learning process.

However, teachers also have to pay attention to the use of the technology as the learning tool because the devices can’t solve all the problems. The internet can’t differentiate between the positive or negative, the bad or good, and the right or wrong one. So, the teachers should be the facilitator and have to control the use of the technology in the learning process.

As what Vigotzky stated in the constructive theory, students have to find out the information actively and build their own knowledge and teacher as the facilitator give opportunities to the students to find their own strategies in learning and get their own idea.

The use of technology in my classroom will be so interesting for my students, but it can be apply effectively because no language laboratory, no free internet access for the students, and the limitation of supported materials and electricity. The way to solve this problem is prepare the materials taken from the internet as the learning materials, use the available tools ini the school, and move to the rooms which provide the electricity.  

Review Jurnal article 2

Review journal entitled Factors affecting quality of English language teaching and learning in secondary schools in Nigeria by Dr. S.E. Aduwa-Ogiegbaen & Dr. E.OS. Iyamu

Teachers must have various technique and methods in teaching English. Some basic skills that can be apply to the students for their writing skills are speling, punctuation, linguistic skills, and convention of style. Many teachers teach in a traditional way. They use textbooks, dictionaries, chalkboard, workbooks, and posters in English language teaching. Modern media such as audio and video tapes, language laboratories, programmed texts, flash cards, computers, magazines, and newspaper are rarely used.

English language teaching faced many problems such as inadequate period of teaching, teaching methods, and the limitation of useful resources. Nowadays, teacher’s role is as facilitator of learning when technology is integrated into the school curriculum. As the use of technology in the classroom, the learning process can be more student-centered and individualized. Teachers also should be accustomed with the various teaching methods, not only teach in a traditional way.

Public school should be provided with adequate and various instructional media. Teachers should be familiar with the use of new technology-supported instructional tools and various instructional delivery methods.

The most important thing that improve the learning process is the learning environment. It should be the first priority by the state and federal government, so the students can learn well.

According to Chomsky in the transformational generatif grammar theory, language is something that produce without any relationship with its own language elements. He stated that language is a part of human component and a product of human intellegence. So, the students with many distractions in their environment still have a competence to learn other languages.

If I use modern media such as audio and video tapes, language laboratories, programmed texts, flash cards, computers, magazines, and newspaper, also use various teching methods, and create a good environment at school, the students will enjoy the class and the learning process will be better. But the important thing is every students have their own capability in learning other languages, so the result of the learning process may vary.

Review Journal article 1

Review journal entitled An investigation of motivation in Childern’s Foreign Language Learning Process by Na Wei, July 2016

Students will study more actively and initiatively if they have a positive learning motivation. If they don’t have any, they only study because of some external factors.

Research for students’ motivation in language learning must be done to make decisions about instructional plans and teaching methods in English. Language teaching process in order to encourage students’ motivation to learn. The investigation of child students got five needs, there are safety need, belongingness and love need, esteem need, apprehension need and the need for self-actualization in child language learning which have not been satisfied enough. So, to get students more motivated to involve in their classroom language learning, praise and encouragement from the teachers are required and designs of question and classroom tasks need more careful consideration.

There are three main causes of lack of motivation in children’s English Language Learning: lack of awareness of the value of English, Lack of interaction, lack of creative use of teaching materials.

Both teachers and parents have an important rule to develop awareness of language learning. Language especially English is used in our daily life. A lot of interesting books are written in English. The other thing that has to be considered is a pleasant and enjoyable environment that should be apply in the class. The last is teachers have to pay attention to the development of professional teaching. They need to concern about new teaching theories and teaching methodologies.

According to Vigotzky in constructive theory, students have their own resposibility to build their motivation to study. So, even the teachers have considered a pleasant and enjoyable environment in the class, but the students can’t build their own motivation to study English, the learning process will not run well.

If I apply the result of this research in my class to build the students motivation in learning English, such as make a pleasant and enjoyable environmet, learning new theories and methodologies, etc. I believe that there will be a development in students’ motivation to learn English. But the important thing that we have to consider is the students have to build their own motivation in study.

Latar Belakang menjadi awardee LPDP

Assalamu Alaikum,

Selamat Malam teman-teman,

Ini adalah tulisan pertama saya di Blog ini. Pada kesempatan pertama ini, saya akan menceritakan perjalanan panjang saya menjadi seorang awardee BPI LPDP dan akhirnya bisa kuliah di Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta yang merupakan Perguruan Tinggi peringkat ketiga di Indonesia.

Semuanya berawal dari pengalaman pahit saya ketika gagal memiliki anak kedua. Tepatnya 14 September 2015, Bayi perempuan seberat 3,2 kg dan panjang 51 cm terlahir dengan tidak bernyawa melalui proses operasi caesar pada usia kandungan yang ke sembilan bulan. Usia kandungan yang sangat ideal untuk melahirkan, tidak lebih ataupun kurang tapi takdir berkata lain, saya dan keluarga harus menelan pil pahit karena peristiwa ini. Sayapun sempat berada pada masa-masa yang labil, sedih yang sangat dalam dan berkepanjangan. Kemudian datanglah putri saya yang pertama, wajahnya yang polos dan sorot matanya yang berbinar-binar seakan berkata, "Bunda harus bangkit, Bunda tidak boleh sedih lagi!!!!" Seketika kekuatan besar muncul dari dalam, saya harus melanjutkan hidup, ini adalah jalan dari Allah SWT dan Insya Allah yang terbaik untuk umatnya.

Pada saat itu keinginan saya untuk melanjutkan studi ke jenjang yang lebih tinggi sangat kuat, mulailah saya mencari informasi tentang beasiswa dan membekali diri untuk tes TOEFL dengan membeli buku preparation of TOEFL. Pada awal tahun 2016, saya mengikuti tes TOEFL di UPT Pusat Bahasa Universitas Negeri Makassar dan Alhamdulillah mendapatkan nilai yang lebih dari cukup untuk mendaftarkan diri sebagai calon penerima beasiswa dan pilihan saya jatuh kepada Beasiswa Pendidikan Indonesia Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (BPI LPDP). Di sela-sela kesibukan saya mengikuti beberapa pelatihan yang panjang dan padat, saya mempersiapkan dokumen-dokumen yang dipersyaratkan oleh LPDP. Sebelum kembali mengikuti pelatihan, saya telah berhasil  mendaftar pada beasiswa tersebut. Pada tanggal 27 April 2016, pukul 23.17 WITA saya menerima surat elektronik dari LPDP bahwa saya lulus seleksi administratif dan di undang untuk mengikuti seleksi selanjutnya yaitu seleksi substantif pada bulan Mei 2016, tidak banyak persiapan sebelum mengikuti tes tersebut dikarenakan pelatihan yang padat dan panjang. Tanggal 25 dan 26 Mei adalah hari dimana tes substantif tersebut dilaksanakan, pada hari pertama saya berhadapan dengan tiga proses seleksi yaitu On the spot essay writing, Leaderless Group Discussion, dan Verifikasi berkas. Keesokan harinya, tepatnya di pagi hari saya kembali datang di Gedung Kementerian Keuangan RI Makassar untuk menjalani proses seleksi wawancara dan sampai saat tulisan ini dipublilkasikan di blog, wawancara tersebut adalah wawancara yang paling mendebarkan seumur hidup saya dan setelah selesai dari wawancara tersebut, hasilnya sempat membuat saya tidak yakin dan pesimis akan lulus.

Tanggal 10 Juni 2016 adalah tanggal yang dinanti-nanti oleh calon awardee periode II 2016 di seluruh Indonesia. Hari itu adalah penentuan nasib kami, masa depan kami selanjutnya. Kami menunggu pengumuman sejak pagi tapi tidak kunjung ada kabar. Kebetulan saat itu adalah bulan Ramadhan dan pada saat Adzan magrib berkumandang.....sambil memegang segelas Es Cendol, HP saya terus berbunyi. Ternyata di grup calon awardee sudah banyak yang mendapatkan kabar kelulusan. Sayapun dengan segera membuka email dan akun saya tapi statusnya belum berubah, masih tertera "Lulus seleksi administratif", seketika badan lemas dan berpikir mungkin LPDP bukan rejeki saya. Saya yang kemudian ingin meletakkan HP yang pada saat itu layarnya masih standby dan masih dalam kondisi login di portal LPDP, tiba-tiba terkejut dan lompat kegirangan karena statusnya tiba-tiba berubah dari "Lulus Seleksi administratif" menjadi "Lulus seleksi Wawancara". Saya sangat bahagia, keluargapun ikut berbahagia dan untung saja segelas es cendol yang ada ditangan saya tidak tumpah....he....he....he....

Sejak saat itu, saya mulai disibukkan dengan tugas-tugas Pra-PK, telegram, berkenalan dengan awardee lain yang ada di seluruh Indonesia dan setelah itu menjalani Persiapan Keberangkatan (PK) angkatan 75 tanggal 22 - 27 Agustus 2016 di Wisma Hijau, Cimanggis, Depok, Jawa Barat. PK LPDP adalah salah satu acara yang paling keren, luar biasa, menakjubkan yang pernah saya ikuti. Setelah mengikuti PK, tanggal 29 Agustus saya mulai mengikuti perkuliahan di UNS. 

Sungguh pengalaman yang luar biasa. Saya yang dulu hanya bisa membaca blog orang lain tentang proses penerimaan BPI LPDP, saya yang biasanya sangat terharu ketika menonton video-video PK LPDP di youtube, saya yang biasanya hanya mendengar cerita tentang LPDP, kini.....saya adalah AWARDEE BPI LPDP angkatan 75.... dan andapun bisa...:)