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Indonesian Literature UAD Send the Chinese Students for Teaching Practice at School

June 1, 2015/in Event, News /by admin

Madrasah Muallimaat Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

February-April, Indonesian Literature UAD sent 14 Chinese students to conduct Teaching Practice at four Muhammadiyah schools in Yogyakarta. The schools were Madrasah Mualimaat (2 students), SMP Muhammdiyah 7 YK (4 students), SD Muhammadiyah Bodon (4 students), and SD Muhammadiyah Kleco (4 students). During the teaching practice program, the Chinese student experienced teaching students for at least 12 meetings and joining school activities such as extracurricular and outing class.

The 14 Chinese students study at UAD with 3+1 credit transfer program. Originally they study Chinese Literature at Guangxi University for Nationalities China. One of the objectives of their program is to give them experience of teaching Chinese to foreign speakers especially Indonesian students. The teaching practice was also to practice their Indonesian language in the real situation.

Teaching Chinese to students

SD Muhammadiyah Bodon

Thai Language Course and Soft Skills Training for UAD Alumni who will Teach in Thailand

April 29, 2014/in Event, News /by admin

Motivation Training for Alumni

Saturday, April 26, 2014, Bureau of Student and Alumni Affairs UAD held a sharing experience and soft skills training for 16 alumni who will teach in Thailand. During the sharing, there were four alumni who have experienced teaching in Thailand shared their story. They were Islahuddin who experienced teaching at Songserm Wittaya Munnitti School, Asma Kurnia at Islam Suksasat School, Dwi Puji Purwanti at Songsermsasana Vitaya School, and Fitri Nuryani at Sangkhom Islam Wittaya School.

After the sharing experience, there were two lecturers gave Soft skills training. The first was Ir. Budiyanto, M.T., head of Bureau of Student and Alumni Affairs UAD, who gave Motivation training. The second was Hendro Setyono, M.Sc. who gave Adaptation skill training. Beside the sharing and soft skill training, the alumni also got Thai language course for two weeks. The teachers were Thai students who study at UAD. All alumni were really happy to have all training because it can help them to survive when teaching in Thailand.

UAD Alumni who have Experienced Teaching in Thailand

Adaptation Skill Training

The Alumni Who will Teach in Thailand

Thai Language Course with UAD Thai Students

2nd UAD TEFL International Conference Brings New Paradigms in Teaching English

October 25, 2012/0 Comments/in Event /by admin

More than a hundreds presenter presented their papers in 2^ndUAD TEFL International Conference which is held on last October 13 – 14, 2012 by English Education Department of UAD. There are 200 participants who joined this conference consist of techers, lecturers, and teachers and there are five invited speakers, such as Dr. Dat Bao (Monash University, Australia), Eran Williams, M.A. (RELO, US Embassy), Prof. Irene A. Largo, M.A. (University of Nueva Caceres, Philippine), Prof .Dr. Bustami Subhan, M.S. (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia), and Dr. Abdul Malik Mohammed Ismail (University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia).

This international English conference was held in two days. The first day, the conference was opened by gamelan performance played by Gending Bahana (UAD’s gamelan community) and also filled with plenary session by Dr. Dat Bao (The Teaching of Language through Interactive Cartoons) and Dr. Prof. Dr. Bustami Subhan, M.S. (Improving the Quality of TEFL at the Primary and Secondary School by Using Four Techniques), parallel session, and also enlived by the performance of UAD’s dance community. The second day was filled with plenary session by Irene Abardo-Largo, M.A (Communicative Language Teaching: A Rising Pedagogical Paradigm in the Philippine English Language Teaching), Eran Williams, M.A. (Teaching Writing), and Dr. Shaik Abdul Malik Mohamed Ismail.

The previous conference was held in national scale. And by the theme New Paradigms In Teaching English As Foreign Language, this 2^ndUAD TEFL International Conference is expected that would bring new paradigms, methods, and technique of teaching English in Indonesia. (E/I).