a Research Presenter- My Second International Seminar

Research (again)?

Yap , Alhamdulillah , I got a perfect chance to be a presenter in the 6th International Seminar of FBS UKSW in 2012. At that time, I tried to submit my research to be  selected in the seminar. Alhamdulillah, the committee accepted my paper, and finally I presented it :).  I was so happy :). Moreover, I got many benefits in which I could share my research, practice my public speaking, communicate to the experts, and build a great network. 

Actually, I used my undergraduate final project ("skripsi") to be submitted in the International Seminar. Finally, it's accepted. The title of my research was " The Purposes of L1 in TEYL in Kindergarten" . The following abstract of my research  will give general overview toward my research. Hopefully, you will get a lesson from this posting. 

THE PURPOSES OF L1 IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS IN KINDERGARTEN

by : Candradewi  Wahyu  Anggraeni

ABSTRACT

Pro and cons in using L1 in English language classroom has been discussed for many years. The pro sides argue that using L1 in FL classroom will demotivate the learners in acquiring the target language. However, the cons sides revealed that using L1 in FL classroom gave positive effect in teaching-learning process, such as; to provide instructions or explanation, to manage or to discipline a class, to motivate students to learn L2, and to give comments on students’ works and progresses. Inspired by the pros and cons, this study has attempted to investigate the purposes of the teacher uses L1 when teaching bilingual-kindergarten students.  This paper is based on the classroom observations conducted in Satya Wacana Children Center, Salatiga. It aims at showing the use of L1 in Teaching English to Young Learners in kindergarten. The findings suggested that the purposes of using L1 still took important roles in teaching learning process.

Key words: Teaching English, Young Learner, The Purposes of L1

I was in action , yap I love it ^_^ ; presenting my research 

What is ODOJ?

Assalamualaikum wr.wb. 
How's your life pals?
I hope you are okay.

Have you ever heard or known ODOJ?
Okay I'll give you this pic hint, look at this pic below 

Yeap, your're right , ODOJ stands for One Day One Juz, it is a awesome program initiated by the alumni of Qur'an House to facilitate and ease people in reciting the Holy Al-Quran with the target 1 day 1 juz. Reciting 1 day 1 juz becomes more fun and more motivated since it uses instant messanger ( WhatsApp, Bbm) to organize the "tilawah" group. (Tilawah is an activity to recite the Holy Qur'an). 

When you ask my a question : Do you join ODOJ? , I'll say Alhamdulillah YES, I join ODOJ. I am member of group tilawah ODOJ 1135. I am blessed to be the member of ODOJ. I'll also join the ODOJ community in Semarang. After joining ODOJ, I get many benefits of this program. At first, I feel like " Can I recite  1 day 1 juz?" , " Is it hard? " and etc. However, I can solve those things, because the other group's members always motivates me to do tilawah one day one juz. Then, I enjoy to do tilawah. Yeap, of course , it steps by step, it need a process. Moreover, I feel like close to Allah, and I feel so calm :), Thanks ODOJ. 

Right now, more than 90.000 people join ODOJ, let's join ODOJ ^_^

ODOJ got the charter award from MURI 

Let's TILAWAH 

More info about ODOJ , please go to http://onedayonejuz.org/ 

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a Research Presenter - My First International Seminar

What's on your mind when you read the word "RESEARCH" ?
Do you think it's a confusing case?
Do you think it's a big problem?
Do you like it?
Do you love it?
Do you hate it?

Yeap , talking about research , it derives me to the idea of AMAZING thing, I love to conduct research, especially when it deals with educational field. I remembered when I  did research with my friends  for Research Method Final project. At that time , I was in my undergraduate study in English Education Department  of Satya Wacana Christian University. Luckily, my group took chance to present in the 5th International Seminar of FBS UKSW. We delivered our research in the conference. We were very proud and happy. Furthermore, it was also my first International conference in which I was the one of presenters who involved in the marvellous conference. My group research's title was

"The English Department CCU Students’ Perceptions Toward The Term of Best English"

by : Candradewi W.A. , Christianti T.H., Kharisma M. , and Wieke N.S 

Abstract of the research

In the era of World Englishes, the presence of various varieties of English starts to shift the Native speakers’ position as the central of learning English. As Kachru (1985:30) noted that the native speakers of English seem to have lost exclusive prerogative to control its standardization. Based on that claim, this study investigated the students’ perception toward the term of “The Best English” in order to find out more whether English learners still consider native speakers as the center of learning. This study surveyed 26 English Department, Satya Wacana Christian University students that attend Cross Culture Understanding course where they can learn various cultural perspectives in the era of World Englishes. All of participants   were asked to answer open-ended questionnaire that consisted of 10 questions related to “The Best English” in 10 minutes. The finding showed that the English Department CCU students’ perception about the term of Best English is still related to the native English speaker. Native English speaker is the center of learning English where they can consider that native speaker is someone who speaks English fluently and also with correct grammar and pronunciation. 

Key terms        : Students’ perception, Best English, World Englishes  

My group and Mr. Duncan ( my lecturer, he became the moderator of my group presentation session in the International Seminar) , from left : Christianti, Wieke, Mr. Duncan, me (Candra) , and Kharisma