Vocabulary anak anak

Setelah sekian lama mengajar bahasa Inggris, baru kali ini saya menuliskan rangkaian materi vocabulary yang menurut saya perlu dikuasai dalam belajar bahasa Inggris, khususnya anak-anak. Dulu, belum terpikirkan untuk mengatur materi pembelajaran yang runtut dan padu sehingga proses pembalajaran bisa mengasilkan output yang lebih baik dan sesuai tujuan. Oleh karena itu, melalui blog pembelajaran ini, saya ingin menyampaikan urutan materi vocabulary dalam belajar bahasa Inggris untuk anak-anak berdasarkan apa yang sudah pernah saya ajarkan selama ini. I hope it can help my students knowing what should/will they learn at TrenggaleksinaubosoInggris. Berikut ini adalah beberapa materi vocabulary yang sebaiknya anak-anak, umur 7 - 10 tahun, bisa kuasai ketika belajar bahasa Inggris:

1. Wild animals and Farm Animals (binatang liar dan binatang ternak).

2. Fruit and Vegetable (buah dan sayur).

3. Things in the House (living room, bed room, bathroom, and kitchen)(benda di dalam rumah).

4. Things at School (benda benda di sekolah).

5. Clothing (pakaian).

6. Profession/Job (pekerjaan).

7. Food and Drink (makanan dan minuman).

8. Hobbies (hobi).

9. Date and Month (tanggal dan bulan).

10. Numbers (angka).

Berbagi pengalaman

Namanya juga mengajari anak anak, tentu kita harus telaten dan sabar. Ketrampilan untuk mendengar berbicara, membaca dan menulis apabila kita bangun dari sejak dini maka bisa menjadi dasar yang kuat menciptakan aktivitas yang membuat anak percaya diri untuk berbahasa Inggris.

Belajar Bahasa Inggris sejak dini bukan berarti tidak mencintai Bahasa Indonesia, kita sebagai orang Indonesia tetap mencintai bahasa Indonesia.

Belajar bahasa Inggris  tidak sekedar hubungan antar guru dan muridnya, yang satu mengajari dan satunya menerima pelajaran.

Bagaimana agar anak-anak dalam belajar bahasa Inggris bisa merasa menikmati dan menjadi semangat untuk belajar. Untuk itu Materi Bahasa Inggris yang di sampaikan kepada anak anak harus di kaji dan diolah dulu agar bisa diterima dengan baik dan mendapat respong positif dari anak-anak. Itulah tantangan yang perlu kita sikapi apabila anak anak  nantinya ingin menguasai bahasa Inggris. Dalam cara mengajar bahasa inggris anak anak di trenggaleksinaubosoinggris.blogspot.com di sampaikan bahwa orang tua sangat punya peranan penting di samping seorang pendamping atau pembelajar yang mampu. Kadang orang tua berpikir bahwa dengan menyerahkan segalanya kepada pembimbing atau ikut les maka semua akan selesai.

Belajar bahasa adalah soal kebiasaan yang dilakukan secara berulang ulang dan terus menerus. tidak bisa hari ini belajar besok menguasai atau kalau besok ujian malamnya baru belajar. Keseharian anak bisa di amati dan di cermati, berapa jam anak anak  menghabiskan sebagian besar waktunya untuk beraktivitas. Semakin banyak waktu yang di luangkan untuk belajar  dan berlatih bahasa inggris dalam keseharian maka tidak terasa anak anak akan menguasai banyak kosa kata, suatu misal anak anak di ajak untuk menyebuat nama nama benda di sekitarnya dalam bahasa Inggris, menggambar lingkungan terdekatnya dan lain sebagainya. 

Anak anak terlebih dahulu biasakan  dengan mendengarkan,  artinya belajar bahasa itu dari bahasa lisan, baru bahasa tulis. Bahasa Inggris antara kata dengan pengucapannya sering berbeda. Jangan sampai anak anak terjebak apa yang di ucapkan sesuai dengan apa yang di tulis.

Tentu saja masih banyak metode metode pembelajaran bahasa Inggris untuk anak anak yang sudah teruji, namun dari pengalaman saya ketika mengajari anak anak untuk bisa berbahasa Inggris yang tinggal di desa,  maka penerapan metode-metode pembelajaran yang ada, tidak semuanya bisa diterapkan karena kondisi anak anak pada situasi umur atau lingkungan sosial sangat berpengaruh terhadap daya serap anak anak dalam belajar bahasa Inggris. 

Keberadaan di desa  dengan fasilitas yang minim, lingkungan yang kadang belum mendukung untuk bisa belajar bahasa inggris dengan baik, nyaman, kadang juga lingkungan keluarga yang belum membuat anak anak menjadi enjoy dan percaya diri, sangat berpengaruh terhadap anak anak dalam belajar bahasa Inggris. 

Conditional Sentence Cards

Conditional Sentence is one of the most difficult English grammar based on my students experience. They are always confused by this grammar. That is why, I would like to try this technique to learn Conditional Sentence. The material we need is a set of colorful cards, and I made it by myself. 

The goal of this activity is to revise the pattern of conditional sentences.

Procedures

1. Students learn the pattern of conditional sentence using easy-understanding chart. 

Type	If clause	Main clause	Fact
I	Present Simple V1/Vs	Future Simple Will + V1	Possibility
II	Past Simple V2	Past Future Would + V1	Impossible for NOW (Present)
III	Past Perfect Had + V3	Past Future Perfect Would + Have + V3	Impossible for in the PAST (Paste Simple)

2. Students revise the verbs used in each clause using sticky notes. On the board, teacher attach a sheet of large paper like the above chart but missing the verbs on 'if clause and main clause'. Students work in pair, then they write the pair of verbs based on the type of conditional sentence as many as possible with the time set, for example, have-will go; had-would go;had had-would have gone.

3. At last, student and his/her partner match the cards of conditional sentences, they have to match the "if clause" and "main clause". Students who can firstly finish this challenge will be the winner. Here is the matching card that can be used by the students. Cut the matching card below and mix the cards, put them in an envelope and distribute it to the students. 

If we had left the house earlier,	They would not have been so late getting the ship.
If I finish the assignment before Saturday,	I would have submitted it to my lecturer.
If I had seen the concert,	I would have told you about the concert last night.
If she had the money,	She would give the money to you.
If they needed a help,	They would call you immediately.
If today was Sunday,	They would go to the beach together.
If I win the prize,	I will share the prize with you.
If your sister buys you a chocolate,	You will be very happy.
If I submit the work in late,	My lecturer will not accept my work.
If we had known her before,	We would have talked to her soon.
if we didn’t have to study,	We could go to the cinema tonight.
If Peter studied very well,	He would pass the national examination.
If I had known that Desti was a liar,	I would not have told my secret to her.

"Ranking 1"

Have you ever seen the quiz TV program called "Ranking 1"? Well, I would like to make a reviewing activity of learning English using this game in my classroom. 

The goal of this activity is to review the use of tenses (present, past, and future) or it can be another topic that we need to review. Then, the preparation is making a set of question cards that is divided into three parts (level 1, level 2, and level 3). The students prepare two pieces of papers and write two big letters "A" and "B" on each paper. It is used to give the answer of the questions. Students sit in a circle and teacher call out the questions card of level 1, students raise the answer sheet, and students who give the wrong answer will get out from the circle, so it is go on until the last level or there is only one student remained, and he/she will be the winner of this "Ranking 1' game.

The example of question cards.

Level 1 1.      Maria always goes to school ... a.    Every day       b.    Yesterday 2.      The doctor visited the patient ... a.    Yesterday  b.    Now 3.      The students are studying English ... a.    Every Monday b.    Now 4.      I will take an English test ... a.    Yesterday b.    Tomorrow 5.     John’s family has moved to Indonesia ... a.    Since 2005 b.    Yesterday

Level 2 1.The children usually ... in the playground. a.    Play b.    Plays 2. The patient ... some medicine in the drugstore yesterday. a.    Buy b.    Bought 3.    My father .... newspaper now. a.    Is reading b.    Reads 4. The students .... Yogyakarta next holiday. a.    Are visiting b.    Will visit 5.    We ... for you for about one hour. a.    Wait b.    Have waited

Level 3 1.    The concert .... for half and hour when my friends and I arrive there. a.    Has been running b.    Has run 2.      Doni ... in his bedroom when he heard a loud noise outside. a.    Was sleeping b.    Sleeps 3.  I .... with my old friends at Turkish restaurant already. a.    Had met up b.    Have met up 4.    The patient ... his breakfast before the nurse gave him some medicines. a.    Had had b.    Has had 5.  The students ... their tasks when the teacher entered the classroom. a.    Did b.    Were doing

A/B

                                                                                             (created by trenggalek sinau boso inggris)

Australia and Indonesia

The bridegroom 

The bride and bridegroom are met 

The traditional ceremony of "ngidak endog"

Helping his wife

The couple is delivered to the wedding throne

Mrs. Yuyun with the bride and the bridegroom

Yesterday, I attended the wedding ceremony of friend of mine. The gorgeous couple is Simon and Nanik. Simon is from Australia and Nanik is from Indonesia. The two cultures become one and it is very unique and outstanding. Congratulations and Happy Newlywed for the couple, hope both of you have everlasting love and happy forever. Aamiin. 

"Gethuk and Utri"

"Gethuk and Utri"

Indonesia is very popular for its various kinds of food. Have you ever heard about “Gethuk and Utri”? Yes, these are traditional food from Indonesia. You will easily find these kinds of food in a traditional market of Karangan, Trenggalek, East Java, Indonesia. They are really delicious and sweet, and both of them are made from the same ingredient, cassava. As you know, Indonesia is rich of crops likes rice, corn, soy bean, etc. People in Trenggalek are very creative in processing cassava to be various products of food. The main ingredient to make “Gethuk and Utri” is cassava and also other materials, such as, fine sugar, brown sugar, salt, and grated coconut  as well. The steps how to make them are very easy to do. Here are the steps to make “Gethuk”:

1. First, prepare all the materials needed. Peel some cassava, wash them, and slice lightly.

2. After that, steam them in a pan until the cassava is getting tender, then sprinkle some sugar both fine and brown sugar, salt, grated-coconut.

3. If the steamed-casssava is done, put it in a big dish, mash, and knead it.

4. Put in a tray or square mold, then you can slice it.

5. Place the slices of mashed-cassava (Gethuk) on a serving dish and garnish with grated half young coconut as a topping.

Next, these are the steps how to make “Utri” with cassava as the main ingredient:

1. First, prepare the materials; cassava, young coconut, brown sugar, and enough salt.

2. Peel 1 kg of cassava, wash and grate it. Next, squeeze the grated-cassava to drain the water of it.

3. Then, prepare a pan for steaming.

4. Mix the grated cassava, grated half young coconut, brown sugar, and salt in a big bowl. Spoon the dough on a piece of banana leaf and wrap the dough.

5. After that, steam all the dough (Utri) that has been wrapped into a pan for about 30 minutes.

6. Finally, serve it while it is warm and use grated-coconut as a topping. 

(This recipe is created by local people of Karangan, Trenggalek, East Java, Indonesia and translated by Trenggalek SbI)