English for Teaching Bahasa in Foreign Countries

COURSE SYLLABUS

A.    Course Identity and Description

Course Name  : English for Teaching Bahasa in Foreign Country

Course Time    : 24 meetings in 12 weeks

  100 minutes/meeting

Instructor(s)    : 1. Dinda Rahma Faiza

                          2. Kasmundari

                          3. Raju Kurniawan

                          4. Mimi Zulaimi

                       

B.     Course Description

The course is design to build the learners’ speaking skill for teaching Bahasa in foreign countries. This course concerned on improving self-confidence, pronunciation and vocabulary building to be more active, responsive, and skillful. The learners are required to be able to teach Bahasa for their prospective foreign students by using English. The aims of this course are to get the learners being able to: differ formal and informal communication in use based on the situation; differ written and spoken language in use; and teach Bahasa in a foreign country using English.

C.    Course Syllabus

a.      Competencies

1)      Being able to communicate in formal and informal situation

2)      Being able to communicate in spoken and written language

3)      Being able to convey meaning using English in order to teach Bahasa

b.      Materials/Topics

1)      Formal and informal communication

2)      Spoken and written language

3)      Language in use for communicating

a.       Information delivering

b.      Fact and opinion

c.       Implication

d.      Definition and description

e.       Persuasion and recommendation

f.       Cause and effect

g.      Comparison

h.      Complain and praise

4)      Teaching Bahasa in English

a.       Introducing Indonesia

b.      Conveying culture-based text’s ideas

c.       Conveying EYD ideas

d.      Conveying ideas through four language skills

e.       Comprehending universal and Indonesian literatures

c.       Teaching Methods

1)      Discussion

2)      Role play

3)      Modeling

4)      Audiovisual

d.      Media/Resources

1)      Related books and e-books

2)      Videos of case examples

3)      Conversation tapes and scripts

e.       Evaluation & Grading

No	Aspect	%
1	Class Participation	20%
2	Individual Practices	20%
3	Progress-test	20%
4	Group Practices	20%
5	Post-test	20%

f.       References (Required & Suggested)

1)  Lougheed, L. (2004). How to prepare for the TOEIC test: Test of English for interational communication. Ciputat: Barron’s

2)  Astuti, E. M. (2013). Get along with English. Jakarta: Erlangga

3)  Any related sources; e.g, youtube and google

D.    Course Outline

No	Topic/Subtopic	Indicators	Activities	Evaluation
1	Introduction and pre-test	Describing how to teach in English in general Doing pre-test to measure learners’ background knowledge	Pre-test Class discussion	Written and spoken pre-test
2	Formal and informal communication	Distinguishing formal and informal communication based on the contexts	Class discussion	Individual practices
3	Spoken and written language	Distinguishing spoken and written language based on the contexts	Class discussion Oral question	Individual and group practices
4	Information delivering	Asking and giving information	Audiovisual Modeling	Individual practices
5	Fact and opinion	Asking and giving opinion and fact	Class discussion Modeling	Individual and group practices
6	Implication	Giving an implication	Class discussion Modeling	Individual practices
7	Definition and description	Defining something to other people Describing something to other people	Class discussion Modeling	Individual and group practices
8	Persuasion and recommendation	Practicing how to persuade someone or some groups and how to recommend something to someone	Audiovisual Modeling	Individual practices
9	Cause and effect	Explaining cause and effect	Class discussion Modeling	Individual and group practices
10	Comparison	Comparing and contrasting some issues	Audiovisual Modeling	Individual practices
11	Complain and praise	Complaining something to someone Praising someone about something	Audiovisual Modeling	Individual and group practices
12	Progress-test	Review all the topics given	Individual applied test	Spoken and written test
13	Arranging schedule in English	Negotiating to  arrange an appropriate schedule	Modeling Role play	Individual practices
14	Teaching Bahasa in English: Introducing Indonesia	Introducing Bahasa and Indonesian culture characteristics to foreign students	Modeling Audiovisual	Individual and group practices
15	Conveying culture-based text’s ideas	Describing how to teach texts which contain Indonesian culture to the prospective foreign students Practicing  how to teach texts which contain Indonesian culture to the prospective foreign students	Role play	Group practices
16	Conveying EYD ideas	Conveying appropriate EYD based on the context to the prospective foreign students Applying  appropriate EYD based on the context to the prospective foreign students	Modeling Role play	Group practices
17	Conveying ideas through listening and speaking class	Selecting appropriate materials for listening and speaking Bahasa using English Choosing appropriate materials for listening and speaking Bahasa using English Deciding the appropriate materials for listening and speaking Bahasa using English	Audiovisual Role play	Group practices
18	Conveying ideas through reading class	Selecting appropriate materials for reading Bahasa using English Choosing appropriate materials for reading Bahasa using English Deciding the appropriate materials for reading Bahasa using English	Audiovisual Role play	Group practices
19	Conveying ideas through writing class	Selecting appropriate materials for writing Bahasa using English Choosing appropriate materials for writing Bahasa using English Deciding the appropriate materials for writing Bahasa using English	Audiovisual Role play	Group practices
20	Comprehending poem and prose	Discussing the appropriate approaches to teach Indonesian poem and prose in English	Audiovisual	Individual  practices
21	Comprehending poem and prose	Practicing how to teach  Indonesian poem and prose in English	Role play	Group practices
22	Review	Discussing all the materials so far	Class Discussion	Individual and group practices
23	Post-test	Teaching practice	Individual performance	Spoken test
24	Review and post-test results discussion	Discussing all the topics in the course Reviewing all the topics in the course Discussing and comparing the results of pre-test and post-test	Class discussion	-

                                                                                                                                                   

Material for 5^th Meeting

Topic       : Fact and opinion

Indicator : Asking and giving opinion and fact

Time        : 100 minutes

Learning steps:

1.      Initial activities: Recognizing a fact and an opinion

Fact vs. Opinion

A fact is a statement that can be proven or checked.  A fact may include supporting evidence, such as statistics or quotations from a recognized expert.

An opinion is a statement that tells what the writer thinks, believes, or feels about a subject.  It cannot be proved true or false.  Look for some of these words to signal an opinion:  according to, I think, in my opinion, perhaps, seem, ought to, should, must, bad, good, better, worse, excellent, terrible.  A writer may use words that appeal to the reader’s emotions.  A statement that you agree with is not necessarily a fact.

Warming Up Quiz

It’s a Fact, or Opinion?

1.      Teachers should be allowed to smack children if they misbehave.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

2.      The Government organises a census of the whole population every ten years.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

3.      The library contains fiction and nonfiction books.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

4.      Access courses are designed to prepare students for higher education.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

5.      Finding somewhere to live is a long and frustrating business.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

6.      You can hear all the news you need to know from the BBC Radio 1 news team.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

7.      This book is an enjoyable story of life in a small village.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

8.      Nine out of ten who completed the survey answered the questions correctly.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

9.      I think public opinion will change over time.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

10.  According to the latest survey, families are purchasing more household items on credit.

A) Fact

B) Opinion

Now, how do you teach your prospective foreign students about fact and opinion in Bahasa? Try to translate questions above!

(After students translate the fact and opinion above, they’ll find that either in English or Bahasa, a fact remains a fact, an opinion remains an opinion.)

2.      Main activities: Asking and giving a fact and an opinion

a.       Asking for fact and opinion

·         In asking a fact, we can use any question words, whether it is WH questions or yes/no questions.

·         In asking an opinion, here’s some alternative words that can be used:

-          What do you think ________?

-          What is in your mind ________?

-          What is your opinion ________?

-          What is your comment ________?

-          Do you think ________?

Assignment 1

Listen to the dialogues read by the instructor. Identify the questions of fact and opinion there. Then, translate them to Bahasa using the right EYD (in formal) and the casual language (in informal).

b.      Giving a fact and opinion

·         Stating a fact can use any method, as long as the statement is true and can be verified objectively or proven. In other words, a fact is a piece of information that can be strictly defined and proved true.

·         Giving an opinion can be alternated by using one of these words:

Accordingly

As far as I’m concerned

I agree with/I disagree with

I am certain that

I am positive that

I assume

I believe

I can see the point, but

I consider

I don’t know if

I don’t know whether

I suppose

I think

I think ____ is a good idea

I don’t think ___ is a good idea because

I’m against ____ because

I’m for ____ because

I’m in favor of ____ because

In my opinion

In my view

It is clear to me

It seems to me

Personally, I think

The advantage of ____ is that

The disadvantage of ____ is that

To me

Assignment 2

In pairs, make dialogues based on the situations given below. Practice one of them in front of the class.

1.      You just arrive at an airport in London from Indonesia. You have an address of your destination in hand, but you don’t know where it exactly is and how to get there. You ask a stranger to help you.

2.      You are a new Bahasa teacher in a private school in Manhattan. You live in a staff dormitory and have a neighbor who has taught in this school for years. You ask her/him about the school and some advises for teaching.

3.      Your foreign student has some difficulties in pronouncing some Bahasa words. He/she comes to you to ask for your help.

3.      Closing activities: Conclusion

Instructor wraps the lesson for that day. Students are asked to give conclusion and real life examples of the lesson.

                                                                                                                                                   

English for Teaching Bahasa in Foreign Countries

Progress Test

Time: 100 minutes for test and discussion

Reading and Writing Section

Write down your answer for number 1-2.Choose the correct answer by crossing (x) a, b, c, or d for number 3-4!

1.      What is the suitable expression for this dialogue?

A : Excuse me. (…………….)

B : The public library? Let me see. Oh yes, of course i know. It is in Rajawali Road.

A : Is the near here?

B : You just go along this street until you come to the first traffic light. Then turn left.

A : Thank you

2.      Describe this picture.

3.      What is the negative implication of marijuana?

A.      It is good for cooking flavor.

B.       Those are cannabidiol (CBD) — which seems to impact the brain without a high— and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — which has pain relieving properties.

C.       Weaken the immune system, increasing susceptibility to infections.

D.      treatment of nausea in patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy and to stimulate appetite in patients with wasting syndrome due to AIDS.

Junaidi had booked a room at the hotel. When they arrived at the hotel the receptionist said all the hotel rooms are full. He filed a complaint on a hotel employee.

Junaedi   : Excuse me, Could you give me the key for room 101 that I booked last week ?

Clerk      : May I know your name, sir?

Junaedi   : Juneadi Roberts. I booked for a single room last week.

Clerk      : I am sorry, sir. But we have no record of your booking.

Junaedi   : Well, I am afraid I have to make a complaint about this. I booked the room myself a week ago. I  have a payment invoice to prove it. I want to speak to your manager, please.

4.      What is the clerk response to Junaedi complaint?

A.      May I know your name, sir?

B.       I am sorry, sir. But we have no record of your booking.

C.       Excuse me, Could you give me the key for room 101 that I booked last week ?

D.      Well, I am afraid I have to make a complaint about this. I booked the room myself a week ago. I  have a payment invoice to prove it. I want to speak to your manager, please.

Speaking Section

Directions:

1.         There will be a 2 minute interview with the teacher.

2.         There is a possible score of 10 points. It is worth 20% of your final grade.

3.         There will be two sections: Introduction and free response. In the introduction section,  students will be asked some questions about themselves. In free response students will be answered orally.

4.         You will have one to two minutes to talk about this topic.

5.         You will have one minute to prepare what you are going to say.

5.      Look at this Picture

Give a suitable expression to give an opinion based on the picture.

6.      You should have known myth of Malin Kundang. What do you thing about the story?

7.      Compare and contrast these pictures orally in front of the class.

      A. 

     B.