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Activities for Teaching the PRESENT PERFECT (PART I)
GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS What are some of things your students have already accomplished at this time in their lives? Students share 2-3 things they have done that they are most of proud of (in front of the class). The rest of the class asks questions. HAVE YOU EVER? Each student writes 5 sentences stating something she/he…
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Post-it: SIMPLE LEARNING CENTERS YOU CAN DO (PART II)
AND THE ANSWER IS Tap into your students’ creativity with the answer of the Day center. Simply write an answer on a post-it note and put it at the center each day. Your students then use their creativity and question writing skills to write the questions it might answer! BECOME EXPERTS Challenge your students to…
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Post-it: SIMPLE LEARNING CENTERS YOU CAN DO (PART I)
PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES Start with a base word written on a post it Students add prefixes and suffixes, each written on its own post-it Reverse the process and have students break down a longer word STUDENT NEWS Post a laminated piece of poster board in a corner of your room. Label it “The News Nook.”…
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Activities for Teaching the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (PART II)
PICTURE PERFECT Using an action packed magazine photo, have student 1 describe the picture to student 2. Student 2 draws what student 1 is describing (using the present progressive). Once the pair is finished, they compare picture and (most likely) get a laugh out of the difference. Students change roles with a second picture. A…
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Activities for Teaching the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE (PART I)
CHARADE CALL OUT Have a student act our an activity (such as brushing teeth, washing dishes or getting money from the ATM), and have the rest of the class out what he is doing using the present progressive SORRY, I CAN’T What can’t your students do now because they are doing something else? Have each…
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PART III) – REVIEW by YUNINGSIH
III. Conclusion Law no. 14 of 2005 mentions that lecturers are professional educators and scientists whose main task is to transform, develop, and disseminate knowledge and technology and art through education, research, and community service. Therefore, as a professional lecturer, the need of developing ourselves in professionalism is a must. All professional lecturers must have…
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PART II) – REVIEW by YUNINGSIH
A. Identify and Manage Knowledge and Skills Good university teaching and good business practice have much in common. Both are based on a reflective ‘plan, do and review’ continuous, quality improvement cycle (Hunt, 2003). In brief, there’s no point teaching unless learning takes place, just as there’s no point producing goods that nobody wants to…
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PART I) – REVIEW by YUNINGSIH
I. Introduction Education industry is one of the business organizations offering services in terms of molding and crafting youngsters into good citizens of the country. It is a business where individuals learn good values and various techniques and strategies that they can use as they start their own personal endeavor in life. These values, techniques…
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OCCUPATIONAL STRESS MANAGEMENT IN UNIVERSITY (PART IV)
D.Develop Stress Management Program and Policy According to Norito et.all (2006), there are three primary approach to prevention of job stress, such as: 1) Improvement of psychosocial work environment (or organizational approach), 2) Education/ training of managers and supervisors; 3) Individual-oriented stress management. Based on the stressors, the signs of stress, and coping strategies and…
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OCCUPATIONAL STRESS MANAGEMENT IN UNIVERSITY (PART III)
B.Recognize the Signs of Stress According to Chitty (2005) cognitively or intellectually prolonged stress of University lecturers causes decreased mental capacity, perpetual windled problem solving skills. The implication of prolonged stress affects the whole person (Edlin and Golanty, 2007). As writer mentioned above that the stressors felt are constant changes but lack of information given,…