Desperation = A Rope Ends It

The Morse Code = Here Come Dots

Slot Machines = Cash Lost in ‘em

Animosity = Is No Amity

Snooze Alarms = Alas! No More Z’s

Alec Guinness = Genuine Class

Semolina = Is No Meal

The Public Art Galleries = Large Picture Halls, I Bet

A Decimal Point = I’m a Dot in Place

The Earthquakes = That Queer Shake

Eleven plus two = Twelve plus one

Contradiction = Accord not in it

This one’s amazing: [From Hamlet by Shakespeare]

To be or not to be: that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

Becomes:

In one of the Bard’s best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten.

And the grand finale:

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” — Neil A. Armstrong

becomes:

A thin man ran; makes a large stride; left planet, pins flag on moon! On to Mars!

Source: http://www.ahajokes.com

Having done the previous In-Service Trainings in the past three years, this year TTD chose “World Englishes and Reading Year” as the theme.  Why “World Englishes and the Reading Year”? Find out in the handout.  (download handout)

World Englishes

The English language as we know today is the language of the world since there are more non-native speakers or English than those of the native speakers.  (download handout)

Teaching Reading (demo)

The teaching demo is meant to give exposure on what to do during the Pre Reading. Whilst Reading and Post Reading activities.  (download handout)

Reading Strategies and Speed Reading

Download handout

Graphic Organizers

Download handout

Cooperative Learning

Download handout

Bloom’s Taxonomy Revisited

Download handount

Teaching aids and multimedia

The Hot Potatoes software suite includes five applications that can create exercises for the World Wide Web. The applications are JCloze, JCross, JMatch, JMix and JQuiz. There is also a sixth application called The Masher, that will compile all the Hot Potatoes exercises into one unit.

Hot Potatoes was created by the Research and Development team at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre. Commercial aspects of the software are handled by Half-Baked Software Inc. Hot Potatoes is freeware since October 2009. (Wikipedia)

You can download the software from this link: http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/hot_pot_download.php

Please remember that to make the result of Hot Potatoes exercise work in your computer you must have Mozilla Firefox web browser installed in your computer.

You can download the handout of the Multimedia Kit, where you can teach yourself how to make exercises or activities using MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point and Hot Potatoes.

Download Multimedia Kit handout

Here some sample of exercises made with Hot Potatoes

China matching
Rock and Roll Multiple Choice
China Cloze Exercise
China Crossword Puzzle

This is a great professional resource.

Action Research
Alternative Authentic Performance Assessment
Anxiety Language Learning & Assessment
Autonomy and Agency

Communication Strategies
Communicative Language Testing
Community College & ESL
Compliment Responses
Content-Based Instruction
Critical Pedagogy & Critical Research

Diagnostic Assessment
Diary Studies

Fluency
Foreign Second Language Teaching
Form-Focused Instruction

Identity Language Learning Teaching
Innovations
International English

Language Classroom Research
Language in Business Industry
Language Teacher Education
Leadership
Listening Assessment

Motivation in Language Learning

Non Native Speaking Teachers
Nursing Education

Observation

Portfolio Assessment
Pragmatics
Professional Development of Language Teachers
Pronunciation

Reading Assessment

This is a reminder that the deadline for applications for the TOEFL Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment is October 15th. The award makes available cash awards up to US $2000 to promising students working in the field of foreign or second language assessment that will help them finish their dissertations in a timely manner.

Applications received after October 15th will be considered for the next application deadline of February 15th.

For more information about the award, please visit:

http://www.ets.org/toefl/grants/doctoral_research_grant_second_language

and

http://www.ets.org/toefl/grants

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The RELO Resource Center

Gedung Balai Pustaka 6th Fl (AMINEF)

Gunung Sahari Raya No. 4

JAKARTA 10720 Indonesia

Phone: +62-21-352-0622 – Fax: +62-21-351-6919

Email: english.indonesia@gmail.com

1. Introduction

One eternal ideal of humankind is the establishment of an international. global, or world language – a shared language which could be used by people of every nation to communicate with one another without economically or culturally privileging one country over others. In reality though, a language becomes an international language precisely because of its accompanying political, military, economic, and cultural power. English has become an international language not because of an utopian ideal, but by virtue of political and economic progress made by English-speaking nations in the past 200 years. Since English has spread around the world, research exploring ‘New Englishes’ – Singapore English, Indian English, and various African Englishes – has increased. Opposing research suggesting that English should be limited, standardized for global use, and simplified for international teaching purposes has also emerged. Additionally, there have been quite a few proposals to search for an alternative name that would more accurately reflect the global state of English language usage, as critics claim that the label ‘English’ fails to express the diverse usages of the language that are in effect today. Suggestions for a new label for English include:

English as an International Language (Smith), International English (Brieger), General English (Ahulu). Global English (Raley), Global (Toolan), World English (McArthur), and World Standard Spoken English (Crystal).

Ironically, due to the extensive amount of discourse surrounding the study of English and its international spread, there is no single label appropriate to describe the entity that I am attempting to discuss today. Moreover, it seems that choosing one is a political decision, as each label carries with it ideological associations. For the sake of simplicity and clarity, I am going to use the term international English for this paper. Although there is a rather broad range of depictions of the English that is used throughout the world today, nowhere in these discussions is international English clearly and concisely defined; there is no explicit indication of what it is or where it can be found: There is no conceptual agreement as to what international English represents.

This paper is an attempt to survey the rather vast range of labels, definitions, and ideologies that have been put forward over the past 25 years to characterize the global use of English. It is also an endeavour to uncover why this English-naming-mania has occurred. In short, it is a first step in establishing some sort of conceptual agreement about the international usage of English.

Download full paper in pdf

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_English#Dual_standard

Let’s face it

English is a stupid language.

There is no egg in the eggplant

No ham in the hamburger

And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple.

English muffins were not invented in England

French fries were not invented in France.

We sometimes take English for granted

But if we examine its paradoxes we find that

Quicksand takes you down slowly

Boxing rings are square

And a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If writers write, how come fingers don’t fing.

If the plural of tooth is teeth

Shouldn’t the plural of phone booth be phone beeth

If the teacher taught,

Why didn’t the preacher praught.

If a vegetarian eats vegetables

What the heck does a humanitarian eat!?

Why do people recite at a play

Yet play at a recital?

Park on driveways and

Drive on parkways

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy

Of a language where a house can burn up as

It burns down

And in which you fill in a form

By filling it out

And a bell is only heard once it goes!

English was invented by people, not computers

And it reflects the creativity of the human race

(Which of course isn’t a race at all)

That is why

When the stars are out they are visible

But when the lights are out they are invisible

And why it is that when I wind up my watch

It starts

But when I wind up this observation,

It ends.

source: http://www.ahajokes.com/eng002.html

International Education Week, November 15-19, 2010

International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.

This joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S.
Department of Education is part of our efforts to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States.

We encourage the participation of all individuals and institutions interested in international education and exchange activities, including schools, colleges and universities, embassies, international organizations, businesses, associations, and community organizations.

The dates for IEW 2010 are November 15th – 19th.

Please visit:
New EducationUSA website for Indonesia:  http://www.educationusa.or.id/home
http://www.educationusa.state.gov/
http://connect.state.gov/
http://iew.state.gov/

Facebook Indonesia:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jakarta-Indonesia/EducationUSA-Indonesia/161413017108
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/internationaleducationweek

For further research on studying in the USA:
http://www.petersons.com/educationusa/

In Indonesia, the EducationUSA offices are:

JAKARTA OFFICE
Gedung Balai Pustaka 6th Fl.
Jl. Gunung Sahari Raya No. 4
Jakarta 10720
Tel.: 021 345 2016
Office hours:
Mondays – Fridays: 9:00 – 16:30
Saturdays: 9:00 – 13:00
Email: infoeas@aminef.or.id
http://www.educationusa.or.id/home

SURABAYA OFFICE
International Village Bldg 2nd Fl. Universitas Surabaya Jl Raya Kalirungkut Surabaya 60293
Tel.: 031 847 1809/298 1320
Office hours:
Mondays – Fridays: 9:00 – 15:00
Saturdays: 9:00 – 13:00
Email : eas_sby@rad.net.id

MEDAN OFFICE
Yayasan Persahabatan Indonesia Amerika
Jl. Mansur III No. 1A
Medan 20121
Tel.: 061 821 1074
Office hours:
Mondays – Fridays:    8:00 – 12:00; 1:30 – 16:00 Email : donna_pasaribu@yahoo.com

MALANG OFFICE
Gedung Perpustakaan Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang Jl. Tlogomas 246 Malang 65144
Tel.: 0341 463 345
Office hours:
Mondays – Fridays: 7:30 – 15:00
Saturdays: 7:30  – 12:00
Email : infoeas@aminef.or.id

New website for Indonesia:  http://www.educationusa.or.id/home

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The RELO Resource Center
Gedung Balai Pustaka 6th Fl (AMINEF)
Gunung Sahari Raya No. 4
JAKARTA 10720  Indonesia
Phone: +62-21-352-0622 – Fax: +62-21-351-6919
Email: english.indonesia@gmail.com
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