Recently, we made a fruitful visit to the Jogjakarta School of Environmental Engineering also known as Sekolah Tinggi Listrik Lingkungan or STTL at the end of the semester, to visit our English teachers and see the progress at the student center.
The plain looking student center has been livened up with posters and pictures, and cosy English corners were created to encourage students to come in to practise their English with our teachers.
The English center at STTL
The response wasn’t good in the beginning, with just a handful of students coming in but things have changed! The teachers hold their English corners for an hour and a half from Mondays to Fridays, from 4 pm to 530pm, but students sometimes stayed on late till 7pm because they enjoyed their interaction with our friendly teachers so much! It was hard for our teachers to tell them to leave!
Different English corners are created to cater to the different interests of the students. Subjects as varied as Music, Culture, Recycling and even Public Speaking are available. Here are two of our American teachers facilitating the discussions on a busy Tuesday afternoon.
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Training session
Some 30 people, mostly mothers, attended… Continue reading
A fortnight ago parents of the children attending the Goducate Learning Center in Lalao, Laguna, were brought together to attend a session with their children. The session, called Mama and Me, was intended to emphasize to the parents the importance of good communication with their children and of teaching their children and supervising them while they do their homework and assignments. For the children, the intention was to impress on… Continue reading
Several of our Lifepegs volunteers have been spending part of their winter break in Singapore. Most of them are teachers of English at universities in northeast China. One of their evenings here was spent at the Goducate office. It was a time for them and the Goducate headquarters team to get to know each other, for them to tell us about their experiences in China, and for them to learn… Continue reading
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