Posts Tagged 'TEFL' TELT, and restlessness History I

During college, a friend never confide in English related subjects who attended to me. He is a university with me, just different faculties; I diFKIP, he was in FE. He told me that his professor at the time a lot more to talk about grammar, with a mixed class in the hall, to the 100-student, and exam (according to him) the difficulty for mercy.

The back story comrades crossed my mind when some of this week to spend a lot of time to read and make a summary of the history of English language teaching (English Language Teaching, shortened ELT). This history chronicles the development of ELT around the world, through the books HH Stern, and in Indonesia, through Prof. article. Eugene Sadtono, Ph.D.. Both make me restless and, a little very pessimistic.

How could I not, at the international level, the teaching of English language itself is much more failure than success. Such revolutionary methods Methoddan Direct Audio-Lingual Method was, despite massive influence around the world, has failed in achieving teaching effectiveness.

In Indonesia, even called Prof. ELT. Sadtono as "flogging a dead horse"; waste of time and effort alone. He stated, that any method, TEFL in formal schools in Indonesia will not be successful, because the method is only one aspect of the many other factors that it is not taken care of properly.

Under the Dutch, English, like other European languages, the language of the elite who only taught in schools upscale. A small portion of native residents are fortunate to be able to learn it. In the Japanese era, alas, forbidden to teach English! After independence, ELT started running, with the intervention of the U.S. and British aid, and the ruling regime, and English are considered pro-capitalism, again banned.

New Order, ELT re-developed. Unfortunately, billions of dollars from the west, such as the World Bank and UNDP, managed, sorry, haphazard, as did the education fund at that time even until now (?). The result, so as we have seen together. Problem geographic, demographic, social and cultural, have been firmly rooted as a barrier to teaching. This coupled with the new order of the corrupt bureaucracy and centralized. ELT in Indonesia, sorry to say, fails miserably.

Another thorny issue of HR. In 80/90-an era, represented by Iwan Fals, Oemar Bakrie, there are stereotypes associated painful teaching profession: a small salary, not bona fide, the future bleak. Parents unwilling child to be a teacher, be cool to be a doctor or an engineer then? Teachers' Training College was quiet enthusiasts. Live 'stock the rest', * rude * Ko .. mostly from villages, who wants to be a teacher. Well, the English teacher, actually quite a lot of people targeted. But wait, for what?

In the past, when joined SNCA, 2000, allotted 30 seats are available for English Language Education Program at my college's 500 contested by prospective students. The ratio of this extraordinary, when it is only outdone by the Faculty of Medicine. The question is then, why? As it turns out, a lecture in English Department, as we call it, it enables graduates to work OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL TEACHER! They could be a bank clerk, translator, coal and oil company employees, consultants, and a variety of other well-established life dreams. I am one of those who are tempted to dream, when it.

Be back, just 'leftover stock' is placed in the position of teacher, teaching with modest competence, with a modest salary as well. No wonder if the success of ELT in formal schools was very low! What can be expected from an English class 4 hours a week, with 40s noisy students, incompetent teachers are not happy at the same time, and again, a curriculum that does not pay attention to students' socio-cultural factors?

So was, if anything they are fluent in English, proficient cas-cis-cus, or neatly written, like the bloggers who I admire often when I write eNggris; Teacher's call it, Masbro Sora, or Pito Ma'am, I am sure, it is not merely the skills they gain from attending school. Please be clarified, but, if students had mastered the English language, it's usually because of the persistence of the child's parents also financial sacrifice; either because the child does prodigi, had a tremendous interest in, or participate in the famous course.

However, optimism must have to keep sowing. I believe, one day at school ELT will be much more successful than it is now. The development of Information Technology, for example, can greatly assist teachers in preparing the device and the media, as long as the teacher want to try. Government programs such as teacher certification, national standards and RSBI schools, SBC, and so on, although not free from criticism here and there, at least also can make the teaching profession again ogled. And hopefully there will be more people good, competent, and happy, who want to be teachers, especially English teachers.

Sumber :https://amed.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/elt-sejarah-dan-keresahan-saya/